Skyrim Switch Digital Foundry Analysis

BURN!

Damnnnnnn

I stand corrected. The Switch version is only the 2nd worst version by a slim margin. Congrats?

Sounds like a faithful portable version.

Intel's Core U series are usually tablet or 2-in-1 processors and it attracts premium price. AMD's Raven Ridge 2-in-1 tablet APU hasn't been release yet.

So not comparable to Switch, then

Both are not comparable with each other except both can play last gen console games in a satisfactory manner. Surface Pro 4 can play some of XBO era games.

When AMD Raven Ridge 2-in-1 APU arrives, it's XBO class gaming on a tablet.

I never did get around to playing Skyrim. Not only is the Switch version more attractive because I can take it with me, but it also has Link swag in it! Who doesn't want to use their Amiibos in Skyrim?

I'll definitely use my Princess Zelda amiibo to play as her in third person mode

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I'm not talking about laptop/tablet hybrids, I'm talking about tablet only with the same price range and around the same size as the Switch. Yet you bring up Raven Ridge that isn't even out yet.

Right, but that's the thing, you're not getting better than a Tegra X1 at the Switch's price and form factor.

Raven Ridge isn't out yet, and we no absolutely nothing how it performs other than a spec sheet nor real-time performance. You bringing up Raven Ridge is simply out of topic.

Raven Ridge's performance can be estimated from AMD's last 2-in-1 Carrizo APU and expected upgrade gains.

We already know Vega's DCC (memory compression) wasn't updated from Polaris DCC. Carrizo APU uses inferior Tonga DCC when compared to Polaris DCC.

Vega IGP has up to 11 CU. ROPS has direct GPU L2 cache access.

Carrizo IGP has up to 8 CU. ROPS has no direct GPU L2 cache access.

I have rented Toshiba's Carrizo APU based 2-in-1 tablet with FX-8800p "Carrizo" APU. The PC ultra book/tablet market wants Intel Core class CPUs.

I have already have R9-M270 type mobile GCN which is 10 CU and 850 Mhz OC mobile GPU.

I roughly know where Raven Ridge APU's landing range.

Fallout 4 is not a 6 years old past gen game for Switch to be able to play it epicly good as handheld.

Actually, i5U Skylake/Kabylake IGP is better than Shield TV's TX1 in Ice Storm benchmarks.

The problem is PC tablets with i5U Skylake/Kabylake IGP doesn't match Switch's price which can be important for certain market segments. This is why AMD's Raven Ridge SoC is needed to lower Intel's premium cost on their 2-in-1 tablet SoC lines.

Not factoring Nintendo, there's very little mobile design wins for NVIDIA TX1 when compared to Intel i5U/i7U Skylake/Kabylake SoCs or Qualcomm Vulkan capable SoCs. NVIDIA was desperate for a big design win for their TX1. Competition is good and it's good to see Nintendo/NVIDIA having a go.