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Soundwave on 29 August 2023
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Chrkeller said:
Soundwave said:

6x improvement would be in line with many Nintendo upgrades. 

Every one of Nintendo's systems that has been portable has had a full generation leap.

Game Boy (sub-NES graphics capability)

Game Boy Advance (SNES/Genesis range capability)

Nintendo DS (Playstation 1/N64 tier 3D system)

Nintendo 3DS (Dreamcast/PS2 tier system)

Nintendo Switch (Better than PS3/360/Wii U performance)

Nintendo Switch 2 (should be better than PS4 performance)

Don't really see what is controversial about that at all, and from actual leaks there's a pretty darn good chance we already know the chip is the Tegra T239. From everything we know about that chip, it is definitely a PS4+ tier chip which would be a 6x or more upgrade on the existing Switch. 

You maybe right, time will tell.  I'm not buying better than ps4 because of battery life issues.  I've read the Steam Deck gets like 2 hours and unless I'm mistaken the Deck isn't quite a ps4.  And now we are thinking the Switch 2 is above the ps4?  Maybe.  

I'll let it rest with my final prediction.  $400 and less powerful than the Deck is where the Switch 2 will land.

It's kind of apples/oranges comparison. The Steam Deck is an x86 chip, the downside to it is it eats a shit ton more battery than an ARM system on chip will. 

The upside with that choice is it has compatibility with basically all PC titles. So that's your trade off, you don't have to recruit developers to make bespoke games for the Steam Deck ... it's just a PC basically. But there's a reason why no one uses x86 chips in most tablets and phones and the like ... because they consume way too much power. That chip is also 7nm, there's a pretty decent chance the Switch 2 will be on more battery efficient 5nm node. 

You also have to be careful in comparing teraflops to teraflops ... the Steam Deck is 1.6 teraflops, the PS4 is listed at 1.8 teraflops so you might say "well they're about the same, with PS4 being slightly ahead" ... but you would be wrong. Steam Deck is RDNA2 GPU 1.6 teraflops, that's much more advanced that 1.8 teraflops of a GCN2 GPU (the PS4). 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 29 August 2023