Do you have any sources for this? It sounds very plausible, but it's the first I heard that.
Like I said, there is no hard source, it's speculation based on multiple sources
We know the goal was to reuse the software investment, because Iwata made public statements on it.
We know that Nintendo got a pretty early look at the TX1, did a security review of it, recommended some changes to Nvidia, but instead doubled down on a custom SOC from STM. This is in the Gigaleak.
We know that the
Google Pixel C was a failed project inside Google.
We know from multiple Nvidia leakers that the Tegra team was told to "find a win, quickly" in 2014.
We know that Nintendo began reconsidering the Indy project as successor to the Wii U and not the 3DS, and needed a more powerful chip. (Because the Switch came out)
We know that there were "software demos" from Nvidia in late 2014, because we have the demos in the Gigaleak.
We know that Nintendo put together a presentation on Indy (which they were calling the Switch at that point) in September of 2014, but still using the Mont Blanc from STM. This is in the Gigaleak.
We know that NVN development started well before the finalization of the TX1 contract between the two companies, because we have the dates of NVN development from the Nvidia leak
The dates on the NVN files are a little before the "software demos" that Nintendo received, so NVN was likely what was being demoed.
We know that the deal must have been finalized by January of 2015, because Nintendo put together a production calendar for the Switch which included delivering a prototype based on the TX1 by March, and the STM chip was entirely dropped. Again, Gigaleak.
And we know that the TX1 deal has been profitable for Nvidia because of their financial disclosures. So Nvidia is definitely selling the chips at a profit, and almost definitely didn't do the TX1+ die shrink for free. We know Nvidia delivered a beta version of NVN as part of the
pitch to get the deal, and that Nintendo opted to dump what they had publicly stated was their most valuable resource for delivering games to new platforms (ie, reusing their software and hardware stack).
So while I don't have any hard evidence, I think it's a pretty compelling explanation of the evidence.
I wonder about the clocks used. If the Switch was at 1GHz, and if these PCs with xbox hardware were locked at the same console clocks
Geekbench reports the clock. The One X and Series X boxes both matched the console clocks, likely those machines defaults for obvious reasons. The Orin NG was clocked at 1900MHz, which seems reasonable.
The Switch claims to also be clocked at 1900Mhz, but I think that's a bug. Geekbench gets the clock numbers for the firmware, and there are times where you can set an overclock that doesn't "take" properly. There are many Switch benchmarks, all reporting 1900MHz in Geekbench, and about 85% of them float around 300, and then a weird outlier 15% float around 150. Which is exactly what you would expect if it was running at roughly half the clock of the 1900 scores.
Haven't been frequenting the forum as much recently are you the actual OG oldpuck? If so welcome back!
I am. New account, so the old posts are still not tagged as me (For Reasons). I can't prove it's me, but I think this is proof alone that I have the same set of mental illnesses.
I genuinely might wait for an OLED model if they launch with LCD
I just can’t see them reversing course after selling a whole Switch revision whose main selling point is that it has an OLED screen, though. They sold a whole new revision being like “look how damn good this OLED looks” (and they’re right) so going back to LCD would come off as a pretty weak move. Don’t care if it’s a “good” LCD or whatever I want those TRULY DEEP INKY BLACKS.
I want it too, but I won't wait. I want those first two years of exclusives and/or games at higher frame rates and resolutions. And when the inevitable OLED rev comes out I'll do exactly the same thing I did this time, which is sell the OG model for $50 less than I bought it for to cover the cost of the new system.