Back in October a patent Nintendo created in March of 2020 became public for a DLSS like process, "systems and methods for machine learned image conversion." You may be correct that Switch 2 will not use DLSS, but its likely that there will be some sort of image reconstruction implemented in the SDK. Dying Light on Nintendo Switch already implements an image reconstruction technique to get the final output to 1080p docked and 720p portable. Im sure Nintendo and Nvidia can create a very nice solution that plays nicely with the Switch 2 SOC.
Agreed. The performance to power consumption ration is really good. Its a shame that Nintendo didnt start with the Mariko X1 from day 1.
When you look at this, it really makes you wish Nintendo had started with the Mariko X1 at launch. Could have had higher performance across the board and still maintained better thermals and battery life than the launch Switch units had. Seeing the clock speeds they are pushing with these unlocked Mariko Switch units makes me think about the Switch 2. Ive been of the mind that Nintendo could use a direct evolution of the X1. Nintendo needs to upgrade the memory bus to 128bit, something they already did with the X1 Parker model. People keep looking to the successors to the Tegra X1 as a likely starting point, but they all start targeting the automotive market pretty aggressively, not making for an obvious choice for the Switch form factor.