Yesterday I wondered about possibility to actually get Tegra X1 to dualboot into Switch mode. And since it is same chip, it may even be virtualized at very low performance cost as long as host device has enough of memory.

or better, an emulator would come fast. I m not for piracy at all, i own all nintendo console and i buy games, just to be clear. But emulation on higher end machines has is fascinating and bring often a better experience

or better, an emulator would come fast. I m not for piracy at all, i own all nintendo console and i buy games, just to be clear. But emulation on higher end machines has is fascinating and bring often a better experience

Would be nice to be able to play zelda 1440p at 60fps on a PC 😀

Potato gear confirmed. Well, we already knew that. It's just that it's confirmed now :-P

So it have Maxwell cores? I guess rumors about Pascal was wrong.

Well the X1 chip is still a great chip though. However I think having a Pascal based chip would have been more power efficient but maybe the X2 or whatever the pascal chip is called wasn't ready yet. Maybe when or if Nintendo decides to make a Switch Pro or plus version that it may have an X2 chip in it if it is ready by then.

The Maxwell Cores on the X1 are 20nm, not 28nm like Maxwell on desktop - so the gap isn't going to be as large in terms of power consumption. Nvidia has the Drive PX2 with a Pascal based SoC on it, but I think it's optimized for deep learning with packed math cores and stuff. I think it was mostly a cost decision. At $300 it already seems too high and I'm sure a Pascal variant, which would need to be built specifically for the Switch, would cost even more. They should just come out with a "Pro" dock in a year, slap a 1070 or similar performing Volta card in it and do like 4K@30 - 1080p@60. Would bring it up to parity with the new consoles and if they charge like $250 and by then switch should be cheaper so its like $450-500 for a 4K console experience. Idk if they could do that, idk if Tegra is setup for offloading the GPU like thunderbolt 3 laptops, but it would be neat.

I expect them to very quickly move to nvidias next tegra chip and either increase battery life by a large amount by virtue of smaller node and being able to completely disable the fan in portable mode. Or they will have it running in "docked" mode 100% of the time potentially with a 1080p screen. They would be smart to make a full on portable (controllers don't remove) and a full on home console and price them in the $150 range. For that price and with zelda, mario, pokemon, smash, metroid etc who wouldn't buy one?

Wasn't this confirmed several months ago? Anyway, I'm a little bit surprised Nintendo went for a BIG.little setup. I don't really see the benefit of it for a gaming system, unless they happened to figure out how to take advantage of the weaker cores for background processes (to my knowledge, Android doesn't do this, and it's often a burden to get Linux to do it). Since Nintendo isn't really fond of running specialized software (like another OS) on their systems, intentionally "crippling" the CPU would make it more difficult for tweakers.

Rumours are that they have a "Supplemental Computing Device" waiting in the wings which might be revealed this year. However, the route I'd like them to take is to go PS4/PS Vita; make a much more powerful main console which can stream to the Switch while keeping compatibility with Switch games. I think the "SDC" route is a waste of time. They've got plenty of gpu options now they've gone with Nvidia. At a push, "Sli" linking to an SDC dock could provide PS4 or better power, but, this means there's a chance games that take advantage of this method will lose portability. Final thought: New Nintendo console to compliment the Switch.

Now I understand why The Nintendo Switch has the same bugs as the Nvidia Shield X1.

The Maxwell Cores on the X1 are 20nm, not 28nm like Maxwell on desktop - so the gap isn't going to be as large in terms of power consumption. Nvidia has the Drive PX2 with a Pascal based SoC on it, but I think it's optimized for deep learning with packed math cores and stuff. I think it was mostly a cost decision. At $300 it already seems too high and I'm sure a Pascal variant, which would need to be built specifically for the Switch, would cost even more. They should just come out with a "Pro" dock in a year, slap a 1070 or similar performing Volta card in it and do like 4K@30 - 1080p@60. Would bring it up to parity with the new consoles and if they charge like $250 and by then switch should be cheaper so its like $450-500 for a 4K console experience. Idk if they could do that, idk if Tegra is setup for offloading the GPU like thunderbolt 3 laptops, but it would be neat.

Wouldn't the CPU choke pretty hard trying that?

Now I understand why The Nintendo Switch has the same bugs as the Nvidia Shield X1.

Could you be more specific about those bugs? I own a Shield TV (2015) rooted and upgraded to Nougat and i don't suffer any bug. OFC i don't use (or need) his buggy PLEX client/server.

Would be nice to be able to play zelda 1440p at 60fps on a PC 😀

CEMU? Its coming right up just not 60fps because the engine is 30fps. Already playing on PC but you can only explore really. Many things are doable with various savegames though, just not gonna spoil myself until its playable from start to finish.