Expected to release after 2023, the Nintendo Switch Pro (also called the Nintendo Switch 2 ) has once again been talked about in the gaming industry due to an email leak from an NVIDIA employee , which pretty much confirmed that Big’s upcoming release N will have support from the video card company.
Despite being just an email, this gives details about the graphics technologies that the next console from the creator of Super Mario and Zelda may have. Check the details right now.
Nintendo Switch Pro with PS4 performance
A Reddit post with a link to an NVIDIA employee’s email indicates that Nintendo’s next console will be powered with a “custom” Tegra234 SoC ( System-On-A-Chip ) . Previous rumors pointed out that the model would have, until then, another SoC: the Tegra234 Orin , which has 12 cores, instead of the 8 cores of the model pointed out in the leak.
It is not yet known what GPU Nintendo will use for its new console, but the email also confirms that support for DLSS 2.2 and Ray T racing technologies would be a huge leap in the experience for owners of the future Nintendo Switch. .
Earnings compared to the first generation
It may be too early to talk about the performance gains, but compared to the current chip present in the traditional Nintendo Switch and OLED , the leap would be significant: the current hybrid consoles from Big N hit the market with a quad-core chip.
Although the operating frequencies have not yet been disclosed until the moment of launch, experts point out that the Nintendo Switch Pro can run games at 60 fps in 4K resolution without difficulties.
More complex data indicate that the chip can deliver performance of 2 or 3 Teraflops and CUDA cores that should be between 1,024 and 1,526. This is what PS4s currently deliver to their owners and this was also confirmed by the NVIDIA employee in the leaked email.
Possible new console release date
The company announced in August 2022 that it is not expected to release any new products until the end of the current fiscal year, which will end in April 2023. Additionally, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa pointed out in November 2021 that despite having launched 5 years ago, the device is still halfway through its life cycle. With that in mind, the update is likely to arrive only in 2026.
Little is known about what has been prepared by the company that is home to characters like Super Mario and Zelda, but it is certain that Nintendo is not in a hurry to put a new hybrid console on the market.
At the same time, it is possible that an update to support NVIDIA technologies will be released, as happened with the launch of the Nintendo Switch OLED . We can only wait for more information to know the next steps of Big N.
What do you expect from a Nintendo console with an NVIDIA chip? Tell us in the comments !
Sources: Tom’s Guide l Tech Radar l kopite7kimi l Gaming Leaks and Rumors subreddit
What is the difference from OLED Switch?
So, instead of running games in 4K, the great differential of the Switch OLED is precisely its screen, since there is no change in processing power. That is: it’s basically the same machine inside, but with an OLED display a little bigger than the original LCD.
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