ShadowCat@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoNintendo reportedly showed a demo of the ‘Switch 2’ console at Gamescom which included visuals comparable to the PS5 and Xbox Series X.www.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1250cross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1250external-linkNintendo reportedly showed a demo of the ‘Switch 2’ console at Gamescom which included visuals comparable to the PS5 and Xbox Series X.www.videogameschronicle.comShadowCat@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: nintendo@lemmy.ml
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoTo use the PS5 as an example, it’s based on Zen 2 and RDNA 2, both of which are now deprecated. It would not be surprising for Nintendo to match them at this point in the cycle.
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoYes it is surprising, it’s a high TDP desktop x86 SoC vs a low TDP mobile ARM SoC. Not close.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoDid Nintendo announce that Switch 2 is ARM?
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoI don’t know. It’s obviously arm. They partner with Nvidia, they want backward compat, and it’s a mobile device.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThe Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities
To use the PS5 as an example, it’s based on Zen 2 and RDNA 2, both of which are now deprecated. It would not be surprising for Nintendo to match them at this point in the cycle.
Yes it is surprising, it’s a high TDP desktop x86 SoC vs a low TDP mobile ARM SoC. Not close.
Did Nintendo announce that Switch 2 is ARM?
I don’t know. It’s obviously arm. They partner with Nvidia, they want backward compat, and it’s a mobile device.
The Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities