That is very of them. I would like to mention that they also fixed my Wii after the warranty past by several month. In my case it was the GameCube memory card slot, which actually I never used in the first year of the Wii, When I used it, I noticed that it could not read my card. I contacted Nintendo, and they were very nice. They understood my situation, confirmed to them I used official accessories only, and they offered me to fix it for free, minus shipping charges. So that is what I paid, and shipped my Wii to them, and very quickly serviced it and I got it back within a week and a few days (this including shipping time on both directions)
@SoIDecidedTo Unless the Switch USB Type-C port has Thunderbolt capabilities, that is not possible. It doesn't look it has, sadly. USB 3.0 alone is way to slow for graphics bandwidth (not to mention that USB have a lot of overhead, not helped by the fact that it needs the system CPU to do anything. It doesn't have it's own dedicated processor in its controller chip).
@NoxAeturnus >"It’s not just the processor that matters. I can put a more powerful engine in my car, but if it can’t handle the torque it’s not going to be pretty." Yes. That is what I said. But I also said for the same architecture. Did you know that a GeForce GTX 1080 consume less power than a GeForce GTX 480? In fact, the 1080 massacre the performance of the 480, yet consumes LESS power. Beside advancement in processing nodes (making chip smaller), it is also due to research discovering new ways to do things in a more efficient matter.
In other words, in a silly example, imagine you have a processor just know how to add and remove. Great! It does all sorts of calculations. Now on the new generation processor, you implement this new thing you discover: multiplication. And now, it can do many calculation MUCH faster and consuming less power. Why do: 5+5+5+5, when you do 5*4, and get the results in one shot?
"Console power balances against power consumption, that was my original point. They can absolutely build a more powerful console, but can they build it powerful, with decent battery life, and at a price point that consumers will buy it?" Yea for sure. And did you know, even docked, the Tegar X1 is actually not going to its full speed?
"Switch is already pushing the limits there with its price and its battery life." I agree. Already people complain about price, and it can't have the chip in the $800+ phones/tablets (which funny enough have a worst GPU in terms of capabilities. They dont't even support full OpenGL.. only a subset called OpenGL ES)
Tegra 2? You mean Tegra X2! Tegra 2 is as a fast as a can of tomato sauce in a race against a Tesla.
It takes 2 to 3 years to make a revision chip. And sadly, Nvidia chips are costly. They are costly to make, and the company likes money (obviously).
I am sure right now the company has already setup a team to take Nvidia latest and greatest Tegra chip, and make a non-car variation, fitting Nintendo budget, and trying to work with them. Sadly, like I said, it takes 2-3 years to start manufacturing a new chip based on current architecture (takes 5+ years for a new architecture. So yes, if you wonder, Nvidia has a team for its next GPU (Volta), and another team working on the following one (revision of Volta), and another team working on the following of the following one (new architecture - assuming 0 delays, if not it will be another revision done by another team, while this one continues its work. That how it usually works at the company based on release patterns of chips).
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Re: Nintendo Is Banning Switch Game Cards To Combat Piracy, Potentially Killing The Second-Hand Market
Incorrect news, but who will read this comment.
The game is blocked only if you try to play the game online without the game cart inserted.
The moment you insert the game cart in the system, the game is recertified and works online and offline just fine.
Basically, your NEED to have the ORIGINAL game cart from the backup ROM in order to play the game on the Switch.
You can use the game cart on your other Switch's and your friend Switch just fine.
Re: Random: Nintendo Fixed One Man's Out Of Warranty, First-Gen 3DS For Next To Nothing
That is very of them. I would like to mention that they also fixed my Wii after the warranty past by several month. In my case it was the GameCube memory card slot, which actually I never used in the first year of the Wii, When I used it, I noticed that it could not read my card. I contacted Nintendo, and they were very nice. They understood my situation, confirmed to them I used official accessories only, and they offered me to fix it for free, minus shipping charges. So that is what I paid, and shipped my Wii to them, and very quickly serviced it and I got it back within a week and a few days (this including shipping time on both directions)
Re: Could Switch's Non-Compliant USB-C Spec Be To Blame For Third-Party Docks Bricking Consoles?
@AlexOlney... hmm well I don't know... a switch shape brick can be still be pretty useful. One can never have enough door stops.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
@SoIDecidedTo
Unless the Switch USB Type-C port has Thunderbolt capabilities, that is not possible. It doesn't look it has, sadly. USB 3.0 alone is way to slow for graphics bandwidth (not to mention that USB have a lot of overhead, not helped by the fact that it needs the system CPU to do anything. It doesn't have it's own dedicated processor in its controller chip).
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
@NoxAeturnus
>"It’s not just the processor that matters. I can put a more powerful engine in my car, but if it can’t handle the torque it’s not going to be pretty."
Yes. That is what I said. But I also said for the same architecture.
Did you know that a GeForce GTX 1080 consume less power than a GeForce GTX 480? In fact, the 1080 massacre the performance of the 480, yet consumes LESS power. Beside advancement in processing nodes (making chip smaller), it is also due to research discovering new ways to do things in a more efficient matter.
In other words, in a silly example, imagine you have a processor just know how to add and remove. Great! It does all sorts of calculations. Now on the new generation processor, you implement this new thing you discover: multiplication. And now, it can do many calculation MUCH faster and consuming less power. Why do: 5+5+5+5, when you do 5*4, and get the results in one shot?
"Console power balances against power consumption, that was my original point. They can absolutely build a more powerful console, but can they build it powerful, with decent battery life, and at a price point that consumers will buy it?"
Yea for sure. And did you know, even docked, the Tegar X1 is actually not going to its full speed?
"Switch is already pushing the limits there with its price and its battery life." I agree. Already people complain about price, and it can't have the chip in the $800+ phones/tablets (which funny enough have a worst GPU in terms of capabilities. They dont't even support full OpenGL.. only a subset called OpenGL ES)
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
@Markylad You can be sure it won't be 2018. If anything late 2019. As mentioned, making a custom chip based on an existing one takes minimum 2 years.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
@NoxAeturnus No. For the same architecture, yes... but processors are not only faster every year they are more power efficient.
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
@Fake-E-Lee Buy the new Switch, transfer your stuff, and sale your old one to recoup part of the cost
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Considers "Nintendo Switch Pro" With NVIDIA Tegra 2 Processor
Tegra 2? You mean Tegra X2! Tegra 2 is as a fast as a can of tomato sauce in a race against a Tesla.
It takes 2 to 3 years to make a revision chip. And sadly, Nvidia chips are costly. They are costly to make, and the company likes money (obviously).
I am sure right now the company has already setup a team to take Nvidia latest and greatest Tegra chip, and make a non-car variation, fitting Nintendo budget, and trying to work with them. Sadly, like I said, it takes 2-3 years to start manufacturing a new chip based on current architecture (takes 5+ years for a new architecture. So yes, if you wonder, Nvidia has a team for its next GPU (Volta), and another team working on the following one (revision of Volta), and another team working on the following of the following one (new architecture - assuming 0 delays, if not it will be another revision done by another team, while this one continues its work. That how it usually works at the company based on release patterns of chips).