I know it's not saying anything new but I really hope they would just come out and reveal everything people want to know about the system. We're less than 3 weeks to launch. That people have to resort to some leaked documents from 6 months ago to try to figure out what their system is going to do is pretty mind-boggling.
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Rumor: Switch developer information leaked. Reveals A TON incl. hardware specs
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BigEmil
Junior Member
I think that's a contract thing between Nvidia and Nintendo. Nvidia can't just release a better processor out already just when the Nintendo Switch is releasing with the older processor it would make it look bad so likely delayed it to be released next year instead.
lol
Not a tech guy but it's probably like 3x as powerful as Wii U and half an Xbox One at best.
Skittzo0413
Member
I'd say if we don't get a Direct announced for this week (probably on Thursday) then there won't be one before launch.
Purchases are already tied to you Nintendo Account on Wii U and 3DS, so I doubt that will change.
If I'm reading this correctly.
1. You can have the same Nintendo Account on different Switch's.
2. You cannot have the same Nintendo Account on two different profile on the same Switch.
3. One profile on a Switch cannot have two different Nintendo Accounts.
But will purchases be tied to Nintendo Accounts or Nintendo Profiles? (Nintendo Profile = nnid?)
Hardware specs on the left side of the table vs. what's available for applications/games on the right. The clocks leaked by DF where the ones going on the right side of the table. All of it falls into places unless denial is involved.
Exactly.
This sort of information should be what the manufacturer themselves are showing off to consumers. When Apple release an IPhone as well as the hardware, they are showing the actual user interface and features, Microsoft and Sony do the same right?
But here we are only a matter of weeks before launch and people like me that have pre-ordered are still guessing what things might be like.
Obviously I'm choosing to pre-order despite that because I know I'll get enjoyment out of the games, but it's frustrating seeing how Nintendo operate. I get that they want to be in their own lane but fuck....
Also "it being primarily a games console" is not an excuse to not show off the user interface at least. Specs well Nintendo gonna Nintendo, as they've never been one to list hardware specs in black and white really.
Yeah maybe but are people seriously gonna find about Virtual Console when servers are up and they can look it up themselves.
Technically we knew there'd be new Mii options, including that they'd be in the settings menu. It was hidden in like one article though as an answer to a question I believe Kotaku asked.
I'd imagine that game-specific voice chat is still possible, but the smart phone app may be used as a means for party chat (weird, but whatever).
Herb Alpert
Banned
For real?
Some new info: Nintendo is expanding its online network and offers a library called Network Extension (NEX).
Matchmaking:
This may be the primary reason we're being asked to pay for online services now
Matchmaking:
- This feature matches players for multiplayer games. It can be used to bring players together based on matching criteria from among unspecified numbers of users, or to create groups among friends only. Groups can be created temporarily for a multiplayer game, or they can be created as lasting entities usable as communities.
- This feature uploads scores so users can get the relative rankings. Rankings can be calculated for only a certain period of time, or for only the scores of players registered in a certain group, and the score information can be periodically reset.
- This is a network storage feature. Any data can be optionally saved to the game server. This saved data can be tagged, searched, and appended with ratings and the like.
- This is a messaging feature based on the publish-subscribe pattern. It can be used to post messages on certain topics, poll for posts on certain topic, and otherwise share information within the application.
This may be the primary reason we're being asked to pay for online services now
Pretty sure they're abandoning NNID. Would also explain Miiverse deprecation.
Well, damn. This doesn't bode well.
Inferno313
Banned
It's possible, but dude is purely speculating.
The fine-print on the Splatoon 2 Testfire announcement specifically mentioned NNIDs, fwiw.
on top of that achievements provide a nice sets of challenges you can try to beat in a game.
sure this does exist in some Nintendo games, but it has also a nice feel to it that you can show off to the world (or more accurately, to your friends) that you managed to beat a challenge you've been struggling with
it's nothing a game system flat out needs, but it's nice to have.
LordOfChaos
Member
"Not quite" is probably putting it gently. Maxwell is more efficient than the GCN 1.1-1.2 like parts in the PS4/XBO, but not so much that a 500Gflop mobile chip would come near a 1.3Tflop GCN part. FP16 is nice, not applicable to every type of graphics work, not a simple multiplier. And then consider 25GB/s bandwidth instead of 68 main memory, 102GB/s eSRAM bandwidth.
Skittzo0413
Member
Hardware specs on the left side of the table vs. what's available for applications/games on the right. The clocks leaked by DF where the ones going on the right side of the table. All of it falls into places unless denial is involved.
All this says is Digital Foundry saw a newer version of the specs sheet in the OP (or heard from a developer who did). I don't think anyone has argued that. They still admit they don't know the final core configurations or process node.
mario_O
Member
Undocked it has153 Gflops compared to the 176 Gflops of the WiiU. And docked 384 Gflops. But different arquitectures so it's not 1:1 comparison with flops.
Garrett Hawke
Member
but they do think it's unlikely to change. expect the worst and be positively surprised if it's better than that
It doesn't matter, it has Zelda /s
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
It'll be interesting to see if digital purchases are system locked or not. I assume they will be.
Yeah it is direct performance between architectures, VLIW5 was not the most efficient use of gflops, but we already see this with shinen developer and fast racing rmx, capable of double the framerate and over double the resolution with 4 players.
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
What are your thoughts on the specs? Isn't a 2Ghz CPU and 1tflop GPU way over the EG clocks ? Pleased to hear it has 4GB's of RAM but isn't the bandwidth going to be an issue?
Big props to Vern on the RAM amount, RAM availability for games and the lack of a browser at least at launch. We have a new Nintendo insider
Schnozberry
Member
The Xbox One has a lot more shaders to feed, and doesn't have the memory advantages that the 2nd Gen Maxwell and Pascal have with tiled rasterization. If Nintendo gets their cache setup right, memory bandwidth won't be the primary bottleneck.
Under no circumstances it would be 5x Wii U. 3x, maybe close to 4x in favourable circumstances seems more likely, but could be a bit less. In any case, it's a considerably more powerful console than Wii U, it's better even when undocked.
RAM bandwidth and CPU aren't that great compared to what we expected if the DF leaked clocks and all the info from this chart are still valid, but the Wii U ports still show significant upgrades that don't seem to match some of the details, so who knows.
I believe we'll get a launch direct the week before release (next week), they need to talk about the OS, which wasn't covered at all at the event, and possibly show a bit more about launch window games (they showed more than enough about Zelda, but some extra details on other games - like sp Bomberman for example - would be neat).
Because the clocks reported by DF were send by Nintendo later, it's right there in the DF article.
I hope they'll be more miitomo-like or better yet integrate Miitomo
Schnozberry
Member
Correct, Data Foundry had info from July. We have no info on the newer kits.
Inferno313
Banned
Doubt it. I think they've confirmed that Mii creation is something done entirely through the system settings menu. I don't think they'd hide something like Miitomo in there.
Skittzo0413
Member
but they do think it's unlikely to change. expect the worst and be positively surprised if it's better than that
Very reasonable way to look at it, yes. But the fact is the Foxconn leak is also too accurate to be outright ignored, so we have to at least consider it could be based on newer info.
We don't know when DF got the clock speed info, though I think someone who heard from them said "Fall". But again, DF did not share or get any specifications info except for the clock speeds. The specs they shared were from the July devkits and they had said Nintendo briefed developers (in July) with these specs. Which the OP confirms.
We don't know what the updated October devkits have.
Again I don't think anyone is arguing that DF's clock speeds were incorrect. They may be out of date for post launch, or they may be what the Switch runs at for its lifetime. The more interesting part of the Foxconn leak to me is what it says about the actual final hardware configuration, rather than the clock speeds. Which DF does not claim to have info on.
Well, that's seems the case. It was from July Dev kit. Who knows what we will get but I expect the worse anyway.
mario_O
Member
you're looking at the wrong column of the chart.
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Deleted member 10571
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Yeah I was wondering how Miitomo and Mynintendo accounts in general will play into Switch.
People are so suspicious these days.
LordOfChaos
Member
Nintendo has always paid a lot of attention to the bandwidth chain post N64, so maybe it won't be, I hope not. But I was just pointing out the different class of machine, even if Maxwell was fully twice as memory efficient as GCN 1.? (it's not that extreme). "not quite" XBO level is putting it lightly, was my point.
Dark Cloud
Member
Am I the only one who saw this? Lol
Man I want Nintendo to explain it to us so bad with visuals! Please Nintendo Direct this week!
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
Do the specs line up with what you've heard, Matt?
Good find.
Rude!
this is me, reading through these tech sheets.
Anyonw summarizing it for...dummies?
vern's stuff seems to fit indeed, including the amount of ram available for devs
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228396333&postcount=204
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228396333&postcount=204
Hopefully this means we have a more unified experience across games. These features are hopefully simple to implement.
Dark Cloud
Member
Help us out Matt. Does everything here sound pretty kosher?
PdotMichael
Banned
Not quite is pushing it pretty hard. There is still a large gap between Xbox One and Switch.
Monty Mole
Member
Everything about Switch seems just so rushed to market in time for their fiscal year end.
Many said last year that Nintendo were keeping the wraps on Switch until the last minute, because of unique features that they were concerned the competition would copy. But really, they've shown nothing that the competition could/would want to copy. PS4/XBO aren't suddenly going to become handhelds and HD rumble isn't something that everyone has been crying out for.
Indeed, particularly in GPU power, rather than CPU. Also only half the RAM.
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