Nintendo Switch Teardown Pictures Leaked

Xzi · Feb 19, 2017

Hmm, suppose I'm not all that surprised that this didn't yield more exact specs.

stanleyopar2000 said:
I fucking knew it was a highly modified SHIELD but no one in the Nintendo reddit believed me and downvoted

We've known it was a custom Tegra for a long time now, you weren't exactly going out on a limb with that guess.

grossaffe · Feb 20, 2017

DiscostewSM said:
Can't remember where I read it, but someone examining the hi-res images of the RAM chips were under the impression that they could be 3GB each, making it 6GB total.

Makes sense. I read one developer (Capcom maybe?) complained to Nintendo about the amount of RAM and Nintendo listened and upped the amount. So I would not be surprised to find out Nintendo's initial plan would have been to put in 4 GB and then upped it to 6 in response to developer feedback.

Jayro · Feb 20, 2017

Unfortuanely my stepdad won't tell me anything, and he works for nvidia. Stupid NDAs.... :hateit:

jakeem · Feb 20, 2017

i thought it had a camera a first

Lightyose · Feb 20, 2017

*Hardmod hax before release*

Captain_N · Feb 20, 2017

lol people are complaining its a modified nvidia shield... well no shit, welcome to 2016 bruh. and those saying underpowered hardware, do you realize how much its gonna cost to toss the power of a ps4 pro in a tablet...
I bet you also wonder why a gaming laptop is more expensive then a desktop...
As for the ram it seems they are 2 GB each unless there is internal ram somewhere. Nintendo should not complain about it getting hacked when their are obvious test points.

As for the specs, i don't care at this point. We know we are not getting a ps4 pro. What we are getting is a gaming tablet with modern nvidia chip sets that's got some customizations.
At least we are not getting a console that is really a low end PC with a low end laptop amd cpu, painted with next gen paint. The switch is a hybrid handheld/console. it was never going to be a true standalone console. This is what it is deal with it or GTFO. If the switch becomes the next big thing it will be good. The other 2 need to be knocked off their high horse a bit.

AtlasFontaine · Feb 20, 2017

This is coming from the same place that leaked the teardown

If this ends up being true, what are y'all Thoughts?

the_randomizer · Feb 20, 2017

StarTrekVoyager said:
Any info about the CPU/GPU specs? (That German site said it was an X2, but it is certainly a fake)

Probably for the best, knowing how the internet works, it'd be hell in a hand basket due to them not being high end, etc.

Xzi · Feb 20, 2017

AtlasFontaine said:
This is coming from the same place that leaked the teardown

If this ends up being true, what are y'all Thoughts?

I expected a little less, like 750 GFlops (~1TFlop relative to XB1), so I'm definitely impressed if true. This would put it at about 85% of XB1's power in a form factor like 1/8th the size. Nothing to sneeze at even if it didn't have the portable functionality.

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Jayro said:
Unfortuanely my stepdad won't tell me anything, and he works for nvidia. Stupid NDAs....

You misspelled uncle.

Jayro · Feb 20, 2017

Neptune said:
You misspelled uncle.

Huh? I don't understand what you mean. Scot is my stepdad, not my uncle.

He used to work for a company that made projectors called InFocus, and then he transitioned over to Nvidia Labs here in Oregon. He directly worked on the Tegra 4 chip, and a little bit on the X1, but not the X2. When the X2 was being made, he just tested drivers for mid-range Maxwell cards.

grossaffe · Feb 20, 2017

Jayro said:
Huh? I don't understand what you mean. Scot is my stepdad, not my uncle.

He used to work for a company that made projectors called InFocus, and then he transitioned over to Nvidia Labs here in Oregon. He directly worked on the Tegra 4 chip, and a little bit on the X1, but not the X2. When the X2 was being made, he just tested drivers for mid-range Maxwell cards.

The joke is that there's always someone who claims to have insider information because they have an uncle who works for Nintendo.

Jayro · Feb 20, 2017

grossaffe said:
The joke is that there's always someone who claims to have insider information because they have an uncle who works for Nintendo.

Oh. Well that's not the case here, my stepdad really does work at Nvidia Labs. Since he worked on the Tegra 4 project, they gave him a Shield Portable, which he gave to me for Christmas in 2014. I still have the 450GTS he gave me that has the service tag on it.

migles · Feb 20, 2017

Jayro said:
Oh. Well that's not the case here, my stepdad really does work at Nvidia Labs. Since he worked on the Tegra 4 project, they gave him a Shield Portable, which he gave to me for Christmas in 2014. I still have the 450GTS he gave me that has the service tag on it.

Can you ask him for a nvidia titan x, or the latest powerful gpu, or at least a good discount? I need a new gpu...

BTW, the pictures look more a Chinese shop selling replacing parts for the switch than a tear down....

Bladexdsl · Feb 20, 2017

Jayro said:
they gave him a Shield Portable, which he gave to me for Christmas in 2014. I still have the 450GTS he gave me that has the service tag on it.

post the receipt!

DiscostewSM · Feb 20, 2017

Xzi said:
I expected a little less, like 750 GFlops (~1TFlop relative to XB1), so I'm definitely impressed if true. This would put it at about 85% of XB1's power in a form factor like 1/8th the size. Nothing to sneeze at even if it didn't have the portable functionality.

Now imagine devs utilized FP16 for doubling up when they don't need the precision/range that FP32 offers in various calculations. I could honestly see it pushing further than XB1 when utilized like that. Then regarding undocked mode, FP16 could possibly be used even more. The screen may be 720p, but it's also 6.2", so the effect of less precision/range may not be as apparent.

Jayro · Feb 20, 2017

Bladexdsl said:
post the receipt!

you don't get receipts, lol. The company GAVE these to him. (Which he then gave me). I can take a pic of the Shield and GTS450 with it's service tag if you need proof...

StarTrekVoyager · Feb 20, 2017

So now we know it has minimum 0.8-1.0 Tflop with an X1 and 4GB RAM, but it could be more. Personnaly I'm pleased with these specs.

KingVamp · Feb 20, 2017

Jayro said:
you don't get receipts, lol. The company GAVE these to him. (Which he then gave me). I can take a pic of the Shield and GTS450 with it's service tag if you need proof...

If you are telling the true, not that I think you are lying, don't get him and yourself in trouble.

Bladexdsl · Feb 20, 2017

Jayro said:
you don't get receipts, lol.

it's a kongnutz joke...remember him and what happened when he posted a receipt? so don't

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