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Topic: Nintendo Switch has only a fraction of Xbox One's power

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NinChocolate

Uh oh, did Nintendo forget to make it powerful again? Lol. Give me that MK 8+ on the go!!

NinChocolate

DefHalan

parallaxscroll wrote:

I know, but neither Nintendo PR nor the Nintendolife article tell us much about the actual power/ performance.

It's definitely more powerful than WiiU, Xbox 360 and PS3, but not close to og Xbox One, much less the base PS4.

your link gave me no information. It just goes a a different forum where people are debating about 3rd party support

People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...

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DefHalan

Here are some "leaked" specs I found

Four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, max 2GHz
Nvidia second-generation Maxwell architecture
256 CUDA cores, max 1GHz, 1024 FLOPS/cycle
4GB RAM (25.6 GB/s, VRAM shared)
32 GB storage (Max transfer 400 MB/s)
USB 2.0 and 3.0
1280 x 720 6.2-inch IPS LCD
1080p at 60 fps or 4k at 30 fps max video output
Capcitance method, 10-point multi-touch

source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/nintendo-switch-everyt...

Edited on by DefHalan

People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...

3DS Friend Code: 2621-2786-9784 | Nintendo Network ID: DefHalan

DefHalan

@gizmor They most likely are, just like all specs are most likely made up, until they are announced

People keep saying the Xbox One doesn't have Backwards Compatibility.
I don't think they know what Backwards Compatibility means...

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skywake

DefHalan wrote:

Here are some "leaked" specs I found
Four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, max 2GHz
Nvidia second-generation Maxwell architecture
256 CUDA cores, max 1GHz, 1024 FLOPS/cycle
4GB RAM (25.6 GB/s, VRAM shared)

Basically a copy/paste of the X1 specs on Wiki. Also not an unsurprising amount of RAM either. It's probably just someone guessing but even so, it's about what we should expect.

DefHalan wrote:

32 GB storage (Max transfer 400 MB/s)

Most consumer grade SSDs max out the SATA interface at around 550MB/s. You'd expect 32GB to run a bit slower because it's a small amount. Flash runs in parallel, higher capacities generally means more speed. So again, it might be just someone guessing but they're probably right.

edit: Though for comparison's sake. The average 2.5" HDD sits at ~85MB/s and a Blu-Ray sits at about half that again. So it's still going to be pretty fast if the above is correct. Which it should given it's flash based.

DefHalan wrote:

USB 2.0 and 3.0
1280 x 720 6.2-inch IPS LCD

Completely in-line with the rumours that have ended up being on the money so far. You'd have to be pretty brave to predict something other than this. Plus you can see the size of the screen in the trailer anyways and you can see the USB ports. You can't tell the screen resolution obviously but even then, are there many other reasonable options for a 6" screen? 1080p would be unnecessary and 480p is a bit low.

DefHalan wrote:

1080p at 60 fps or 4k at 30 fps max video output

In other words HDMI 1.4. The same as the Wii U, PS4 and XBOne. Less than the XBOne S and PS4 Pro which are both using HDMI 2.0. In any case, not so hard to sound correct with this one either.

Edited on by skywake

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"Don't stir the pot" is a nice way of saying "they're too dumb to reason with"

Therad

DefHalan wrote:

Here are some "leaked" specs I found

Four ARM Cortex-A57 cores, max 2GHz
Nvidia second-generation Maxwell architecture
256 CUDA cores, max 1GHz, 1024 FLOPS/cycle
4GB RAM (25.6 GB/s, VRAM shared)
32 GB storage (Max transfer 400 MB/s)
USB 2.0 and 3.0
1280 x 720 6.2-inch IPS LCD
1080p at 60 fps or 4k at 30 fps max video output
Capcitance method, 10-point multi-touch

source: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/nintendo-switch-everyt...

"Nintendo Switch is powered by the performance of the custom Tegra processor. The high-efficiency scalable processor includes an NVIDIA GPU based on the same architecture as the world's top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards."
The quote from Nvidias blogpost suggest it is Pascal, not Maxwell. Which makes sense, since it is both more powerful and less power hungry.

Edited on by Therad

Therad

skywake

@Therad
Definitely, and that point about power efficiency is important in terms of battery life. Currently there are Nvidia Tegra based tablets on the market. From what I can tell the ones that use Maxwell are super high end with massive batteries. Then there's the Shield Tablet which was Kepler based. So the Switch should be more power efficient then either. If anything benchmarks of their battery performance would probably be a bit conservative. Here's what I found:

Google Pixel C: Maxwell based, 10.2" OLED screen, 34Wh battery
Web Browsing: 13 hours
Video Playback: 13 hours
Heavy CPU load: 5 hours

NVidia Shield Tablet: Kepler Based, 8" LCD display, 19Wh battery
Web Browsing: 11 hours
Video Playback: 11 hours
Heavy CPU load: 3 hours

Wii U GamePad: Basically a shell, 6.2" LCD display
5Wh battery: 4 hours
9Wh battery: 8 hours

Edited on by skywake

Some playlists: Top All Time Songs, Top Last Year
"Don't stir the pot" is a nice way of saying "they're too dumb to reason with"

gcunit

Let's try and control our compulsion to start a new thread for every minutiae about the Switch, please and thank you.

Plus, this whole "they're probably made up, but here are some random rumoured specs I found..." .... SMH.

Once the specs are known, it may be worth having a separate thread, but not while everyone's just chucking in random, fabricated numbers.

Edited on by gcunit

You guys had me at blood and semen.

What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?

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