How Will be Switch 2 Performance Wise?

[Chrkeller]

sc94597 said:

Otter said:

This is PS4 tier IMO but yes, this is just a vibe thing. Especially if we're looking at consoles in the past and what we're used to seeing on distinctly different hardware... i.e Dreamcast vs PS2 vs Xbox. Huge differences in hardware capacity within 2 years of each other. 

30% more rasterized performance here or there is not crazy significant in the console space and you're more or less looking at the same game just slightly sharper image quality or fewer drops. Ala PS4 vs Xbox One. 

I'd say PS4 tier is maybe underselling it but that's just us using another console as a reference point. In reality it's actual performance can't be tied into a neat little box. Will depend on the game/use case. Hopefully we see Nintendo utilise those  "modern feature sets" as that's the most obvious way we'll see it clearly separate it's capacity from last gen. I'd say Cyberpunk much increased level of playability makes a good use case too, looking beyond resolution and more at how DLSS fixes all the terrible artefacts, or faster asset streaming makes the popin less of an eye-sore, or the FPS almost being stable for the main game. 

Sure, which is why I originally asked how one is defining "PS4-tier" here. If 30-50% isn't considered significant enough to leave it, then PS4 Pro is also "PS4-tier". 

But yeah the other point I made is that the Switch 2 also supports modern (9th generation) rendering features, like: hardware ray-tracing, mesh shaders, VRS, etc. 

Chrkeller said:

so roughly the S2 is a ps4 pro.  I will ensure to use ps4 pro tier.  

Maybe in this thread, or another thread there was a poll and PS4 Pro/One X were put into their own tier separate from One/base PS4, if I recall correctly. Some people tend to think of the mid-gen refreshes as something "different" for better or worse. But yeah, PS4 Pro tier as far as raw performance is fair enough. 

As someone who upgraded to a ps4 pro, same tier IMHO.  I was super disappointed with what the ps4 Pro offered in terms of upgrades. With a time machine I would have saved my money.  But I am happy to use ps4 pro tier.