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According to the chip manufacturer, the new hardware is “powered by a custom Nvidia processor featuring an Nvidia GPU with dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores for stunning visuals and AI-driven enhanc...
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Nintendo is set to provide a closer look at its highly anticipated Switch 2 gaming console on Wednesday.
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Most eye-catching was Mario Kart World - in which the franchise appears to have been given a significant refresh.
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According to the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 10 specs sheet, the new gaming PC will have options for RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti graphics cards.
There’s no doubting that the RTX 5090 makes a superb graphics engine for any gaming laptop, the trouble is it also makes said portable exorbitantly expensive. That’s pretty much our review of the new Razer Blade 16 with the RTX 5090 (pictured above) in a nutshell.
Nvidia’s laptop GPUs used to get labels such as Max-Q and Max-P, and that helped. Max-Q referred to power-efficient versions of the card, and Max-P covered those focused on maximum performance and full power. These labels aren’t in use anymore, which made buying a laptop a little bit confusing.
The other major Nvidia technology supported by the new Switch is G-Sync, which prevents screen tearing when games are running at variable frame rates. Nvidia notes that G-Sync is only supported in handheld mode and not in docked mode, which could be a limitation of the Switch dock's HDMI port.
Several Nvidia RTX 5000 series GPUs, from the RTX 5080 to the RTX 5070, are listed as “reserved for Prime members” on Amazon, preventing non-members from purchasing them. The flagship RTX 5090 is notably exempt, likely due to its high price, while the RTX 40 series remains unaffected, possibly because of limited remaining stock.
Desperate to buy a reasonably priced Nvidia Blackwell or AMD RDNA 4 GPU? You’ll get better odds if you’re a Prime member.
NVIDIA has posted some information on the GPU found inside the Nintendo Switch 2, and with RT and Tensor Cores and DLSS, it's a massive improvement.
We don't have the full specs on the CPU and GPU inside the Nintendo Switch 2, but NVIDIA confirms that it's a powerful upgrade than can handle ray-tracing.
Nintendo's technical specs chart for the Switch 2 officially confirms the system is powered by a "custom processor made by Nvidia". Now, in an update, Team Green has shared some insight - claiming the new hybrid system has "10x the graphics performance" of the original Switch.