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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Nvidia Hiring For (Likely) Switch 2, DLSS 2.0 looks like a feature

Soundwave on 29 July 2020

LPDDR5x is likely to be widely available by 2022/2023 anyway, that could get Nintendo up to 133-150GB/sec.

Nvidia GPU designs don't really need the same bandwidth as AMD designs, AMD is very inefficient.

Case in point, the current Switch is able to run PS4 games like The Witcher 3 and DOOM on only 25GB/sec bandwidth versus PS4 which has 176GB/sec bandwidth.

If Switch 2 has say 133GB/sec bandwidth to the PS5's 448GB/sec that is actually a much smaller gap than what exists between the current Switch and PS4, and that's not even factoring in the difference DLSS 2.0/3.0 likely makes.



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numberwang on 29 July 2020
Soundwave said:
 that is actually a much smaller gap than what exists between the current Switch and PS4, and that's not even factoring in the difference DLSS 2.0/3.0 likely makes.



DonFerrari on 29 July 2020

A little to early to start the rumour train imho.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Rab on 29 July 2020
numberwang said:
NextGen_Gamer said:

That is my thought as well. A 2023 release for Switch 2. And I do truly hope Nintendo continues with a Switch 2, because I love my Switch and think the whole concept of a handheld/console combo is perfect for Nintendo.

A 2023 SoC from NVIDIA would probably be based on the TSMC's 3-nm EUV-GAAFET process, and that will offer some amazing possibilities for them. You could easily have a chip with close to power of the Xbox One X and be passively cooled in a handheld (!!!).

Curb your enthusiasm. Price will be 299 because that worked well for the Switch. With that we get lucky if it can run nextgen PS5/XBSO games at 540P updlss-ed to 1080p (best case scenario).

If competitors come in high as it appears they must this gen, then Nintendo have more space to move and still come in lower/better value, which is great for tech improvements, lets hope  



Rab on 29 July 2020
DonFerrari said:
A little to early to start the rumour train imho.

The train always pulls out early 



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DonFerrari on 29 July 2020
Rab said:
DonFerrari said:
A little to early to start the rumour train imho.

The train always pulls out early 

Better hurry to not lose it.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

super_etecoon on 29 July 2020

For anyone like me that was like...wha???? when it comes to this DLSS stuff.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-dlss-your-questions-answered/



Pemalite on 29 July 2020

Expected. More interested in Ray Tracing than DLSS though personally, hardware feature parity is a must to ensure continued ports.



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FormerlyTeamSilent13 on 29 July 2020

Everyone saying switch 2 in 2023. That’s way too late imo. How do they expect to get third party games with the current switch hardware consistently failing to hit 30 fps on downgraded settings?



SuperJortendo on 29 July 2020
FormerlyTeamSilent13 said:

Everyone saying switch 2 in 2023. That’s way too late imo. How do they expect to get third party games with the current switch hardware consistently failing to hit 30 fps on downgraded settings?

I think it depends on how the Switch continues to sell in the coming years. Although it's nice to have some third party games I'm not sure how much of a draw they are for people coming to the system. As long as the first party support is there and the games continue to look "good enough" in the eyes of consumers compared to the others then I think it'll sell well and 2023 is a realistic possibility for the release of their next console. If sales tank then yeah, I agree that it'll come out sooner.

I don't think they will go down too hard, too fast though. I'm expecting 2022 at the earliest, 2024 at the latest.



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