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minus-squaresanpolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agoIt’s supposed to use S905X3 with ARM Cortex-A55. There’s already plenty of devices on the market with this chip, and it’s fine, but in real world as a user you won’t really see any improvement over something like a nearly 10 year old Nvidia Shield that’s still using a more powerful chipset. Which is sad for a new device…
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoDoes Nvidia even make new mobile chipsets still? At least… Relatively cheaply? I know there’s something of an Nvidia tax.
minus-squaresanpolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoI don’t think so. Maybe they’ll have something new for the next Nintendo Switch? In fact, the Shield is using the same chip as the Switch (same for the newer revisions).
It’s supposed to use S905X3 with ARM Cortex-A55.
There’s already plenty of devices on the market with this chip, and it’s fine, but in real world as a user you won’t really see any improvement over something like a nearly 10 year old Nvidia Shield that’s still using a more powerful chipset.
Which is sad for a new device…
Does Nvidia even make new mobile chipsets still? At least… Relatively cheaply? I know there’s something of an Nvidia tax.
I don’t think so. Maybe they’ll have something new for the next Nintendo Switch?
In fact, the Shield is using the same chip as the Switch (same for the newer revisions).