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Renacles, rok temu do gaming w Consumer Nintendo Switch 2 rumored to have more RAM than the Xbox Series S

It really should, the Series S is already looking dead and we are only at the beginning of the console lifecycle.

Poggervania, rok temu do gaming w Consumer Nintendo Switch 2 rumored to have more RAM than the Xbox Series S

More RAM doesn’t really mean anything in gaming performance. It helps, but a faster CPU and GPU with a good whack of VRAM is gonna help more.

Primarily0617, rok temu

arguably RAM matters the most

gpu and cpu you can just downgrade the quality, but at a certain point everything has to fit into memory

e.g., baldur's gate 3 literally couldn't be properly ported to the S because of a RAM limitation

Poggervania, rok temu

Oh shit, really? Wasn’t even aware of that lol, I always had the generally recommended amount of RAM in my gaming rig so I never thought that would be a thing.

dom, rok temu

There is a point where more ram doesnt help and maybe that’s what you are thinking of. It’s more “must be this tall to ride” from my understanding

EddoWagt, rok temu

Also, textures, usually they don’t really cost performance and absolutely change the visuals of a game, but can be massively limited by a lack of ram

HellAwaits, rok temu

not even remotely true.

crmsnbleyd, rok temu

Consoles have shared RAM between CPU and GPU, more RAM is more VRAM

Never_Sm1le, rok temu

You are thinking from pc pov. PS3 is perhaps the last major home console that have dedicated ram and vram, maybe 3ds had it on the handheld front

narc0tic_bird, rok temu

Not sure about 3DS, but the PlayStation Vita had 128 MB of VRAM in addition to the 512 MB of system RAM.

darkghosthunter, rok temu do gaming w Consumer Nintendo Switch 2 rumored to have more RAM than the Xbox Series S

One thing about the 12GB of RAM: it may be costly now, but it will become cheaper after three, four years into the cycle.

Second, there is also the bandwidth. The Steam Deck has 32x4GB LPDDR5. I believe they wanted 8GB but DLSS and ML (if they add them to the next SoC) require at least 4GB plus. Hence, 32x4GB (96 bits). If the Steam Deck can get away with slightly more, then why not slightly less.

So yes, I can see this device with 12GB of RAM to ensure DLSS and ML work without hitches.