News about Nintendo Switch 2: Nvidia Tegra T239 SoC

An Nvidia employee has indirectly confirmed the existence of the Tegra T239 SoC, which is rumored to be used in the next Nintendo Switch. With a powerful chip, features like ray tracing and DLSS are unimaginable.

The Nintendo Switch is several years old now, and that’s reflected in the popular console’s performance. Many new games run anything but smoothly on the Switch or have to accept major losses in resolution. Especially compared to Steam Deck Nintendo’s alternative seems outdated now. The Switch OLED only appeared in 2021, with its hardware equipment unchanged apart from a better screen.

But come with rumours More powerful Switch Pro or Switch 2 Keep up the good work and be happy regularly. A Reddit users Nvidia employee Sumit Gupta has now discovered new clues clearly Tegra 239 SoC mentioned. According to various rumors, this chip will be used in the next Nintendo console.

According to Gupta, Tegra has T239 Eight processor cores And knowledge is one according to the current situation Cropped version of Tegra T234 (Orin) with 12 cores. Compared to the current Switch’s quad-core SoC, the chip will still be a significant upgrade. Again it will be one own design Work, as was the case with the Tegra X1 processor of the first Nintendo console, was adapted specifically for the Switch.

Recently, there have been rumors that there will also be a Switch Pro/2 with more powerful hardware Ray tracing and DLSS Will support. It will bring Nintendo to Steam, which offers AMD’s DLSS alternative FSR in addition to ray tracing. In March, a cyber attack on Nvidia’s DLSS 2.2 source code Notes on NVN2 Discovered, i.e. the successor to the original Switch’s NVN SoC.

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robin Kromberg … He is studying Asian Studies and Chinese at the University of Bonn and as an editor is mainly responsible for the notebook, monitor and audio equipment sections of Allround-PC.com, but also writes about new products in many other areas.

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