Custom Tegra T239 processor, final dev kits, free next-gen upgrades, and full backwards compatibility: Another Nintendo Switch 2 rumor hits the 4chan fan

[Redaktion]

Another chunk of alleged Nintendo Switch 2 information has hit the notorious 4chan site, with the kind of details that will excite any who are nervously awaiting an announcement for the next-gen console. The expected custom Tegra T239 SoC gets unwrapped a little, and there is an interesting Xbox comparison. In addition, a known dataminer has offered up an NG Switch tidbit.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Custom-Tegra-T239-processor-final-dev-kits-free-next-gen-upgrades-and-full-backwards-compatibility-Another-Nintendo-Switch-2-rumor-hits-the-4chan-fan.732467.0.html

[SteveFOX]

I doubt the next Switch will be that much powerful. Nintendo always want to cut costs, and they need battery life most of all. Very few play their switch docked.
Lovelace will certainly be the GPU architecture, however, 2048 CUDA cores is highly unlikely. Nintendo should go for 1024 probably and boost the clocks.
The A78E is more than enough CPU power for games.
Nintendo need less than 10W power draw on the go to extend the battery life to be at least 3hrs on demanding games.

[Swizzy]

Wow custom clock profiles, just like the original Switch or infact almost any microprocessor made in the last 15 years.
These "leaks" are getting incredibly boring.

[ToeCutter]

I struggle to understand where this Switch 2 "controversy" comes from? There is a new Switch in development. That's been mentioned on Nintendo's quarterly calls. It hasn't been announced, but investors have noticed that the Switch has been on sale for nearly 7 long years. The Tegra 239 variant has been long discussed as the most likely SOC to run Switch NG, so nothing controversial there. T239 also incorporates Amphere GPU architecture, which is more than suitable for Switch NG graphics performance, estimated to be 6x-8x performance improvement over Switch, whose SOC was originally released in 2015. Lastly, because the CPU/GPU architectures are incredibly similar, with additional graphics extensions supported by Amphere, backwards compatibility would be as straightforward as it ever could, ensuring that legacy games are supported and could even be improved w/o huge commitments by devs to provide those enhanced visuals that Nintendo is banking on selling Switch NG products. This is the easiest no-brainer decision in the history of game consoles. It allows Nintendo to simply extend the Switch's legacy of 120+ million sold, while offering just enough improvement to encourage fence sitters to migrant to Switch 2 with zero pain. At the end of the day, Nintendo wants to continue making profits by the path of least resistance and nVidia has provided exactly that with T239. Why there's any controversy at all is just a by product of the times.