zeldaring said:
Soundwave said:
The majority of Switch owners do have the Mariko chipset, Nintendo discontinued the old model basically from August 2019 onwards, so the majority has better hardware, Nintendo is simply not allowing it even though we can see clear as day the Switch OLED was even designed with 4K output in mind. They got the boost they were hoping from a Pro model from COVID boosts and then some, figured they would keep the juicer stuff for Switch 2.
And before anyone asks, overclocks have been tested extensively by tons of people, the battery life on Mariko models is 3-4 hours even at max clocks and the temperature of the system remains very cool, not even close to the 80 celcius shut off point (in the 40s), the fan on the Switch at overclock doesn't even go above 49%.
The OG Switch can even overclock too, you just have lower battery life, but it's not like the thing melts and becomes unusable.
For those curious, here you can see things like DOOM Eternal at 60 fps and also the dynamic resolution kicking up in resolution in undocked mode as another option for a higher res. Witcher 3 and Hogwarts are also 60 fps on Switch, Kingdom Come Deliverance can run at a higher res and locked 30 fps even in rain sections, that may not seem crazy until you realize even PS4 Pro and XBox One X can't hold 30 fps in those sections (PS4 Pro is under 25 fps).
Witcher 3 also can run at 60 fps on the Switch undocked. PS3? Forget about it. This performance is available on the majority of Switch models and Nintendo clearly was tinkering with 4K output on Switch OLED ... I think they just opted not to offer this to the public because it make selling a Switch 2 harder and they're probably correct.
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This is all still irrelevant and has nothing do with porting ps3 games on switch. in the end developers have to deal with what Nintendo thought was safe specs for switch and that's all that really matters. posting what switch was capable if over clocked is not gonna matter cause nintendo didn't allow it, and didn't think it was safe to do so.
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It's entirely safe to do run the Switch at a higher clocked, thousands of people have done it for years, Mariko models don't even hit 50% fan speed on the when at full clock.
Nintendo themselves was likely going to allow it, but then axed the 4K features from the OLED model. Has nothing to do with safety, it's about Switch 2.
But in terms of comparing to a PS3 hardware, Switch 1 is far beyond that.
