Nvidia purportedly wants its name on the Nintendo Switch 2 due to custom chip work and limited DLSS 3.5 support

3 years ago by CosmicSploogeDrizzle to c/nintendo

It has been alleged that Nvidia wants to be recognized for all the work it has purportedly put in on the Nintendo Switch 2. Along with likely sporting a custom Tegra SoC from Team Green, believed to be in the shape of the T239 chip, it seems the Switch 2 can also count on some limited DLSS 3.5 support to help it compete with the PS5 and Xbox Series X.

hedgehog 79 points 3 years ago

the next-generation Switch might still be able to hold its own in terms of graphics performance with Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S in some optimized titles.

I’ll believe that when I see it.

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Anonymousllama 29 points 3 years ago

If they're going for "graphical performance", whatever that means, the could probably use DLSS 3 to upscale a muddy 360p internal resolution image. It'll be messy and gross, but fast.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 16 points 3 years ago

Exactly. Nintendo gave up on competing with graphical fidelity after the Wii U.

The switch at launch was already 3 year old SOC and it broke all sales records

Bare minimum effort will be applied for the new model as well

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MurrayL 27 points 3 years ago

I think you mean 'after the GameCube'.

And even then, the GC only sat as a middle-ground between the original Xbox and the PS2. Nintendo hasn't explicitly tried to make a graphical powerhouse since the N64.

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altima_neo 12 points 3 years ago

And only middle because Xbox was balls to the wall overpowered compared to the others.

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DoucheBagMcSwag 1 point 3 years ago

I mean you may be right…but when I think of the Wii U, it was the last time we got AAA ports of games like Ninja Gaiden, Assassins Creed and yeah…even Call of Duty. Since the switch, because of the underpowered specs, not many AAA games have had competent ports (looking at you mortal Kombat 1 switch port) and most AAA quality is now only first party from Nintendo

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Gabu 2 points 3 years ago

Which is a good thing, because 99.99% of AAA games have been total shit for more than a decade.

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KinglyWeevil 8 points 3 years ago

I mean...it helps that the Switch launched out of cycle with Xbox and PlayStation, and also was $100+ cheaper than the others. Not to mention the advantage of it being portable. Which means someone in the household can play it without eating up a screen, or it can be brought on travel. Mine is indispensable on work trips. It also supports a variety of excellent local multiplayer games - which at least in my house, gets a shit load of use. Smash, Mariokart, Mario party, etc. are on constant rotation.

The PS5 digital is $400. The Xbox series X is $500. The Xbox series S which arguably does something similar to the switch, dropping the insistence on the highest graphical quality, is the only one in either this generation or the previous which compares in price, at $300. (Granted this is actually cheaper than the OLED Switch model, which is at $350).

I desperately wish Nintendo would release their IP on PC, but it'll be a cold day in hell before that happens.

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Schaedelbach 6 points 3 years ago

After the WiiU? Nah man, the Wii was already way behind the rest and from then on out they stayed a generation worth of graphical development behind.

I honestly don't mind that at all but I am also not the target audience for the latest and greatest in graphics. I love a great indie roguelike just as much as "complete editions" of triple A games from a couple of years ago.

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Squizzy 4 points 3 years ago

They gave up with the GameCube, their lost console with consistent third party releases, it wasn't unreasonable to expect nay game would be on Nintendo back then. Now at best a bad cloud port is lauded.

I hate that they can do nothing and succeed.

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hark 3 points 3 years ago

Maybe with hyper-aggressive use of DLSS they can get most of the way there.

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echo64 68 points 3 years ago

Always remember that 99% of the Nintendo leaks are just lies

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stephfinitely 28 points 3 years ago

Well this isn't un head of especially on Nintendo systems the gamecube and Wii said ATI on it.

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echo64 8 points 3 years ago

It's not unheard of for nintendo to release a brand new earthbound game but that doesn't mean a leak around the idea is true. 99% of nitnendo leaks are made up by someone on Twitter.

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lud 7 points 3 years ago

99% of nitnendo leaks are made up by someone on Twitter.

FTFY

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BeatByte 50 points 3 years ago

I mean they used to do this kind of stuff with the ATI chips from (now AMD) in the past, right? I vaguely remember seeing an ATI sticker on my GameCube or Wii

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brsrklf 31 points 3 years ago

There was definitely a red "ATI" logo on the GameCube, yes.

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30021190 17 points 3 years ago

And also the Wii...

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Whooping_Seal 2 points 3 years ago

At least on the Wii the ATI logo isn't a sticker, its actually physically on the plastic shell similar to the wii logo on the front

I sadlt can't tell you if its printed, laser etching or some other technique

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IHeartBadCode 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, logo is there. From BestBuy site.

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Septa 36 points 3 years ago

Maybe it will be similar to the ATI branding on the Wii. Just a little grey logo in the corner.

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nexas_XIII 11 points 3 years ago

Same with the GameCube. I'm looking at mine right now

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CosmicSploogeDrizzle 22 points 3 years ago

Hopefully after developing the switch 2 chip we see them work on updating their Shield line of Android TV boxes.

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Evotech 3 points 3 years ago

Pretty sure shield is dead

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CosmicSploogeDrizzle 3 points 3 years ago

It's either dead or there's no need to update it because there isn't real competition in that space. I'm just wondering what they are going to do with this new mobile chip platform once the switch 2 is released. I doubt they only ever use it in the switch 2. I'm guessing they would want to release it (or a version of it) in some other hardware.

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XTornado 2 points 3 years ago

I mean that could be... But it could sell not like there is a lot of other options. Most are shit except the Google TV Chromecast thingy and I guess the Xiaomi one. Roku maybe? Not sur show it is right now but in any case it's not that international here for example it's not a thing but Shield is available If they had some extra that made it worth it like proper hard drive support or who knows it could sell.

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Catsrules 1 point 3 years ago

Since when?

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Gabu 7 points 3 years ago

Good news, AMD is about to land a big contract

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HeyJoe 5 points 3 years ago

Put it on the back cover, only see it if you open it up which is never.

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Bonehead 1 point 3 years ago

That's just a Easter egg for geeks.

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