It's slightly better than the PS4 - about 3 TFLOPS IIRC, as far as shaders go. But when I say features I'm *not* just talking about some AI - I mean support for mesh shaders, sampler feedback, work graphs, inline RT, new compression formats, etc etc. Things modern developers actually need and use. - ThreadSky

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matesrsen.bsky.social • 52 days ago

It's slightly better than the PS4 - about 3 TFLOPS IIRC, as far as shaders go. But when I say features I'm *not* just talking about some AI - I mean support for mesh shaders, sampler feedback, work graphs, inline RT, new compression formats, etc etc. Things modern developers actually need and use.

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clwilliams.bsky.social•52 days ago

Like as a handheld it’s great - focus on that part. For a person like me, I don’t want a handheld. so when the s2 is advertised as a “console” that plays “regular games”, I am completely underwhelmed in that context and feel Nintendo should just release a real, proper console to hit that segment.

clwilliams.bsky.social•52 days ago

current consoles all do that too. Xbox has directML and variable rate shaders etc as well as all of the full API set on the rdna2 platform (which includes raytracing for audio and visual). And still feature NVME ssd and DDR6 ram. The switch 2 still has a mobile cpu. as a “console” is way behind.

matesrsen.bsky.social•52 days ago

Yes, that's what I'm saying - the feature set is a closer match for the current console generation, making ports easier. For people who only have a Switch it doesn't matter that another console or PC runs a game better, as long as that game can run on the Switch at all, even at 1080p and/or 30fps.

clwilliams.bsky.social•52 days ago

Ai upscaling on ps5 pro is doing much less of a lift than s2 im sure. The render targets on ps5 pro are still much higher than s2 before upscale - along the lines of ~ 1600p up, up to 120mhz. S2 maybe “closer” but still far behind. For $5-600 I’d just get a ps5 or SX (which I do own both). Cheers.

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