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The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct yesterday revealed a tonne of new information about Nintendo’s console including specs, games and more. While we got to see new details on the console’s awesome GameChat feature and found out after the fact about Game-Key Cards, there was a curious omission of both DLSS and ray-tracing support.
As it turns out, the Nintendo Switch 2 does support both DLSS image reconstruction and ray-tracing. However, Nintendo is still being coy on the details. With the official tech specifications still stating the console using a vaguely described “custom processor” by Nvidia, Nintendo is being rather shy about how these technologies can be used on the new handheld.
Nintendo Switch 2 DLSS and ray-tracing confirmed
At a press Q&A in New York, Nintendo confirmed that the new Nintendo Switch 2 handheld does indeed support both Nvidia’s DLSS upscaling technology as well as hardware-accelerated ray-tracing. While no games showed off during the recent Direct make use of these technologies to our eyes, they can be used in titles in the future.
“We use DLSS upscaling technology and that’s something that we need to use as we develop games,” said Nintendo’s Takuhiro Dohta (via IGN). “And when it comes to the hardware, it is able to output to a TV at a max of 4K. Whether the software developer is going to use that as a native resolution or get it to upscale is something that the software developer can choose. I think it opens up a lot of options for the software developer to choose from.”
Dohta also confirmed that the GPU on the Nintendo Switch 2 SoC “does support ray-tracing” which “provides yet another option for the software developer to use”. When asked about specifics of the GPU, which modders and tinkerers will find out eventually anyway, Dohta said “Nintendo doesn’t share too much on the hardware spec”. You can say that again.
However, Dohta did tease that “our partner Nvidia will be sharing some information” on the custom technology used in the Nintendo Switch 2 handheld. In the near future, we should find out exactly what the Switch 2 is capable of. After all, if games like Cyberpunk 2077 and the real version of Hogwarts Legacy can run on the device, we should be in for an interesting generation.
For more Switch 2 coverage, read about how ex-Nintendo marketing leads believe the console will get its own version of Baldur’s Gate 3 in the future.
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