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That's a weird case for sure. I guess we'll have to wait a bit more till the thing can be properly reviewed. Maybe we have incorrect informations, maybe the drivers are not ready, maybe it's some hybrid GPU and is still very modern but lacks some parts, maybe it's not marketing but some...

Tom's hardware also states that the GPU does not support RT in this french article So yeah, it seems this SoC is equipped with a 2 gens old GPU. It may sound weird, but at the same time, this GPU seems in line with M2 and 780M, so job done. I guess they keep the newer gens for upcoming SoC as...

Indeed. Will wait for deep dive reviews, but as you say, it seems this M3 is more A17 Pro than A16, which makes perfect sense, but Apple failed to convey this in a clear and simple way. At this point it's very likely the NPU is also on par with A17 Pro I guess... That's a good thing as I always...

Precisely, but well, they likely ported the A16 NPU to N3B as well when they already had the updated A17 Pro NPU at hands. It will be very intersting to learn the weird schedule and decisions that led to M3 being such an hybrid beast.

Most M3 articles I've read are not so clear about that. M2 is based on A15 CPU cores (Avalanche/Blizzard). M3 has definitely better cores than M2, but it's still possible they are based on A16 cores (Everest/Sawtooth), and not on A17 Pro cores (which have weird generic code names...

I was referring to Apple perfs numbers here. A17 Pro is 35Tops, M3 is 18Tops. Like Pressure said, maybe it's just Apple messing around with their own convention here. But since my last post I've read Anandtech take on this, and they seem to think it simply a matter of INT8 vs INT16/FP16 so there...

I'm honestly not that sure: A17 Pro vs M3 But I keep in mind those annotations are often not 100% accurate. On the pictures, M3 vs M3 Pro in particular seems to highlight less blocks (8 cores for the M3 vs 8 cores + some shared logic for M3 Pro) And using different workloads to measure a given...

Thx for those insights. It seems that Apple GPUs do actually support VRS, at least according to this blog VRS on Adreno Those recent mobile GPUs are packed with all the latest features now. It will be harder and harder to improve on them. Yeah, DX12_2 or not, the GPU is incredibly feature rich...

That's the issue I have with Apple since the parted ways with IMG: we have no solid information about their GPUs. Them claiming they designed their GPU cannot be taken for granted as we have several hints showing the Apple GPU still have deep IMG roots (at least I found such hints up to the M1...

Yes, not that many useful informations in there. I really miss the glorious "deep dive" articles from anandtech. Also, some thoughts about Kaotik's off topic question (on the Immortalis thread) regarding the roots of the A17 Pro GPU. His question was "is it Img CXT based? or smth new?" I find...

You're right. But we have multiple sources corroborating the fact that demos with DLSS enabled were shown during gamescom. At this point, it's as close as official as it can get without an offical statement that the thing is running a Tegra chip offering real good perfs. I'm not sure what the...

T239 being 8nm is unlikely at this point. Say it ends up being TSMC 4nm, NVidia and Nintendo only would know the why. Switch success is an option. Not able to reach targets on 8nm is another. Beefed up targets (and thus clocks) is another. And so on. I'm sure we'll eventually get to know this...

Yeah, it's confirmed it has the same DLSS hardware as Ampere cards (RTX30 series). So it can have whatever DLSS version is compatible with RTX30 cards. Which includes DLSS 3.5 minus the frame generation thing. What versions will actually be available is up to NVidia/Nintendo to decide. At this...

Now that we can pretty much be 100% certain the SoC is T239, it's granted it's LPDDR5 (with a slight possibility of it being LPDDR5X) But yeah, the latest rumors are really painting a nice picture of this new Switch: Pretty much confirmed: - T239 SoC: powerfull, efficient and modern. Still...

Well the gaming experience is more than just the graphics. As you said, playing a game like SF6 on the PS5 is so much better than on the PS4 for the loading times alone. And that must not be understated. It really is a game changer. The graphics are not though, and it's clear that between the 4K...