Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) Does Not Have a New CPU or More RAM - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 September 2021 / 5,026 Views
Nintendo announced earlier a new Nintendo Switch model. The Nintendo Switch (OLED model) will launch on October 8 for $349.99. It will be available in White and Neon Red / Neon Blue color variations.
Nintendo has since confirmed to The Verge there are no major internal improvements with the new Nintendo Switch (OLED model). The CPU is the same and it has the same amount of RAM.
"Nintendo Switch (OLED model) does not have a new CPU, or more RAM, from previous Nintendo Switch models," said a Nintendo representative.
The new model includes a 7-inch OLED screen, a new dock with a wired LAN port, 64GB of internal storage, and enhanced audio for handheld and tabletop play. The battery life will be up to nine hours, which is the same as the current Switch model.
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Sad to see. Wanted more.
The increase in display size (By making the bezels smaller) is absolutely welcomed though... At 6.2" I always thought the display felt limiting on the Switch, especially with that massive amount of real-estate around the display, I guess this was the original intention from the outset.
OLED doesn't have the durability of LCD though, but should provide far better contrasts and consume less power.
Nintendo isn't about the power anyways
Maybe they saving the upgrade for their next gen which might be rather close!
Lame excuse to raise the price by $50, found, executed. Terrible.
Not even a 4K upscaling chip, so if you use the current Switch model only in TV mode and already have an USB-Ethernet adapter together with a large micro SD card, there's no need to upgrade.
I'm disappointed. This is a 3DS XL style upgrade when what was needed was something more like the New 3DS. I was 100% willing to upgrade to a new model if it would run games better, but I'm not going to pay a dime for just a bigger oled screen.
This is just going to replace the current model down the line, like the battery upgrade did earlier.
I don't understand the obsession of many with the Switch 4K. They're disappointed that it doesn't exist, when it was obvious that it wouldn't.
A Switch with this native technology is impossible, not even PS5 and SX can always support it.
The other option, 4K rescaling, is nowadays unnecessary. The vast majority of modern 4K TVs have their own rescaling functions. If you have a 4K screen, you already have the fake 4K. You don't need the Switch to have it too.
A TV upscaling from 720p or 1080p output (when native internal rendering resolution may vary from that) is very different from DLSS solution which can have direct access to native internal render resolution as well as other game date that can inform "upscaling" (which is more like reconstruction). That DLSS solution can even improve visual quality of handheld resolution mode. HDR color would also be reasonable feature to integrate into such a system and go well with OLED screen.
But Nintendo doesn't give the slightest fucks about plausible price/performance potential, that's why they launched with obsolete process node. It is what it is, but it also is strange for people who get excited about tech potential to turn around and forget about it to worship Nintendo's feet. They could give you better, but they don't.
I don't know why people are obsessed with a pro/4k switch either. It's just something to complain about that Nintendo isn't doing. They really don't need it yet.
In 4 years when the switch 2 comes out, they'll have a 4k switch.
So it really is just a fancy new screen, slightly better audio and dock for a price increase...lame.
I guess this is par for the course, you sell well, get comfortable, make minimal improvements.
Great QoL improvements, no doubt......just not the improvements we needed. The Switch was outdated the moment it launched spec wise even by 2013 standards when the Xbone/PS4 launched. I wasn't expecting a dramatic boost to performance in a handheld, but enough power where most first-party Nintendo titles can run at 4K would've been HUGE! Switch games for the most part don't look very good on my 4K TV, but I could overlook it just because how good the games are, but after 4 years, you'd think a boost in performance was in store. Mainly games that run at 1080p/60fps right now like Smash Bros Ultimate, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, AC: NH, and Luigi's Mansion 3 would've looked amazing at 4K!
We're actually in the fifth year since it launched in early 2017 (and should have launched in late 2016 but Nintendo didn't have Zelda ready). It is slower than a Raspberry Pi 4 and should be packaged in a $50 Roku like device. This new release is inexcusable. It's a cash grab like the RTX 3070 Ti release. An excuse to raise the price during the shortages.
Damn. It feels good to be right. I knew it was never going to be a pro or whatever. Just a screen upgrade. No 4k. And the dock has an Ethernet port but at the expense of a USB port.
Nintendo once again showing how a** backwards they are.
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