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[mynintendonews.com] Media will not have Switch 2 reviews before launch Edit mynintendonews.com impressions gamingeek
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So Digital Foundry posted the full and final Switch 2 specs based on leaked developer documentation.

Saw a video on it, haven't read it yet.

2 CPU cores are reserved for the OS and 3gb of RAM.

It looks like it has the same OS as Switch 1, so is it gamechat that needs that much RAM?

Since that camera is optional will more resources be used by developers when gamechat is not being used?

Also there seems to be a lot of headroom in clock speeds for the CPU and GPU.

The documentation shows a theoretical max of 1.7ghz for the cpu cores, but it's only being used at around 1 ghz.

Will it be raised with further updates?

Same for the gpu which is clocked at around 1 ghz but has a theoretical max of 1.4 ghz.

One thing about Nintendo I don't like, this goes for switch 1 too, they tend to take stock or similar hardware and don't run it at its full potential. They took the X1 Nvidia Shield and downclocked it all around. I guess because of thermals and battery life.

If t239 is based on t234 they gutted out a lot of shader cores.

I hope there's a plugged in offscreen mode that runs off the chain.

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Dvader said:

This weekend I managed to get a 5080 for $1200... sigh.

Congrats!

Man, I'd love to build an uber gaming PC but those prices remind me why I'm still primarily a console gamer. Also, I get really OCD with all the graphics options and fiddle with them more than playing, lol

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If Switch 2 CPU and GPU ran at their documented max speeds it would be a 4 teraflop device.

I don't get this 3gb RAM reserved for Gamechat. I'm not using that damn camera so would my games have access to more resources, compared to someone streaming video to someone else?

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gamingeek said:
If Switch 2 CPU and GPU ran at their documented max speeds it would be a 4 teraflop device.

I don't get this 3gb RAM reserved for Gamechat. I'm not using that damn camera so would my games have access to more resources, compared to someone streaming video to someone else?

3GB for video chat? That's nuts.

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Someone at S-E really needs their head looked at. I still can't believe they went with a more realistic art style for the new Kingdom Hearts.
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Dvader said:

I also started Doom, I get 90fps with everything super max so great performance. I only played 4 levels but I am not enjoying as much as I hoped. I am one of the Eternal lovers, there are those that hated the direction Eternal went with maybe they like what they did her, to me its a huge step back at least early in the game. Its too much just parrying and shield bashing into punch combos. Its a ton of punching things... in Doom. Ehh.

It's a prequel so it has to have simplified gameplay. Nyaa It look fun but repetitive. It reminds me of the Serious Sam games.  

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robio said:
Someone at S-E really needs their head looked at. I still can't believe they went with a more realistic art style for the new Kingdom Hearts.

It didn't seem like that much of a departure to me. Sora learned to comb his hair.

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travo said:
robio said:
Someone at S-E really needs their head looked at. I still can't believe they went with a more realistic art style for the new Kingdom Hearts.

It didn't seem like that much of a departure to me. Sora learned to comb his hair.

That shot of Mickey Mouse on the chandeliers looked cool. I don't have an opinion beyond that, though, since I've never played that series

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