Switch 2 Speculation

[ILikeFeet]

The AI TOPS seems to be about 15 TOPS or so.
Is it the reason Mario Kart doesn’t use DLSS?
Since it is a 60 fps racing game, DLSS is too costly
for the weak AI TOPS.

Nintendo, historically, doesn't tend to use AA regardless of the power on tap

 

[LiveGamer]

The AI TOPS seems to be about 15 TOPS or so.
Is it the reason Mario Kart doesn’t use DLSS?
Since it is a 60 fps racing game, DLSS is too costly
for the weak AI TOPS.

Switch 2 has over 100+ TOPS from what I've seen.

 

[Seanspeed]

The AI TOPS seems to be about 15 TOPS or so.
Is it the reason Mario Kart doesn’t use DLSS?
Since it is a 60 fps racing game, DLSS is too costly
for the weak AI TOPS.

I'd think they're just already hitting the graphics level, resolution and performance they're happy with for Mario Kart. These games dont need to be pushing any technical envelopes and I'd be surprised if Nintendo is overly concerned with pushing >1080p resolutions.

 

[Chiimaero]

Nintendo, historically, doesn't tend to use AA regardless of the power on tap

Indeed. But they do use upscaling when needeed (be it FSR or other more simple reconstruction methods like they did with Odyssey in portable).
It's not possible to assert that this MK9 footage had no DLSS given the video compression and all. But there is on specific shot where the aliasing is so evident that I guess nobody would be surprised if it does indeed not use DLSS. Maybe because they don't think they need it. Or maybe because they don't want to use it.

T239 should definitely have enough power for DLSS, so it will be very interesting to see if they use it, or if they go with some custom method.
I guess using DLSS will bind Nintendo to NVidia for ages to some extend. While using some other form of AI upscale would still put the tensor cores to good use and could offer good enough results.
Or maybe Nintendo secured a way to be allowed to move away from NVidia/DLSS using some custom translation layer (is that even possible on a technical level?)...

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

Why even bring that Mario kart footage into any discussion when there isn't even any indication it was taken from a game running real time on switch 2 hardware?

 

[Dominik D]

Why even bring that Mario kart footage into any discussion when there isn't even any indication it was taken from a game running real time on switch 2 hardware?

What else was it run on then, smart refrigerator?

 

[Tkumpathenurple]

What else was it run on then, smart refrigerator?

Maybe.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Why even bring that Mario kart footage into any discussion when there isn't even any indication it was taken from a game running real time on switch 2 hardware?

Not sure what you're suggesting here. The game was pre-renderer and isn't representative, or Nintendo chose a game running on inferior hardware to showcase their new platform, like revealing the GBA showing GB Color graphics?

 

[RDGoodla]

Switch 2 has over 100+ TOPS from what I've seen.

3060 has 100 TOPS. Switch 2 has way less TOPS.

Digital Foundry thinks Switch 2 may be hard to use DLSS for 4K.

 

[LiveGamer]

3060 has 100 TOPS. Switch 2 has way less TOPS.

Digital Foundry thinks Switch 2 may be hard to use DLSS for 4K.

Oh yeah you're right. 2050 with 64 Tensor cores has 20 TOPS. The Switch 2 with 48 cores will be less.

Digital Foundry did say 1440p upscaling should be doable. For the main Switch audience that should suffice.