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Forums - Nintendo - solid rumor: Nintendo Switch will be using Tegra X2

Shiken on 30 October 2016
bunchanumbers said:
If true I'm expecting this to sell for $399. And I don't think that people will be willing to spend that much on a 720p tablet.

I am willing along with a few other people I know.  Breath of the Wild on the go with better performance than the WiiU version is all I need to be sold on it, even at $399.

 

However not everyone is like me so I am still hoping or a $299 dollar tag realistically, or a $250 tag if I am being very optimistic.



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Nautilus on 30 October 2016
Nuvendil said:
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Well, Im nowhere near a tech expert, and Im actually quite uninformed in this subject, but with the "closer to the 1.5 TF" could could simple be that it manages to squeeze out 1 or two extra TF in terms of performance to rend the game closer to 1080p or/and at 60 fps instead of the 720p that suposedelly the handheld has.Again, Im supposing that is possible and please correct me if Im simly wrong.But isnt, according to the article, the Switch using full floating points, couldnt it theoretically with a cooling system that handles it, achieve the double of the efficency and getting close to the 2 TF? 

Not everything can be done in 16fpp, that's why standard GFLOPS and TFLOPS are measured based on 32fpp. Now having good 16fpp performance can be good for those who take the effort to take advantage of it by having those things the can be done in 16fpp handled in that way, but it won't double performance.  The big issues are cost, battery, and heat though.  I just don't see a means by which Nintendo and Nvidia could get anywhere near 1.5 to 2 TFLOPS while keeping the cost down, battery acceptable, and heat in check.  It's much better to take advantage of Nvidia's ability to make maximum use of each GFLOP and shoot for something more reasonable like 1 to 1.1 TFLOPS and use the advantage over AMD's tech to get real world performance parity (or very close) with the Xbone since that could almost certainly be done with the systems price, battery, and cooling targets maintained.  

Thanks!I really appreciate the explanation.Hopefully it manages to get the parity with XOne, or close enough that it wouldnt matter the difference, so that porting isnt an issue.Nintendo needs to appeal to more than its fanbase, and this news if true, can help Nintendo achieve that.



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Wyrdness on 30 October 2016

It'll be curious to know what kind of set up is in the NS if it's like more classic consoles with a decent CPU unlike the consoles of recent years.



KLAMarine on 30 October 2016

Good news to people who really care about power...

I'm not really one of them. Just give me good games.



ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 30 October 2016

@deskpro2k3, I don't think it's any different for devs that make pc games , using multiple specs



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WagnerPaiva on 30 October 2016

I will wait for the reviews on the first 20 games. =)



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mutantsushi on 30 October 2016
Nuvendil said:

The big issues are cost, battery, and heat though.  I just don't see a means by which Nintendo and Nvidia could get anywhere near 1.5 to 2 TFLOPS while keeping the cost down, battery acceptable, and heat in check. 

Battery and heat are factors which don't apply as much in console mode, with power supply and more cooling options.
That said, the idea of "squeezing out" 1-2 extra TFlops is kind of cringe worthy.  A 50% boost vs. mobile mode seems high.



Oneeee-Chan!!! on 31 October 2016
bunchanumbers said:
If true I'm expecting this to sell for $399. And I don't think that people will be willing to spend that much on a 720p tablet.

Simply speaking ,  you're jealousy of Nintendo.

That's your true face : )



KLAMarine on 31 October 2016
bunchanumbers said:
If true I'm expecting this to sell for $399. And I don't think that people will be willing to spend that much on a 720p tablet.

I have some good news: the Switch doubles as a console. In addition, if people feel the price too steep at launch, they can wait for a price drop or wait for bundles.



Volterra_90 on 31 October 2016

Ehh... not sure that would work. I mean, the console would be probably 350 at least. I think that the X1 would be a more reasonable choice.