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[Draugoth]

From my sources now: The DLSS version shown behind closed doors by the "Nintendo Switch 2" tech demo was 3.1 and not 3.5 as reported or pointed out by Eurogamer.

Ray-Tracing is indeed possible and the RAM memory I was told was 12 GB for the consumer.

Source has been right on some information such as that EA would no longer making the legacy games Fifa for Switch and on previous Direct dates. Still not 100% accurate.

Switch 2 Recent Discussion Thread with Gamescom Leak

 

[Gaiff]

DLSS is the great equalizer for that next Nintendo console if they go all in on it.

 

[Interfectum]

A shame it's 3.1 but I'm just happy it's DLSS 3 at all.

 

[DeepEnigma]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

 

[Bernoulli]

 

[RoadHazard]

So that basically means no framegen right? Or is that DLSS 3.0+, and 3.5 is just the RT denoising stuff?

 

[bender]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

 

[Draugoth]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Kkkkkkkkkkk

 

[ADiTAR]

Can they update the DLSS versions later on? Not sure how it works. What's the diff?

 

[Gaiff]

A shame it's 3.1 but I'm just happy it's DLSS 3 at all.

It doesn't. NVIDIA has rebranded DLSS. DLSS 3.0 no longer mean frame generation necessarily.

3.5 has been coined a few months/weeks ago and is called that because of the addition of ray reconstruction for all RTX-based GPUs.

Frame Generation is still part of DLSS but it's a separate feature. RTX 20 and 30 series cannot use frame generation.

The optical flow accelerator of 20 and 30 series is presumably too weak for proper frame generation. If Nintendo's next-gen console's GPU is Lovelace, it should have the capability for frame generation. That they say 3.1 in the article implies that there's no ray reconstruction but frame generation might still be in the cards.

 

[Astral Dog]

If this has any chance of being true 12 GB of RAM would be quite nice for this thing

 

[RaZoR No1]

So that basically means no framegen right? Or is that DLSS 3.0+, and 3.5 is just the RT denoising stuff?

Framegen but not RT Boost afaik

 

[Gaiff]

Can they update the DLSS versions later on? Not sure how it works. What's the diff?

Yes. 3.5 isn't out yet.

 

[Kilau]

It’s gonna have whatever nvidia has to sell them, so the 12GB makes sense.

 

[DenchDeckard]

DLSS is gonna be killer for this thing.

 

[BennyBlanco]

nvidia is so far ahead of AMD in raytracing that nothing would surprise me. Frame generation would be huge too. Imagine the next Monolith game at 4K DLSS / 60+ FPS.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

If this has any chance of being true 12 GB of RAM would be quite nice for this thing

IIRC in the leaked Nvidia SoC specs there was a mention that it might support two RAM configs, a 12GB one and 16GB one. It's a safe guess to go with the "lower" 12GB amount here. Very curious about the memory bandwidth though.

 

[Ozriel]

12gb means it'll have more RAM than the Series S. And that's if this rumor is correct vs Nintendo just going with the 16gb like that of Steam Deck and Legion Go.

I have no idea what MS was thinking with the design of that console. They went too conservative

 

[Magic Carpet]

12gb means it'll have more RAM than the Series S. And that's if this rumor is correct vs Nintendo just going with the 16gb like that of Steam Deck and Legion Go.

I have no idea what MS was thinking with the design of that console. They went too conservative

Microsoft has always been stingy with memory. I've never really understood that. ESRAM and all that jazz.

 

[spons]

Can't wait for it to not be backwards compatible.

 

[Tarin02543]

It doesn't. NVIDIA has rebranded DLSS. DLSS 3.0 no longer mean frame generation necessarily.

3.5 has been coined a few months/weeks ago and is called that because of the addition of ray reconstruction for all RTX-based GPUs.

Frame Generation is still part of DLSS but it's a separate feature. RTX 20 and 30 series cannot use frame generation.

The motion flow accelerator of 20 and 30 series is presumably too weak for proper frame generation. If Nintendo's next-gen console's GPU is Lovelace, it should have the capability for frame generation. That they say 3.1 in the article implies that there's no ray reconstruction but frame generation might still be in the cards.

Makes sense since the leaked SoC is Ampere (RTX 30)

 

[SlimySnake]

12 gb of ram should help mitigate the ram bottlenecks series s is running into, but if series s is any indication, 4 tflops wont be enough. dlss is great for upscaling from 1080p but trust me, no one wants to upscale from 560p no matter what nvidia says.

plus dlss has its own cost on the gpu.

 

[Brigandier]

I can't wait to see what Monolith produce on this device if the specs are true or close to it.... They are so ahead of the game it's not even funny.

 

[mosantos]

From Salto de Pirapora

 

[mosantos]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

Mike Baguncinha's nephew

 

[LiquidMetal14]

DLSS is the great equalizer for that next Nintendo console if they go all in on it.

It would be of help but we live in a world where FSR2 is used well on consoles.

The HW will speak more than DLSS. Tempered.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I can't wait to see what Monolith produce on this device if the specs are true or close to it.... They are so ahead of the game it's not even funny.

At the very least they can throw away the Temporal Upscaler they created for XB3.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Ray tracing on a PS4 hardware

 

[Robb]

Really liking that every rumor has DLSS included. That’s the one thing I was hoping Nintendo would adapt.

 

[Roufianos]

Honestly, fuck wasting limited resources on raytracing

 

[Dream-Knife]

If its ampere based of course it won't have frame gen.

 

[Urban]

upscaling technologies are the future.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Ray tracing on a PS4 hardware

Ray tracing on ps5 hardware is also bad because AMD stinks.

 

[Puscifer]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

Sí, además mi tío trabaja en Nintendo

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Can't wait for it to not be backwards compatible.

It better be at least as BC as PS5 is, even if not as amazing as the Series X out-of-the-box BC ability.

 

[Moses85]

 

[digoutyoursoul]

nvidia is so far ahead of AMD in raytracing that nothing would surprise me. Frame generation would be huge too. Imagine the next Monolith game at 4K DLSS / 60+ FPS.

Sleeping with your knee high up like that isn’t advisable

 

[Puscifer]

Sleeping with your knee high up like that isn’t advisable

But it's damn comfortable

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

This market knows how to generate hype, all right.
The next few months are gonna be a long and painful wait.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

It doesn't. NVIDIA has rebranded DLSS. DLSS 3.0 no longer mean frame generation necessarily.

3.5 has been coined a few months/weeks ago and is called that because of the addition of ray reconstruction for all RTX-based GPUs.

Frame Generation is still part of DLSS but it's a separate feature. RTX 20 and 30 series cannot use frame generation.

The optical flow accelerator of 20 and 30 series is presumably too weak for proper frame generation. If Nintendo's next-gen console's GPU is Lovelace, it should have the capability for frame generation. That they say 3.1 in the article implies that there's no ray reconstruction but frame generation might still be in the cards.

Oh no, it’s going to have one bullet point and not the other bullet point.

 

[Variahunter]

The amount of ram is an indication but in the end it means nothing without the speed.

Series S amount is not its problem, it's its ridiculous speed, I mean look at this shit :

Series X :	Series S :
16GB - 10GB à 560GB/s et 6GB à 336 GB/s	10GB - 8GB à 224GB/s et 2GB à 56GB/s

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

So that basically means no framegen right? Or is that DLSS 3.0+, and 3.5 is just the RT denoising stuff?

DLSS had frame generation on 3(this is 3.1) with 4000 series cards.

Does this mean the Nintendo Focus will be based on ADA?

 

[MadPanda]

12gb means it'll have more RAM than the Series S. And that's if this rumor is correct vs Nintendo just going with the 16gb like that of Steam Deck and Legion Go.

I have no idea what MS was thinking with the design of that console. They went too conservative

If this console releases in 2024 it will be 4 years between series s and switch 2.


Anyway, I doubt every leak until we have official specs, especially these too optimistic. That would be just setting myself for a possible disappointment.

 

[JokerMM]

Is this thing gonna cost $500?

 

[shamoomoo]

Source has been right on some information such as that EA would no longer making the legacy games Fifa for Switch and on previous Direct dates. Still not 100% accurate.

Switch 2 Recent Discussion Thread with Gamescom Leak

It would be funny if the Switcheroo 2 would have more usable RAM than the Series S.

 

[Portugeezer]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

 

[Moses85]

HIs this thing gonna cost $500?

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

His "tio" works for Nintendo.

From Salto de Pirapora

Why are you speaking spanish?

 

[SpecialAgentZ]

From Salto de Pirapora

Olar, meua migo. Salto de Pirapora is where Nintendo is incubating new tech. Didn't you know? kkkkkkkk