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[carbvan]

Joined the forums to read the hidden content but I'm too dumb to understand it. I only understand this stuff in terms of Gamecubes duct taped together

somewhere around 400ish gamecubes in a trench coat i think. found some numbers saying the the gamecube had 9 gflops and the ps4 pro had 4000. That's about 400 gamecubes.

 

[Steve]

that's not rusty's real deal baseball

Sadly rusty deal baseball flew way to close to the sun.

Maybe if it used the 3D affect effectively, might it have a chance of glory, instead all there is left is rust.

 

[darthdiablo]

so Nintendo definitly won't shut this forum down right?

They won't as long as we keep saying we're humans.

 

[Raccoon]

I'm going to try to really cherish the switch before its demise

take it to a park, or a library or something

maybe just keep it in my pocket and pretend it had play coins

fantasize about having sufficient rizz to walk up to women and ask if they want to play mario kart

remember takahashi's instructions to go out into the world and share the joy of nintendo switch with everyone

and finally wonder why he has forsaken that beautiful dream...

 

[carbvan]

so Nintendo definitly won't shut this forum down right?

I don't see what they could really do? We're discussing public information and no one here is posting confidential docs or anything. I mean I guess they could send a cease and desist and hope the admins don't have the funds to fight it.

 

[Koren Lesthe]

how the hell are you going to enforce this?

« What are you going to do ? Stab me ? »
-Stabbed man.

 

[ExoticSpice]

• 1536 CUDA Cores, 48 tensor cores, 12 RT cores

How many Int8 TOPS does this translate to bgoing by current Ampere GPUs?? Just give a baseline for the clocks.

 

[ILikeFeet]

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codenames don't need to have a reason. tegra SoCs are named after superheroes for example. Wayne, Kal-el, Parker, Logan, Erista, Mariko, Drake, etc. Odin and the MB for Drake is just because.

 

[darthdiablo]

• 1536 CUDA Cores, 48 tensor cores, 12 RT cores

How many Int8 TOPS does this translate to bgoing by current Ampere GPUs?? Just give a baseline for the clocks.

We have been on a quest to find out what the clock speeds are for the last few years. If only..

 

[Serif]

so Nintendo definitly won't shut this forum down right?

They didn't shut it down when we openly and freely discussed stolen data from Nvidia two years ago, they won't now when all we're talking is public shipping info.

 

[Raccoon]

Sadly rusty deal baseball flew way to close to the sun.

Maybe if it used the 3D affect effectively, might it have a chance of glory, instead all there is left is rust.

idk I thought turning 3D on for rrdb was revelatory but I guess it's not for everyone

 

[Dragoncaine]

There's no MP4 for Switch 2
There's only Metroid Prime 4K

You jest, but I just started salivating at the idea of a 4K/60 patch for Retro's banger remaster

Seeing Fami regulars on Era because they can't post on here during a pivotal moment

I see myself in this picture and I don't like it (at least I only lurked lmao)

 

[yu?]

remember takahashi's instructions to go out into the world and share the joy of nintendo switch with everyone

SAMUS christ,
chat, was that a thing that happened?

 

[chocolate_supra]

I'm going to try to really cherish the switch before its demise

take it to a park, or a library or something

maybe just keep it in my pocket and pretend it had play coins

fantasize about having sufficient rizz to walk up to women and ask if they want to play mario kart

remember takahashi's instructions to go out into the world and share the joy of nintendo switch with everyone

and finally wonder why he has forsaken that beautiful dream...

me trying to convince you it's still okay to come outside with the new Switch:

 

[kasparov77]

By Todd's standards, "the best demo" in his eyes is probably just showing that he can do another port of Skyrim on it.

you WILL buy skyrim on switch 2

 

[darthdiablo]

me trying to convince you it's still okay to come outside with the new Switch:

 

[Raccoon]

SAMUS christ,
chat, was that a thing that happened?

 

[LiC]

 

[kasparov77]

me trying to convince you it's still okay to come outside with the new Switch:

brb gonna leak the switch 2 theme song

 

[navierStokes]

have fun reading! i took his same equations and wrote up a lil image wit some numbers to make it make some more sense for myself. heres my latest updated one if anyone wants to look at it

Hope you don't mind, but I just made a plot, sometimes it's nice to see things as a curve.

 

[Discostew]

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[Switcharoo]

Not sure if UFS 3.1 Storage would be that great for Nintendo since it is pretty outdated and already 4-5x slower than most PC SSDs. Pretty sure you can get 500gb NVMe with 2x this read/write speed for less than 50 bucks. Nintendo seems to have "cheeped out" on storage they could very likely get for less than 20 buck in bulk.

 

[omniryu]

It's a holiday here in Germany, so I have a day off and aren't really checking in here, but I noticed there's 25 pages since yesterday ... So I feel urged too ask if I missed finishing?

Happy holidays dude.

 

[Pillydillsy]

I rewatched the odyssey trailer and man, I can’t wait for another moment like this in a couple of months. We’ve been waiting for a new 3D Mario for years, and when we finally get the trailer for the new one it will be amazing

 

[SoldierDelta]

Not sure if UFS 3.1 Storage would be that great for Nintendo since it is pretty outdated and already 4-5x slower than most PC SSDs. Pretty sure you can get 500gb NVMe with 2x this read/write speed for less than 50 bucks. Nintendo seems to have "cheeped out" on storage they could very likely get for less than 20 buck in bulk.

The sequential read of the SSD is apparently 2100Mb/s which is only around 300mb/s slower than the Series X's. I think it'll be fine overall, don't worry too much about it.

 

[lexony]

I miss these kind of life shows, especially when things don‘t go according to plan. That moment when Suda seemingly went off script and confused the Interpreter is still gold.

 

[mrtanooki]

Not sure if UFS 3.1 Storage would be that great for Nintendo since it is pretty outdated and already 4-5x slower than most PC SSDs. Pretty sure you can get 500gb NVMe with 2x this read/write speed for less than 50 bucks. Nintendo seems to have "cheeped out" on storage they could very likely get for less than 20 buck in bulk.

UFS while not as fast consumes less power.

 

[TinyPikachu]

Still hoping Tears of the Kingdom gets a next-gen update. I’ll be happy if it can be 1080p / 60FPS.

 

[Lugia667]

going to the other site and seeing one of the first posts being a "Nintendo gonna Nintendo post" is...expected I guess

 

[kingman]

It just occurred to me that this means the Switch 2 will have more bandwidth than the RTX 2050 DF used for their simulation (though it still beats out the switch 2 in cuda core count).

I was actually quite pleased with pretty much all their tests, and to see that Switch 2 might be able to run all those games even better is very exciting.

 

[Steve]

With no Switch 2 this year, it would be cool if we got a Mini console from Nintendo this year, those things were neat as hell.

My dream of a mini Wii or GameCube still linger in me ( i personally don’t care about the N64 mini)

 

[Kevin]

so Nintendo definitly won't shut this forum down right?

The ninjas are trying but the Famiboards Defense Force keeps repelling them and coming back online.

 

[Individualised]

Took forever trying to catch up on the last 18 hours, but these are all pretty neat revelations! Also it's a dick move to make an account here just to spread the hidden tagged info elsewhere!

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It's not the codename for the system, but rather the codename for the board and as such, Nvidia's way of referring to Switch 2.

 

[Truno]

going to the other site and seeing one of the first posts being a "Nintendo gonna Nintendo post" is...expected I guess

Aside from that post, the response has been overwhelmingly positive

 

[Serif]

Still hoping Tears of the Kingdom gets a next-gen update. I’ll be happy if it can be 1080p / 60FPS.

You can get near that with an overclocked OLED. If there's a patch, it'll be for 1440p/4K 60, I'm sure of it.

 

[Concernt]

my sister: "the regular switch is already a bit heavy for me"

bro it is so fucking over

they better have a lite out in time for animal crossing and pokemon gen 10

Eh, the percieved weight of the Switch is high because it's pretty uncomfortable. Improved grip design should alleviate a lot of that; and I have little reason to doubt the weight increase will be moderate, at most.

 

[shoichi]

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[SirArthur]

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What if, hear me out, the codename is Expresso. The reason, I stumbled upon a music video by Sarbrina Carpenter that mentions Nintendo

Spoiler

 

[Steve]

You can get near that with an overclocked OLED. If there's a patch, it'll be for 1400p/4K 60, I'm sure of it.

I’m curious if newer employees will be working on the patches to let them hone their skills and let them play with series respective engine.

Like we seen it happening with smaller Switch ports, remasters and MK8 booster pass.

Like personally don’t see any downside with that.

 

[Concernt]

I'm going to try to really cherish the switch before its demise

take it to a park, or a library or something

maybe just keep it in my pocket and pretend it had play coins

fantasize about having sufficient rizz to walk up to women and ask if they want to play mario kart

remember takahashi's instructions to go out into the world and share the joy of nintendo switch with everyone

and finally wonder why he has forsaken that beautiful dream...

I'll be out there with the new THING in my handbag and no one shall be any the wiser until I'm playing in glorious 1080pHDR on a beautiful 7.91" display with comfortable controllers on the train, in the park, in the library, on a plane, on the bus.

I will prove everything can be done.

 

[Giancarlo]

Asset quality will definitely be lower than the PS5, but should be much higher than the Switch 1, which will lead to a growth in file size for Switch 2 games.

Nintendo are masters on otimization, i doubt the next 3D Mario for example will have a flle size of 50GB(given that Super Mario Odyssey have a 5.7GB file size, a 5.7GB to 8GB file size is more likely, Nintendo is not Sony/Microsoft that have humugous bloated file sizes for it games)

 

[Steve]

I'll be out there with the new THING in my handbag and no one shall be any the wiser until I'm playing in glorious 1080pHDR on a beautiful 7.91" display with comfortable controllers on the train, in the park, in the library, on a plane, on the bus.

I will prove everything can be done.

Meanwhile I’m gonna showcase that bad boy in a rooftop party.

 

[Candescence]

Honestly, while all the power speculation is neat (and it might actually exceed expectations, maybe, 1080p DLSS upscaled with 12GB RAM is pretty good), the most exciting reports are that the controllers might actually have back paddles, if only just one on each side (four total would be ideal). The fact that it's taken so long for any of the big three to adopt back paddles as standard is mind-boggling.

 

[Concernt]

Meanwhile I’m gonna showcase that bad boy in a rooftop party.

Bringing it to the tennants' union yearly do and no mistake.

 

[Sin & Punishment]

The next Zelda is going to look so good.

With the hardware available, it can literally look like this:

(PS4 Pro screenshots)

Obviously Zelda will have a different art style, but yeah it has the potential to look damn good.

 

[Concernt]

Honestly, while all the power speculation is neat (and it might actually exceed expectations, maybe, 1080p DLSS upscaled with 12GB RAM is pretty good), the most exciting reports are that the controllers might actually have back paddles, if only just one on each side (four total would be ideal). The fact that it's taken so long for any of the big three to adopt back paddles as standard is mind-boggling.

It's still only a maybe, we don't know what exactly they look like or what they do. They could be touch pads a-la Vita for all we know.

 

[Concernt]

With the hardware available, it can literally look like this:

(PS4 Pro screenshots)

Obviously Zelda will have a different art style, but yeah it has the potential to look damn good.

But the technology is of the 9th generation, with access to mesh shaders and much, much better upscaling than the PS4 Pro. It's difficult to get an idea of that, but maybe a PS5 game downscaled to 1080p, then AI upscaled to 4K.

 

[Giancarlo]

Can the Switch 2 run Monsters of Mican at 1080p though

can Switch sucessor run a open world Legend of Zelda game at 1080p 60fps?

 

[LiC]

 

[Steve]

Honestly, while all the power speculation is neat (and it might actually exceed expectations, maybe, 1080p DLSS upscaled with 12GB RAM is pretty good), the most exciting reports are that the controllers might actually have back paddles, if only just one on each side (four total would be ideal). The fact that it's taken so long for any of the big three to adopt back paddles as standard is mind-boggling.

Brother… the back paddles is meant for the Switch 2 pro controller that cost the same as a switch lite.

But in all serious if the joy cons have back paddles I would be genuinely impressed.