An Nvidia employee confirms the existence of the rumored Tegra chip that will power the next version of the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo Switch OLED has caused many disappointments when the upgrades have not satisfied fans.
While the existence of the Nintendo Switch OLED model has put a small impact on the growing mass of Switch Pro rumors, the latest word from one of the Nvidia employees could put it all back. ground. The old console’s OLED model may have brought the product back into the limelight, but its core hardware is still outdated and it’s possible Nintendo is working on something new in the background.
This new version of the Nintendo Switch has long been rumored to run Nvidia’s Tegra 239 SoC, the existence of which remained unconfirmed until a few days ago. Specifically, an Nvidia employee mentioned the Tegra 239 in a random comment posted on one of the company’s driver emulation update notes. Specifically, the notes say that this SoC has “eight cores in a single cluster”, following up on what leaker kopite7kimi said a while ago.
According to kopite7kimi, who has a proven track record in regards to Nvidia leaks, Nintendo will sooner or later use “T239” for one of its projects, fueling the next wave of Nintendo Switch Pro rumors. . This comment was originally provided with minimal additional context, briefly being an image of Nvidia’s base T234 SoC, which kopite7kimi claims will be customized to make the T239. Now, however, the Nvidia engineer has not only confirmed that kopite7kimi is correct, but has also revealed a few more bits of information about it.
Information hints at a Switch Pro with the new chip.
The Nintendo Switch OLED is an interesting proposition, but it’s still based on the old Nvidia Tegra X1 SoC, which isn’t powerful enough when running advanced games. Instead, the Tegra 239 should provide a significant boost to the next generation of Switch, and it’s entirely possible that it even supports some form of upscaling (i.e. DLSS) or even native support. Basic raytracing support.
After all, Nintendo is facing a new and potentially unforeseen problem in 2022 with the arrival of the Steam Deck – this handheld could be a niche product that doesn’t support any game. any Nintendo exclusives, but the fact that the Steam Deck can play Spider-Man Remastered perfectly well, gives the machine the potential to make Nintendo’s current lineup rudimentary in some respects. However, a Switch that supports T239 can deliver much better performance than even a Steam Deck, and that’s before using DLSS-based technology for visual upscaling.
In fact, some believe the release of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom could follow in the footsteps of Breath of the Wild itself, with Nintendo revealing or rolling out the next-gen Switch entirely in the meantime. game launch time. However, without prior precedent, there is no real reason to believe this will be the case yet. At the same time, it seems more and more likely that a new version of the Switch might be coming.
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