Rumor/Leak for specific RAM and storage capacity of the Switch sucessor (Centro Leak)

[Chrkeller]

Soundwave said:

Chrkeller said:

Both of the following statements can be true, they are not mutually exclusive:

A) Nintendo went high end for a portable 

B) S2 will have a memory bandwidth bottleneck compared to home electronics 

C) ROG Ally runs pretty much all current gen games with slower LPDDR5 RAM. 

This is more bandwidth than a $700 ROG Ally (the higher end model).

D) This likely also indicates a GPU that requires that extra bandwidth. A ROG Ally crushes a PS4 by being able to run many games a PS4 couldn't dream of running, so it should be asked why Nintendo needs even more bandwidth than a ROG Ally. Well it probably points to a Tegra T239 that is fairly performant. If Nintendo just wanted PS4 tier performance, you don't need LPDDR5X for that, not with even a 2022 era chip. 

I feel like you are fighting arguments nobody is making.  Nobody is saying it can't run current games.  It will, similar to Rog.  720p, low settings at 30 to 45 fps.  If people are happy with that for third party, all good here.  

Crushes the ps4 is likely an exaggeration, but not worth fighting.  Better than a ps4, sure.

The S2 will be between the ps4 and series s.....  like I said 12 months ago.

Day 1 here.  Shit like LM4, pikmin 5 and zelda are going to look great.  Huge jump over the current Switch. 

Edit

I think Perma's point, and I agree, games in 2 to 3 years are going to require more than they do today.  So half way through the S2's life will be challenging for big AAA content.  The rumored series 5000 gpus all are pointing to big jumps in bandwidth....

Edit 2

I do think, given Nintendo's style, the S2 has a good chance at standardizing 1080p/60 fps.  Which would be amazing.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 10 May 2024