Surprise Nintendo Switch 2 Update Boosts Switch 1 Game Performance in Handheld Mode
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Nintendo has announced a major new Switch 2 feature that improves the performance of most Switch 1 games when played in handheld mode.

The feature, which is buried at the bottom of Nintendo’s patch notes, allows for boosted Switch 1 games when playing in handheld, with performance akin to playing with the console docked.

  • setsubyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    As far as I know Tears of the Kingdom is capped at 30 fps and 900p on Switch 1 in docked mode. This update gets you this Switch 1 docked mode experience on handheld, so it should not get you 60 fps or any of the other improvements of the switch 2 upgrade pack.

    • Gerudo@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 days ago

      So just higher res, that’s kind of a lame trade off for less battery life. I’ve had no issue with lower res S1 titles looking weird on the S2. I guess my pc brain equated bumping cpu speed (which is what the dock does) with increase in fps.