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Alkibiádēs said:
Barkley said:

It means for the purpose I wish to use it for it will be underpowered. Whatever your use for it personally is all that matters when it comes to your opinion on the value of a product.

Twisted logic, your PS4 is also underpowered for what you use it for. Much more powerful PCs out there that can also do a lot more than just gaming. 

If you don't want a handheld then don't buy one. Jesus Christ... 

It's called personal standards, buying a 1.84TFlop device for home gaming in 2013 was well up to the standards I expect. 0.4TFlop home gaming in 2017 is not. Sorry but adding PC's to the mix changes literally nothing, there is a bar. There is no "twisted logic here". I don't need to have the most powerful device, I just have certain standards I'd like a device to meet.

I don't want a handheld, I want a Nintendo Console and I will buy a Switch because I want to, and it is the only Nintendo Console.

You should probably learn to discuss the Switch without getting so upset whenever someone speaks negatively about it.

 

zero129 said:

All home consoles are underpowered for my needs. So what should i do?.

Not buy one?



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Barkley said:
Alkibiádēs said:

Twisted logic, your PS4 is also underpowered for what you use it for. Much more powerful PCs out there that can also do a lot more than just gaming. 

If you don't want a handheld then don't buy one. Jesus Christ... 

It's called personal standards, buying a 1.84TFlop device for home gaming in 2013 was well up to the standards I expect. 0.4TFlop home gaming in 2017 is not. Sorry but adding PC's to the mix changes literally nothing, there is a bar. There is no "twisted logic here".

I don't want a handheld, I want a Nintendo Console and I will buy a Switch because I want to, and it is the only Nintendo Console.

You should probably learn to discuss the Switch without getting so upset whenever someone speaks negatively about it.

 

zero129 said:

All home consoles are underpowered for my needs. So what should i do?.

Not buy one?

You should probably not get upset about having to buy a handheld. 

PS4 was a weak console right from the gate. That's why they needed to come with a PS4 Pro not long after. A 2013 home console that can't play every game in 1080p and 60 fps is not an acceptable standard if you look at what PCs have been doing for years now. 



"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" - Thoukydides

Alkibiádēs said:

You should probably not get upset about having to buy a handheld. 

PS4 was a weak console right from the gate. That's why they needed to come with a PS4 Pro not long after. A 2013 console that can't play every game in 1080p and 60 fps is not an acceptable standard if you look at what PCs have been doing for years now. 

You're really not very good at debating with people are you. I gave my opinion that the Switch is an underpowered machine for what I will primarily use it for. You respond getting very upset and then basically say "You shouldn't have that opinion." in response to that.

Again you also seem to not understand that Standards are a PERSONAL issue, you can't tell me what is and isn't an acceptable standard for me.

Finally in your defense of the Switch you call the PS4 a weak console when it launches... That's not really a point that helps your case.

 

And to think this all stemmed from me simply saying that "It's a handheld" is in no way helpful to someone wishing to use it as a homeconsole, something it is marketed as being used for and likely Nintendo's only offering in this market.



Isn't this supposed to be a positive things? but of course let it to VGC to turn it into something bad.

Also I don't think every game will use the boost, Zelda already runs perfectly without it.



Goodnightmoon said:

Isn't this supposed to be a positive things? but of course let it to VGC to turn it into something bad.

Also I don't think every game will use the boost, Zelda already runs perfectly without it.

It's both really. Lower max memory bandwidth undocked, better GPU clock undocked. But the GPU Clock is a much bigger deal. So yeah it's good news aslong as you didn't put any credit into the Foxconn rumour. Though people were claiming the device was 500GFlops docked, 300GFlops undocked due to the Foxconn rumours just a few days ago on here.

Not to mention the OP created a thread recently saying the Switch could be 0.9TF docked... So for anyone believing in those rumours this is considered negative news, however those people won't react to it in that way. I mean the OP should be mortified by this news considering it's less then half the power what he posted the other day and hoped was real, but he's instead being very positive about it, because he wants to promote the Switch, because he loves Nintendo.



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Goodnightmoon said:

Isn't this supposed to be a positive things? but of course let it to VGC to turn it into something bad.

Also I don't think every game will use the boost, Zelda already runs perfectly without it.

Even as someone who welcomes it in games like Zelda, i think it's a bit silly to say a 30fps game (one that reportedly drops on occasions) runs "perfectly" :p



bonzobanana said:
vivster said:
That's quite an achievement being the most powerful handheld console ever.

Alternatively the weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Wrong, Wii was easily weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.



Miyamotoo said:
bonzobanana said:

Alternatively the weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Wrong, Wii was easily weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Though to be fair the Wii launched at the same time as it's competitors, not 3 and a half years later.



Barkley said:
Miyamotoo said:

Wrong, Wii was easily weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Though to be fair the Wii launched at the same time as it's competitors, not 3 and a half years later.

Regadels, even if compared Switch to Pro and Scorpio, Wii would be again be less powerful compared to PS3/Xbox 360 that Switch is compared to Pro/Scorpio.



Miyamotoo said:
bonzobanana said:

Alternatively the weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Wrong, Wii was easily weakest major home console ever compared to its competitors.

Eh, that's debatable. It depends on who you consider the Switch's competitors. Even if we ignore the Pro and Scorpio's existence on the basis of who they're marketed too (not an unreasonable argument), there's a good chance the Switch will spend the latter half of its life competing against a PS5 (and potentially an X1 successor, depending on how long MS expect the Scorpio to stick around). Even with a sub-average generation jump between the PS4 and PS5, it could be 20+ times stronger than the docked Switch.