ShadowCat 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-square56fedilinkarrow-up1240cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlnintendo@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1240external-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 to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.mlnintendo@lemmy.ml
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilinkEnglish3•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-square@Natanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoThe Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities
minus-square@AProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoYes it is surprising, it’s a high TDP desktop x86 SoC vs a low TDP mobile ARM SoC. Not close.
minus-squarecircuitfarmerlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoDid Nintendo announce that Switch 2 is ARM?
minus-square@AProfessional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoI don’t know. It’s obviously arm. They partner with Nvidia, they want backward compat, and it’s a mobile device.
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.
The Steam Deck uses the same architectures by the way, with different core counts and a few more differences in capabilities
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.