Nintendo confirmed, during a roundtable discussion attended by 01net, that the Switch 2 does indeed support DLSS and ray tracing rendering. The NVIDIA chip at the heart of the portable console likely incorporates a graphics engine derived from the Ampere architecture, but the ability to use these technologies remains entirely in the hands of developers: it's up to them to assess whether the update AI-assisted scaling is worth using in their titles.
Luckily, the Switch 2 supports DLSS
For CD Projekt RED, there is clearly no doubt: DLSS is essential for the Switch 2 to achieve an acceptable framerate. The developer behind the game Cyberpunk 2077 has indeed confirmed that its flagship title would necessarily use this intelligent upscaling technology, with however different modes depending on whether the console is used with or without its dock.
More precisely, Cyberpunk 2077 will benefit a priori from a Performance mode and a Quality mode, allowing when the Switch 2 is on its dock to reach respectively 40 and 30 images per second from a native dynamic rendering – therefore before scaling – oscillating between 540p and 1080p depending on the GPU load. In portable mode, these two modes will display the same targets in terms of framerate, but the native rendering will vary between 360p and 720p, always depending on the workload of the Switch 2 graphics engine, DLSS then taking care of upscaling the image.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a relatively demanding game, but it remains difficult to accept that the console is already struggling and must heavily use dynamic resolution and DLSS on a title released almost five years ago in order to offer an acceptable gaming experience. Nintendo has a history of prioritizing gameplay and ergonomic innovations for its consoles, relegating computing power to the background. But has the video game giant been a little too stingy this time around when it comes to technical specifications and raw power? Let's hope the giant can reassure us after June 5th, the Switch 2's release date.
Source: Digital Foundry
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