Rumor: Switch with OLED screen gets new Nvidia soc with DLSS support

According to a rumor, Nintendo provides its new Switch with an Nvidia soc with more CPU and GPU computing power and support for Deep Learning Super Sampling. This upscale technique has been in Nvidia video cards since 2018.

In addition to a new soc, the new Switch will also have more memory, Bloomberg claims. The financial news agency says it has heard that from sources familiar with the plans. DLSS is a technique from Nvidia for upscaling images with algorithms. The Tensor cores on the RTX cards are used for this. Games must also have built-in support for DLSS.

With DLSS enabled, games are rendered at a low resolution and displayed at a higher resolution. In practice, this can often result in significant performance gains, while the image quality is largely preserved. The technology would come in handy for the Switch. According to previous rumors, the new model will have a 7″ OLED screen with 720p resolution, but also support for 4k display on external screens.

According to Bloomberg, the new Switch should be released by the end of this year, along with plenty of new games. This model may be marketed as a ‘Switch Pro’. In any case, it is expected that the OLED model will be more expensive than the current variant, which currently costs 329 euros.

Earlier, clues were found in the Switch firmware about a new model codenamed Aula. It would not have a new soc, but would get an extra Realtek multimedia chip. It was speculated that it would be used for upscaling to 4k. The model that is now rumored must contain a new soc, because the current Nvidia X1 does not support DLSS.

The current Nintendo Switch