Soundwave said:
You're moving the goal posts now, we're talking about whether 12GB is enough size, it is for most modern games, the Series S is already proof of that, GTA VI will run on it at 8GB so does virtually every next gen game to date. Given the available choices, Nintendo actually went with higher bandwidth performance (LPDDR5X instead of LPDDR5). If they went with LPDDR5 like Steam Deck and ROG Ally you're likely talking about only 80-88GB/sec bandwidth, this will be a healthy amount more than that. LPDDR5X is about the best you can get right now for a device that has to be portable, this is RAM generally reserved for $1000 phones and tablets at the moment, and there's more of it than the Series S. This is terrific news and bodes well for a GPU that is quite powerful as well. |
I'm not moving anything. Performance is ram and bandwidth. The S2 has 20% more ram but minus 50% speed. Just facts. The bandwidth is the limiting factor like I've said for a year now.
By comparison to high, the 4090 has 24 gb, which is great, but it is also 1000 gb/s. Don't under estimate bandwidth.
The good news is the deck runs games, and the S2 is more powerful. Low resolution, low settings and 30 fps on big games is feasible.
i7-13700k |
Vengeance 32 gb |
RTX 4090 Ventus 3x E OC |
Switch OLED