Big Switch 2 Updates: GPU Architecture Confirmed By Nintendo? + Graphics Target Demo & New Rumors

Nintendo Switch 2 News has started to heat up with new info and discoveries from Nintendo. We got the details, on Nintendo possibly confirming the GPU Architecture for Switch 2, a Graphics Target Demo vs Steam Deck and New Rumors.

Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00 - 1:08
New Switch 2 Rumors: 1:09 - 2:57
Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 GPU Architecture? 2:58 - 7:39
Switch 2 GPU Nvidia Blackwell Not Possible? 7:40 - 8:44
Switch 2 GPU Architecture vs Steam Deck: 8:45 - 11:18
Switch 2 Target Graphics Demo vs Steam Deck Cyberpunk 11:19 - 14:45
Conclusion/Outro: 14:46 - 15:29

Links to info from this video:

#Switch2 #NintendoSwitch #Nintendo

[SuperMetalDave]

Hit the LIKE BUTTON if you enjoyed this Switch 2 Info video. Thanks for the big support guys, I really appreciate all of you. BTW yes I heard the new dev rumor today that they are saying we should not expect Switch 2 **before** April 2025, which still lines up with the release timing I and others already expected, a first half of 2025 launch of Switch 2 to start the new fiscal year (April 2025 is the start of a new FY) for Nintendo, so to be honest that’s not really much of a new rumor per say, just a more clear time range of an already close to expected release range (March). If the dev rumor said to not expect it before Holiday 2025, that would be different, but keep clear in mind: Nintendo has confirmed directly to everyone that Switch 2 will be revealed before the end of March 2025, so either way we have 6-7 months at the most before we see Switch 2 revealed, which is very exciting.

[djaggers]

Really looking forward to seeing what Nintendo’s first party games will look like. Prime 4 if it’s cross gen should run like a dream.

[johnserpo]

Nowadays there are so many Youtube channels like this one - talking over 10 mins about nothing. Of course it's Nvidia chip, Nintendo already confirmed Switch 2 is compatible with Switch 1 games.

Just a tiny bit of info that you can say in a sentence - yet it's stretch to 15 mins of dribble.

[ZackSNetwork]

Nintendo is not going with a custom Ada chipset. It would be too expensive for their taste. It’s a custom Ampere architecture GPU on a new node process.

[Nobody-spug]

It was confirmed nvidia back in 2022 when Lapsu$ performed a ransom attack on Nvidia, releasing over a TB of Nvidia internal work server data.

The Gimle Board and it's SOC T239, and it's gpu GA10F, with GA=Ampere, were found in files for a graphics API titled NVN2. Which stands for NVidia Nintendo.

There has been 0 mystery. Everyone who actually knows anything, has known for years.

GA10F is going to demolish the steamdeck though. Its 6x the size in alu count between the cuda cores and the tensor cores (1536 fp32 raster + 1536 fp16 up to 8x hardware acceleration compute) vs steamdecks 512 fp32, with no dedicated compute logic. And steamdeck is clocked super low for an rdna gpu. Like usually amd gpu's are clocked like a ghz higher than Nvidia GPU's, like the rog ally extreme has it right, but steamdeck.... woof.

Switch 2 is going to beat steamdeck while sipping power in portable, and its going to beat the brakes off steamdecks top clocks in docked mode.

[BearsFanGoomba]

Great video! I didn’t realize nvidia can use different upscalers together… very cool

[Jokerwolf]

We knew it was going to be an Nvidia custom GPU, they worked alongside of Nintendo and had an exclusivity deal for at least a decade.

[lethallohn]

If they're working with Nvidia, then they got a good enough deal in terms of pricing. If Nvidia offered something overpriced to Nintendo which is easy to do then no Nvidia.

[catalystzer]

Using 2 upscalers at the same time increases latency way too much. I believe the switch 2 dev kits will only use dlss, and it will use it constantly to boost frames and prolong battery life. It will be marginally better than steam deck only if the cpu is better. Docked is the only way it'll surpass that power.

[Moxzot]

The way nintendo selects chips, theyve always chosen 1-2 generations behind for the cheaper price, switch 2 is most likely going to be ampere since it launched a bit ago but I wouldnt be surprised if its turing for cost but scaled up cores on the newer process.

[lyconxero]

Your analysis of the possible graphics performance of the Switch 2 is pretty good but you didn't touch on the CPU performance at all aside from throwing a jab at the Steam Deck's CPU while not showing any comparisons with what we think we know about the ARM based CPU that's going to be in the Switch 2. Realistically speaking, if the CPU is the same that's shown in the T239 chip then it would likely be weaker overall than the Steam Deck's CPU in pretty much all single-threaded operations but could also come close in multi-threaded tasks. So unless this aspect of the chip is upgraded in some way over what's been shown then the Switch 2 will likely struggle to hit 60FPS in games where the Xbox Series S can despite being able to possibly exceed it at times visually while docked due to a more advanced GPU/DLSS and more RAM.

[Kittiepurrs]

Finally, a sensible Switch 2 video, thanks Dave :)

[RiqMoran]

Loool no way anyone thought Blackwell was even a possibility. Its nintendo. Theyre always looking to cut corners anywhere they can.

[Chris-dbgy]

Amazing video! I like that your video is unbiased and not clickbait, which is very hard to find for rumour videos

[hullyk]

Will the new dock be able to load multiple cartridges? For tv play.

[adamarndt]

I mean the Switch OLED already has tons of spare CPU, GPU, and memory clock capability, but heat, power consumption, and max FPS restrictions made it really pointless to take advantage of it with the OLED Switch. The extra cooling of the Switch 2, especially when docked makes complete sense.

[BrunoAmaral]

Isn't this new hiring a bit too late in development for the next console though?

[akashmondal]

SMD, can you please name the intro music? really wanna listen to it. Thanks.

[TVI]

Lets go. It's time for another masterpiece of a video.

[slyguy]

Honestly feeling like it's going to be Ampere