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Switch Runs at Higher Clock Speeds When Docked

Ever since the Nintendo Switch was announced, there has been speculation that its dock would increase the console’s performance. According to trusted industry insider Laura Kate Dale, that will indeed be the case but not due to any extra processing in the dock.

EddieNX 3443d ago

That's weird :s. I seem to remember speculating that this would be the case right from the start and being ridiculed by loads of "know it alls". Lol

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ABizzel13441d ago (Edited 3441d ago )

It's kind of like NVIDIA's Shield Tablet (aka the original Nintendo Switch), when it switches to docking mode the screen goes off to reserve battery life, and thus the system itself can slightly clock higher for better performance like the Shield did.

I'd assume a safe 10% clock increase.

thejigisup3441d ago (Edited 3441d ago )

Graphics enhancers, performance boosters have been around for a while now, this dock is just a new form factor with a different application. Edit : I can actually see it being larger than a 10% increase

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gamerswin243441d ago

Learn how to read instead of being a rabid fanboy ready to call anything Nintendo golden tier. Switch is still an underpowered console no matter what you try to convince yourself or others. Oh I forgot when that gets brought up you say "its a powerful handheld"

PurpHerbison3441d ago

Everybody assumes something. You didn't exactly "know" either. You just guessed like everyone else.

_-EDMIX-_3441d ago

so what you're telling me is your guess is more correct than somebody else's guess? Lol

Right now officially by Nintendo is that the base is simply charges the station and allows it to out to a television most portable devices have more power when they're plugged in, but it's not going to give this night and day boosted performance it simply like if you have your phone in power saver mode.

I think switch was always going to benefit from being charged just like your telephone would benefit from having a brighter screen from always being charged....

I don't think it does anything more than that because it doesn't even make sense on why Nintendo would not Market this.

Utalkin2me3441d ago

@EddieNX

Well it's designed around to be the opposite. When you take it off the dock it decreases power to save battery etc. Its technically the same. But from a design point it was designed around being with the dock then as a tablet.

So basically the tablet decreases performance.

MVGeneral3441d ago

It's just a speculation. So someone confirmed your speculation lol.

MRMagoo1233441d ago

all it does is make it run at 100 percent power settings instead of battery saver mode. it doesn't increase performance it just makes it run how it's meant to. Taking out of the dock basically gimps it

Christopher3441d ago

It will improve, but not drastically, IMHO.

Here's how I see it based on a few things.

1. Handheld will be 720p. No videos for the device have ran higher than this.
2. Dock will allow for native upscaling from 720p with additional power for improved performance. Might even natively upscale to 4k.

I do not think this device will come close to a 1080p machine, let alone the Xbox One's power. But, it will do a good job blending mobile and home console, which is I think Nintendo's whole goal. They want their massive mobile base to own a home console and their home console owners to be tempted to buy typical mobile games.

Nu3441d ago

I want to know it's power lvl Vegeta

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deafdani3443d ago

Title is a bit misleading. The actual source explains the dock doesn't add any extra processing power, but rather, the tablet runs at a higher performance when it detects the dock, because then it doesn't have to worry about battery life or overheating issues (the dock reportedly has a little fan to help with cooling).

Nivekki3441d ago

The headline is - 'The Switch Dock reportedly does increase the system’s performance'

What you said is - ' the tablet runs at a higher performance when it detects the dock'

So, how is it misleading?

ziggurcat3441d ago

"So, how is it misleading?"

because the dock itself doesn't increase the performance...

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Nivekki3441d ago (Edited 3441d ago )

ziggurcat, I'll point you to exhibit A

' the tablet runs at a higher performance when it detects the dock'

How doesn't it increase performance? It's not an extra cpu or graphics processor but it does increase the performance.

EDIT:Oh great, here's EDMIX coming to crap all over the comment section with his long winded essays that can be made in a sentence.

EDIT 2:'What deaf is actually saying is that just like any other portable device when plugged into the charger it's going to run at a higher performance then let's say if the battery is almost drained and on a power saver mode, that doesn't actually mean when plugged into the device it's running better than the specs listed it simply means it's running better than without being charged. '

No dipshit, it means the device can run at a a higher performance level and do what it can't do when it has limited power. It isn't rocket science.

_-EDMIX-_3441d ago

Because you're misinterpreting all that's being described.

What deaf is actually saying is that just like any other portable device when plugged into the charger it's going to run at a higher performance then let's say if the battery is almost drained and on a power saver mode, that doesn't actually mean when plugged into the device it's running better than the specs listed it simply means it's running better than without being charged.

Technically speaking the system runs at less performance when it's not being charged so what you're describing is not more performance it simply the max performance...

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Lennoxb633443d ago

Probably just enough that it would look right on a TV.

AizenSosuke3443d ago

I would say kinda of oblivious there chap.

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AizenSosuke3441d ago

I am saying that it would be kinda of oblivious with some thinking that there is additional CPU and GPU on the dock station as well since the document leaks.

curtis923441d ago

I would hope. Otherwise the dock is a bit massive.

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Articuno763441d ago

TBH it doesn't strike me as any bigger than the Wii's stand. Albeit with walling to protect the screens whilst it is docked in it.

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