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curl-6 on 04 September 2024
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Chrkeller said:
curl-6 said:

I was referring to the fact that the Switch's GPU and RAM are clocked substantially higher in docked mode than portable. This is how most Switch games run at a much higher resolution (and often with other improved settings) in docked mode compared to portable.

I could be wrong, but as far as I'm aware, Steam Deck does not increase its performance when connected to a screen in this way. So Switch 2 should have a leg up over Steam Deck in this department.

Yeah I got you.  When I hear "overclock" I think pushing clock speeds higher than manufacturing recommendations.  

And yeah, the dock via proper cooling should allow higher clock speed than mobile mode.  It could help a lot.  I could see docked mode being at expected speeds and I could see it resulting in some very solid performance gains.  I can't remember the exact number but I thought the switch was under clocked by 30%?  

Ah yeah, my bad for using the wrong terminology, higher clocks is all I meant to say.

The current Switch runs at 768MHz when docked, while in portable mode there are three power profiles; 307.2MHz, 384MHz, and 460MHz.

So the highest portable clocks are around about 60% of docked mode, while the lowest portable speed is about 40% of docked mode.

RAM also goes from 1331.2MHz in portable to 1600Mhz in docked mode.