ShadowCat@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square64fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1224arrow-down1external-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 · 1 year agomessage-square64fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year 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-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoDid Nintendo announce that Switch 2 is ARM?
minus-squareAProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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