Nintendo Switch 2 Boasts ‘Unmatched Mobile Graphics’ – Nvidia CEO Praises Custom Chip Innovations Ahead of Launch

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So I was scrolling through some random news the other day — and outta nowhere, I got sucked into this bit about the Nintendo Switch 2. Holy cow, they’ve got Jensen Huang, you know, the big cheese at Nvidia, all hyped up about this new processor they’re launching with Nintendo. He’s going on about all this stuff like “performance, intelligence, and beauty in the palm of your hand.” Sounds fancy, right? Makes you kinda wonder if the console can cook dinner too.

He pops up in one of those “Creator’s Voice” videos from Nintendo. Odd, because usually, they keep things hush-hush. Maybe they were bored and thought, “Hey let’s shake things up.” Or maybe not. Not sure. But there he was, all confident, chatting about tech specs like they were candy.

By the way, there’s this video floating around… Something about the Switch 2’s custom processor. I mean, I didn’t watch it — or did I? Ugh, who remembers these days. The clip’s screaming that the new Nvidia chip smashes together the fanciest graphics on a mobile thingy, ray tracing, and… HDR… whatever that means. Bright and shadowy, like a sci-fi flick in your hand, I guess.

Nintendo’s people, they spilled the beans about using DLSS tech — don’t ask me what that is. Nvidia stayed pretty vague in their blog, sticking to drool-worthy numbers and RT cores. Apparently, this chip’s got some serious muscle, like 10 times the graphics oomph of the original Switch. And with AI processors doing their thing, the games will come alive. Or something like that.

And hey, this tech mag Digital Foundry jumped in, rattling off dry specs like eight ARM Cortex A78C cores, a GPU with Nvidia’s Ampere — which is, like, not even their newest stuff — and 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM. They’re packing it with 256GB storage and a microSD slot that can take extra storage up to 2TB. Whoa.

A lot of this vid’s actually a walk down memory lane, about how Nvidia kicked in on the first Switch. Oh, and a nod to Satoru Iwata, the head of Nintendo back in the day, who sadly didn’t see the Switch’s debut.

So, this new rig’s dropping at $449.99 on a Thursday — that’s a random day if you ask me. They’ll have a Mario Kart bundle for $499.99! Pre-orders vanished in a blink, but, who knows, maybe your local game store will surprise you on launch day.

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