The Nintendo Switch 2 could feature this powerful Nvidia technology
Information has emerged from the recent Nvidia leak that suggests a new Nintendo Switch could be in development that supports Nvidia’s framerate-boosting DLSS technology.
As NVN is the name of the graphics API used for the Nintendo Switch, there are three potential references to the Switch within the leaked code: «nvndlss.cpp,» «nvn_dlss.cpp,» and «nvn_dlss_backend.h».
Interestingly, the code also mentions 'NVN2' which suggests that we might get a second generation of the Switch after all. As TweakTown points out in its own coverage, Bloomberg reported back in September 2021 that there are developers creating games for a 4K Switch console that doesn't actually exist yet, giving additional weight to the existing rumors.
NVIDIA leaks have «nvn2», which seems to be the graphics api for the Switch Pro, based on Ampere with ray tracing support and DLSS 2.2 pic.twitter.com/k6nEr31CcYMarch 1, 2022
This isn't the first time that whispers have appeared regarding a team-up between Nvidia and Nintendo to bring Deep Learning Super Sampling to the Switch console, though some of these stretch back to the start of last year, around the time that rumors were flying around that a more powerful version of the Switch was in development.
What was assumed to be a 4K-ready Switch 2 or Switch Pro was eventually revealed as the Switch OLED, but it would seem that we shouldn't dismiss the idea of Nintendo releasing a more powerful version of the console entirely.
A trusted tech leaker on Twitter by the name @kopite7kimi has also weighed in, stating that the leaked Nvidia code also specifically mentions a T239 chip that will potentially feature within a more powerful version of the Switch console. We have yet to see this make an appearance, but further
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