How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

[Chrkeller]

curl-6 said:

Chrkeller said:

I am aware and to be clear I am not disputing the S2 does RT.  I am disputing the S2 doing RT with a stable framerate at a good resolution.  And SWO, thus far is showing this.  Clear dips in the low 20s and very clearly lower resolution.

Outlaws isn't cut back on Switch 2 cos of RT specifically, it's cut back cos it's an ambitious open world title that pushes PS5 and Xbox Series hard in terms of everything from detail to asset streaming, to the point where it maxes out at just 30fps on Series S with drops to 720p.

It's not in any way an indication that the hardware can't do RT with a stable framerate or a decent resolution, just that a high end home console game in general will require compromises to function on a contemporaneous portable device, which we already knew.

Sure.  My 4090 can't do high RT without massive fps hits... but the S2 can!  Dude, be reasonable.  RT is EASILY  the biggest fps killer when it comes to graphics.  High RT with spider 1, which is a ps4 game, drops my 4090 to below 60 fps.  I really don't think you understand how much RT kills performance.

For comparison the S2 is suspected of having 12 RT cores.  The 4090 has 128.....  the S2 has 1536 cuda cores, the 4090 has over 16,000.  The S2 has a total of 12 ram at 102 gb/s.  The 4090 has 24 gb dedicated vram at 1,006 gb/s.

There no way the S2 isn't taking fps hits with RT when the 4090 does.  I view this as just a fact.  

Last edited by Chrkeller - on 15 August 2025