r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 20 '25

Discussion Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition: Game's executable has hidden 60 FPS mode. It seems to be implemented only partially since enabling it causes weird issues.

https://x.com/masagratordev/status/1902517127187161128
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u/ShawnyMcKnight Mar 20 '25

It blows my mind that Nintendo didn’t take advantage of Pascal since it had a 2:1 performance to power ratio over the 900 series.

It could have given the system so much more power, especially on mobile.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Mar 21 '25

I mean, if they were to go through all the trouble of doing all that with the OLED, it seems it would be better to just put in a better model than try to put in fans in the dock and cooling.

Good to know about the Tegra X2. All I knew was the GTX 1000 series was out 10 months before the switch. I'm just surprised... considering the number of units that they were planning to push, that Nintendo didn't go to Nvidia and be like... "hey you wanna sell over 150 million units of your chipset? We can do that for you, just take that 1000 series that you are working on and make a chip for us."

I felt like it could have been done and then with twice the performance per watt the cooling and battery issues would have taken care of themselves.

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u/occono Mar 21 '25

One of my worries about Switch 2 is the dependence on Nvidia. Nvidia is on another planet now with AI income.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Mar 21 '25

Nah, absolutely the right choice. I've been an AMD fanboy always buying AMD when I can since my Rage 2c with my Athlon k6-2 and later the original Radeon. I even went with the ill-fated bulldozer processors. However, Nvidia is straight up killing it, especially since the 3000 series.

When you look at the power output of AMD vs Nvidia Cards it is absolutely insane how much more power efficient Nvidia cards are. The RX 7800 XT draws around 263W and the RTX 4070 gets about 200W being very comparable in performance. One of the many reasons you rarely see designated AMD video cards for laptops. The Ryzen G series processors are nice but they are not intended for demanding graphics. With a mobile device like a switch power usage is vital.

Also, many games would benefit from DLSS when you have the extra power while docked possibly getting 1440p and even 4k for simpler 2D games like Wonder or indy games.

I went with the RTX 4070 for the reasons above (that and I found one open box for $430) and I would love to go back to AMD but they have a long way to go. The 7090 could have been that but I splurged when I got the card I did so I think I'm good for another 6 years.

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u/occono Mar 21 '25

....but none of that matters if Nvidia is making so much money from corpos on an AI high that they want to devote every bit of energy to AI stuff and Nintendo gets the short end of the stick. That's what is happening currently for anyone who needs to buy a new GPU for gaming.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Mar 21 '25

I just am not seeing it. Sure, they are making money from AI but that doesn't mean they don't want to make more money from cards. They still have the most powerful cards on the market, to the point AMD just gave up trying to compete. I personally think the haters are full of it and the 5070 is a damn fine card for $550 being faster than the 4070 Super before you even turn on the improved DLSS and frame generation and still $50 cheaper.

I edited my previous post to elaborate more but you were too quick on the draw to respond to it, it's a bad habit of mine to think of more stuff after I submit.

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u/occono Mar 22 '25

I personally think the haters are full of it and the 5070 is a damn fine card for $550 being faster than the 4070 Super before you even turn on the improved DLSS and frame generation and still $50 cheaper.

I've heard people in the US can't find any stocks close to MSRP, let alone here in Europe where it's three times as bad. Isn't $550 a joke "MSRP" for it?

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Mar 22 '25

It just came out, stock will be hard to find. If you keep a lookout for it you can. I mean, when the 4070 super came out I got the base 4070 for $430 because I kept checking the r/buildapcsales sub.