Nintendo Switch OLED Dock Reportedly Supports 4K at 60 FPS Output - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 November 2021 / 10,899 Views
Nintendo is set to release the Nintendo Switch OLED Model this Friday, October 8 for $349.99. While the new Switch does not support 4K output, the new dock's HDMI port and HDMI cable included are "at least HDMI 2.0 compliant," according to YouTuber Nintendo Prime.
The original Switch came with an HDMI 1.4 cable, while the dock itself includes an HDMI 1.4 port. That means at best it could achieve 1080p resolution running at 60 frames per second or 4K resolution at 30 frames per second.
The new Switch dock with it being at least HDMI 2.0 compliant it could output 4K resolution at 60 frames per second with HDR enabled.
It should be noted that while the new Switch dock could theoretically output in 4K at 60 fps this does not mean the Switch OLED will ever support this as the Switch itself has the same Tegra X1 chip found in the original Switch and Switch Lite.
The YouTuber Nintendo Prime says the dock doesn't have the ability to upscale from 1080p to 4K and that would need to be handled by the Switch.
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This is a really convoluted way to say that the dock has an HDMI 2.0 port. It doesn't seem to be anything more than that. Super click-baity.
It doesn't necessarily follow that it could be used by a future 4K switch. Depends whether the chip which converts the USB-c signal is capable of the higher bandwidth, which I have yet to see confirmed.
Yeah, the USB-C output on the Switch is a little weird to say the least. Also, the potential market of people who will buy the Switch OLED, and then later on (years on?) buy a 4K Switch, and then want to use that 4K Switch in the same dock as before, has got to be like so small as to not even be a consideration for Nintendo lol
TBF the C on the switch was made before PD 3.0 so
This is good. You could get a native user interface at 4k and use the dock with a later Switch release, for example. Could also use upscaling, even if games never natively render above 1080p. The point is now it supports your TV's native signal, so you could bypass your TV's upscaler (which is a good thing) with this dock. Problem is the Switch itself now, not the dock.
That doesnt mean anything, thats like saying the ps5 supports 8k 60fps but no game will ever be that.
Sure,hardware cant even run 1080p 60fps 90% of the time.
But yea 4k@60fps that ps4 pro cant even do..
Sure.
Remember, You can play games at 4K 60fps with Switch Hardware, but they will look like PS2 Games in HD, or, You can have 720p Games at 30fps on PS5/Xbox Series X, all depends on how the publishers works.
Oh finally someone gets it, resolution and graphical details are not the same.
There's a reason why The Touryst is the first game on PS5 that runs at 8k60. And this game runs at 1080p60 on Switch. Just an example. Don't expect AAA titles to reach the maximum resolution and frame rate without upscaling.
True..
Anti-Nintendo comment, you deserve a red thumb.
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