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With a modified Switch in hand, the doors blow wide open when it comes to squeezing more from its games library. The Witcher 3 benefits in many ways - solving many of the gripes we experienced in the base game. Now we can overclock the system to hit higher frame-rates, and even apply user-made mods to boost image quality and visuals. But at what cost?

 

[jshackles]

But at what cost?

Battery life

 

[stranno]

You should use Tesla overlay sys-clk instead of sys-clk-Editor, you can change clocks on the fly and it is far easier to use.

Switch should be safe even overclocking to max clocks. Google's Pixel C use stock clocks and it just has a ridiculous conductive foam pad as a thermal passive solution. And it never had any temperature problems (unlike the original Nvidia Shield Tablet K1, that was a ticking bomb).

 

[Alexios]

Dynamic resolution needs to stop being a thing on all platforms. Just like unlocked fps. Stability over crazy fluctuations is better both for visual quality (which includes visual smoothness and motion clarity) and for gameplay feel. I could accept something like say, open world parts of this or that game rendering at 1080p, yet indoor parts with less going on and more stuff to look at closely at 4k (if there's a good divide, otherwise if indoor parts are few and far between in comparison then it'll still be jarring when it finally looks clear but most of the game is muddy), this sort of segmentation, but to constantly/greatly shift? No thanks. I always disable dynamic res in PC games just as I lock fps to the lowest average it can maintain for my preferred settings rather than switch from 60 to 140 fps based on the scene or where the camera was turned with whatever that entails for the inconsistent visual smoothness and also responsiveness. Meh. I just don't get these tech trends.

 

[DESTROYA]

I would try this but with my luck I would permanently brick my system, while the performance boost is pretty decent I’m not sure sacrificing battery life and a hotter running noisier Switch is worth it.
Nice vid tho.

 

[siekro1983]

I would try this but with my luck I would permanently brick my system, while the performance boost is pretty decent I’m not sure sacrificing battery life and a hotter running noisier Switch is worth it.
Nice vid tho.

exactly. you can get a refurbished xone on gamesptop for 100$, not worth the risk.

 

[Spukc]

this game is one of the most impressive games on the switch.
same goes for doom 2016

 

[01011001]

the anti aliasing in this game is beyond ugly... that would be the first thing I'd disable.

 

[Captain Hero]

Battery life

Long lasting battery life

 

[EightBit Man]

Even though I have been spoilt by having played the game on PC @ 60fps on max. settings, I cannot deny that it is mightily impressive stuff.

 

[Kamina]

Saw a similar report some time ago. Nice preview of what could be a Switch Pro some day.

 

[Newly Vacant]

There seems to be a lot of headroom for overclocking the Switch. I'm surprised Nintendo didn't boost the clocks in dock mode by default. It seems like they're being overly conservative.

 

[stranno]

There seems to be a lot of headroom for overclocking the Switch. I'm surprised Nintendo didn't boost the clocks in dock mode by default. It seems like they're being overly conservative.

Vita is waay more underclocked. It runs between 41-444MHz (CPU) and 41-222MHz (GPU). While the ARM Cortex A9 could reach 2GHz (CPU) and 1GHz (GPU). 500MHz is the maximum you can go by software tho.