Norion said:
sc94597 said:
I am not as pessimistic as some are about it. Switch 2's CPU, even at only 1Ghz should be comparable to mobile i5's from a few generations ago that plenty of people are able to play games on at console-level framerates. For example, I have a Thinkpad with an i5-10310U that should be roughly comparable performance-wise to the Switch 2. With an eGPU (which has its own performance penalties associated with it) it's able to play any modern game at >=30fps.Â
As a rough test, I am currently downloading Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 now on an old Dell Inspiron with an i5 7300hq (4-core, 4-thread, low performance CPU) and GTX 1060 Max-Q to see how it performs. Guessing 1080p (upscaled) 30fps will be doable. The Switch 2's CPU should be slightly better than this old i5 in multi-core and similar in single-core. The GPU should be similar (maybe slightly weaker), in pure-rasterization.Â
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Can that handle Dragon's Dogma 2 alright? Cause I know that pushes the CPU really hard in certain areas with something like a Ryzen 3600 not performing that well.
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Just tested it out. 30FPS lock 1080p, low, FSR Balanced, with V-sync works fine at both 3.1Ghz and 2.5Ghz. At 2.5Ghz there are more drops to about 28fps and the GPU is at about 85% utilization overall. At 3.1Ghz it is far more stable (constant 30fps) and the GPU hovers between 95-100% utilization.
The game seems to utilize multiple cores well (CPU is at 100% utilization on all cores) so I think a Switch 2 version locked at 30FPS should be doable.
Where I see Switch 2 struggling is in any game that needs a few powerful cores and doesn't scale beyond those few.
