Are you ready for Beam Tracing?

Are you ready for Beam Tracing?

  1. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    more like bing tracing haha

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      oh you cheeky bastard

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous
    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I don't get it.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        SnOY chud forced meme that aged lile milk.

  2. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >PS5-level graphics
    Snot confirmed?

  3. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Beam tracing
    Is it an actual term or just that journo making shit up? I've heard of path tracing and ray tracing before but this is new to me.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      it's a raytracing which maintains the ray and makes it constant rather than eliminating it and using one reflection to do the calculation, it wastes more resouces but the reflections account for the different areas of the room.
      using beam tracing is meaningless tho because games on the past already used ray tracing, is just that they did it with one ray and on a minimal number rather than doing a lot of constant reflections, what we call raytracing nowadays is literally beam tracing rather than pure raytracing.
      it's very unlikely that a switch 2 will have it unless it costs 10000 dollars tho, most consumer grade beam tracing can only be done with 500 dollar cards and it's a thing which is on a bigger cheaper format than a switch with past manufacturing making for a cheaper product as a result.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        using ray tracing as a term for modern illumination*

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        nvm i'm retarded and i didn't read the article i was basing myself correctly.
        see:

        It's an actual term where instead of lines (rays) it's pretty much cones (beams), I imagine as a compromise of multiple rays + denoising, which is fucking hogwash since Nvidia is all about bruteforcing with path tracing + denoising, on top of absolutely nothing outside of toy projects using beam tracers

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          in general the thing after the beam tracing thing is right, it's just that my beam tracing explanation is very retarded.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's an actual term where instead of lines (rays) it's pretty much cones (beams), I imagine as a compromise of multiple rays + denoising, which is fucking hogwash since Nvidia is all about bruteforcing with path tracing + denoising, on top of absolutely nothing outside of toy projects using beam tracers

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        This Switch sucessor will probably only support direct lighting, where bean tracing could be better.
        Note that Cyberpunk 2077, which nVidia is helping with, splits direct and indirect lighting, so the direct lighting potion could use beam tracing in the future, with the indirect continuing to use path tracing.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It actually is, its just not very popular for graphics due to being very complex, but apparently it's more efficient?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Oh, then I can see Nintendo fucking with it for some in house first party titles. Like something you could expect for the next Zelda or Mario but not for something like Prime 4 or the next FE.

  4. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Ps4 level graphics sounds believable, but ps5 sounds out of this world. Tbh plenty of cell phones have hardware equally/more powerful than the ps5 in regards to chips. Problem is that a game on the level with the ps5 on a phone overheats and devestates the battery.

  5. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It's going to be expensive as fuck. No parents would be retarded enough to buy Switch 2 for their kid

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Most of garden gnome tendo players are old. It's just nintendo refuses to make M rated games.

  6. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Fart Tracing confirmed for Switch 2?!?!?

  7. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Old. I use photon trajectory. Get on my level gay.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >needing to calculate where something will be before you throw it
      sounds like pussy behaviour, i simple radiate of my own volition with no heed to where my energy will end up. reality simply exists around me, but its cute to see plebs play in the "light" they think they can see and replicate

  8. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    > PS5 level graphics
    > at 15 watts
    No.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      That's really relative. Chips become smaller and more performant at lower tdp, the switch can do ps3/360 performance that used 170~200w at just 15w, the switch oled do the same at 7w.
      So, ps5 graphics at 720p isn't too crazy.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      PS5 is 3 years old

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        You're delusional if you think you can reach that level of graphical fidelity (and performance) with 15 watts in just 3 years.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Visuals are relative, so people looking at a glance aren't counting polygons or have a resolution count laid out for them. They're only judging from what they can see.

          No one expects the Switch 2 to push the same number of polys as PS5 or XBSX. They do expect that the system pushes ENOUGH polygons so that the port job to decimate the geometry doesn't require that much work to get off the ground. Basically, port jobs aren't gonna border on having to redevelop the game from scratch.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          That's really relative. Chips become smaller and more performant at lower tdp, the switch can do ps3/360 performance that used 170~200w at just 15w, the switch oled do the same at 7w.
          So, ps5 graphics at 720p isn't too crazy.

          The hardware in the PS5/Series X is technically five years old and was midrange even before launch. Although even with that qualifier I still sincerely doubt the switch 2 (or whatever it's real name will be) will wind up being that strong. At best it'll come within striking distance of the Steam Deck. Nintendo traditionally makes consoles that are cheap to manufacture, hardware power isn't a priority for them (SNES and N64 were exceptions), making it that strong would require putting the thing outside of that $400 price range Nintendo always shoots to be at or under with their console launches. They need it to be profitable at $400 or less, no way it'll match the PS5/Series X

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            No shit I know dude, but, the switch could still only target 720p/1080p instead of the 4k of current gen and because the tech is new it could do some fancy effects here and there.
            I would expect ps4 like performance to be honest, its just fanboys like to like to say shit they don't know shit about.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              Everyone expects ps4 power range at a minimum though. Anything beyond that is a bonus.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Yes.

  9. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >PS5-level graphics
    Nintendicksuckers are absolutely brainrotten. There is no hope for these subhumans.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Only retards would fall for these kind of rumors though. Realistically speaking it will be base PS4 for handheld and PS4 Pro when docked. Nintendo isn't interested in power arms race like Microsoft and Snoy.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Nintendo isnt even interested in creative fidelity itself let alone power for power's sake.

        praise for innovation died out for me long ago, when they decided rehashing the same 15 ideas until the end of time and trying to wrap it up as new and groundbreaking while being fundamentally stuck in the past because the average age of the people in power at nintendo is over 60.

        same company that doesnt know how to release an old game for purchase or make a functioning online service. more power would literally only help them and they have the means to seize it but its outside of their priorities because its not necessary for wahoo

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >rehashing the same 15 ideas until the end of time and trying to wrap it up as new
          Can't wait for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Remastered.

  10. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Do people actually believe DLSS is going to be a game changer for Nintendo? It doesn't help third party devs still refuse to port their games to the new console

  11. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Twice the price for the hardware for half the frames and half the resolution. Gotta love "progress".

  12. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Steam Deck
    >Came out last year
    >Twice the size/weight of the Switch
    >$400
    >Barely breaks even
    >Just about matches the PS4
    >"The Switch 2 will have PS5-level graphics"
    POWAH OF DA BING

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Nintendo can afford better contracts for parts than Valve ever could.
      Deck doesn't even use ARM, it's a joke.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Not even the most powerful Snapdragon in $1000+ flagship phones can match a PS5, but you think Nintendo's has a super secret SOC that's been folded 1000 times and can do it in a $300-$400 device?

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Match a PS5, but at a much lower resolution.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          It's possible with DLSS.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Power is relative, most phones struggle with anything fancy due obvious lack of optimization.

          Switch not dealing with android or ios OS bloat make It far stronger by default.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous
        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          An Adreno GPU isn't made by NVIDIA

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      > 2017 critics "Switch only has six hours battery life? What a scam!"
      >2022 critics "3 hours of battery life on the Steam Deck? This is the future!"

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Next you gonna say Gamecube is more powerful than PS2

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        It was.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Few devs actually used whole crap. There is a reason of why lot of ps2 games look or run like shit.

          It doesn't matter because Nintendo fucked everything up by giving GC a shitty mini DVD drive that prevents 3rd party devs from porting games to their console. The same fate is probably waiting for Switch 2, they are going for some cheap cartridge that has like 32gb at a maximum

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Boy, I sure do love 200GB of uncompressed audio.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              >200gb of uncompressed audio
              I wish devs actually did that and uncompressed cutscenes rather than having things sound and look like shit

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            >32gb at a maximum
            Switch have 64gb cartridges.

            • 2 weeks ago
              Anonymous

              These have never actually been made because they would raise the cost of games to $70 and that doesn't work unless "Zelda" is written on the box

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                >These have never actually been made
                moron how do yo think they ship NBA 2K23? On two cards?

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Don't you have to download 90% of that game?

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Why would they sell a fucking game you need internet to play? Are you dense or retarded, son?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Few devs actually used whole crap. There is a reason of why lot of ps2 games look or run like shit.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        It was you idiot. Same with N64. Doesn't mean they were the better/more successful console, but they were more powerful.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      x86 is just that fucking shit
      The only reason it hasn't been completely replaced yet is because of all the legacy software that requires it

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Legacy Software like games, every single PC game actually. Nintendo being able to use DLSS, their own custom graphics api (nvn2), ARM CPUs could mean PS5 level graphics at 720p easily. A little bit of active cooling and power delivery on the dock and you can climb to 35w which would mean 4k checkerboard is possible

  13. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Yeah, I'm ready for the 160x120 upscaling.
    I'm actually curious how they're supposed to cool that kind of performance in a handheld and have any kind of battery life. The current gen vidya boxes aren't huge bricks just so they can take up more space.

  14. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >wtf why its not 4k with 20hours battery.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      You joke, but I would sacrifice graphics, music, storytelling and voice acting, if it meant the hardware would have a good battery life. Nobody in this disgusting industry cares about making longlasting hardware.

      >Vita loses its battery in idle mode within a month
      >Switch barely holds a charge anymore
      >Deck barely lasts through one day
      >iphones and androids have useless power saving modes that don't actually save power, and will lose power within a few days

      Whoever introduced the concept of planned obsolescence deserves to step on every lego brick on earth.

  15. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Is it just me, or is this whole "switch 2 leaks" campaign an obvious snoy strategy to make tendies disappointed when the real thing is nowhere near as strong?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      What was it like before Switch came out?

      Something about NX console?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Actiblizz spilled the beans during trial, but devkits are far stronger than actual hardware due debug tools and extra fluff.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      take your meds chud

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Nah it's just your modern day journalism doing its job. Hyping shit up so that they can capitalizing on how much you clicked the article. It doesn't have to make sense.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Nah, its actual retarded fanboys, they always invent shit when a console is near launch, they same has happened since the 360/ps3 era, they even make retarded mockups.
      Just wait until proper announcement.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It's not just you.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      We've been seeing mobile hardware give us XBOX One visuals on iPads like 6 years ago, so NVIDIA giving Nintendo hardware on this level isn't impossible

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I think people going "It'll be more powerful than the PS5" are bullshitters that are screencapping their own posts to make a collage later, while the majority of people are going "yeah it'll at least try to look that good with DLSS, but the hardware itself will probably be near PS4, maybe closer to Pro, levels."

  16. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    this is the chip that will be in the next switch. ignore all the fake leak trannies
    https://www.pocket-lint.com/mediatek-chip-nvidia-gpu/

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      source corroborating this rumor

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >posts video as a confirmed absolute
        >Video mentions unncertainty
        You people need to watch the shit you mine blindly.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          well obviously until nintendo announces something everything is a rumor

  17. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    ray tracing on the go

  18. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    No way

  19. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Right...

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      To think this is the 3rd gen of the HD consoles and even then those two can't do 1080p native minimum, these nu devs...

  20. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    thinking about them beams right now

  21. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Have people forgotten the last like 5 times there was a hyped up Switch 2 only to be something completely unrelated?

  22. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I'm insider.

    In short, they would use upscaling.
    Basically, game would render at a very small size and upscaling would increase size.

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