Thursday, March 20th 2025
Leak Indicates Nintendo Switch 2 Utilizing 120 Hz LCD Screen with VRR & HD Capabilities
As expected, Nintendo has kept quiet about the upcoming Switch 2 hybrid console's feature set and internal makeup. The next-gen portable gaming system's debut presentation served as a mostly surface-level teaser. News outlets have relied heavily on leaks for "insider" reportage, going back to the early 2020s—starting off with kopite7kimi's discovery of a mysterious NVIDIA "T239" chipset. As reported last week, Famiboards—a Nintendo-centric online forum—has served as a somewhat reliable source of inside track information. Earlier in the year, one member started to share NDA-busting details about Switch 2's display technology: "I've heard that the screen supports 120 Hz and VRR, which should help a lot in handheld." Weeks later, SecretBoy elaborated on the benefits of this setup: "developers can optimize the handheld profiles of their games with VRR and 40 FPS in mind."
The GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit views SecretBoy's leaks as being fairly accurate/legitimate: "(they) called out the GPU performance before the clock speeds were leaked; 10 days later back in January (3 TFLOPS docked, 1.4/1.5 TFLOPS handheld)." Earlier today, the tipster's latest musings were compiled into a Reddit summary—another set of quotes reads as follows (in condensed form): "I will reiterate that the screen is 120 Hz with HDR and VRR support. That's what I'm personally most excited for...No idea about the actual quality of the screen, but I think OLED was always going to be too expensive for this feature set, which they needed to get into the first iteration of the hardware so that developers could optimize their games around it (speculation)." Screen technology connoisseurs have expressed much disappointment about Nintendo's alleged selection of an "inferior" panel—many will point out that Valve was inspired by the Switch OLED model (2021); their Steam Deck handheld was famously upgraded/refreshed in 2023 with a fancier screen. Invited guests will get to experience Switch 2's "hugely revelatory" LCD tech at various Nintendo-hosted international preview events in April.
Sources:
GamingLeaksAndRumours Subreddit, Wccftech, TweakTown, Famiboards Post #5
The GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit views SecretBoy's leaks as being fairly accurate/legitimate: "(they) called out the GPU performance before the clock speeds were leaked; 10 days later back in January (3 TFLOPS docked, 1.4/1.5 TFLOPS handheld)." Earlier today, the tipster's latest musings were compiled into a Reddit summary—another set of quotes reads as follows (in condensed form): "I will reiterate that the screen is 120 Hz with HDR and VRR support. That's what I'm personally most excited for...No idea about the actual quality of the screen, but I think OLED was always going to be too expensive for this feature set, which they needed to get into the first iteration of the hardware so that developers could optimize their games around it (speculation)." Screen technology connoisseurs have expressed much disappointment about Nintendo's alleged selection of an "inferior" panel—many will point out that Valve was inspired by the Switch OLED model (2021); their Steam Deck handheld was famously upgraded/refreshed in 2023 with a fancier screen. Invited guests will get to experience Switch 2's "hugely revelatory" LCD tech at various Nintendo-hosted international preview events in April.
23 Comments on Leak Indicates Nintendo Switch 2 Utilizing 120 Hz LCD Screen with VRR & HD Capabilities
Interesting. Implying that the target will be around 40 FPS for more demanding titles with back-compat and lighter ones being potentially able to leverage more of the 120Hz screen? Would be a solid improvement to the outgoing Switch, with a lot of games even 30 FPS is a dream on that. Though that would also depend on how low would the dynamic resolution go in handheld mode and what the target average resolution would even be.
I think the target should be 60FPS.
arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/staggering-nintendo-switch-oled-test-safe-from-burn-in-for-over-3000-hours/
:confused:
If it takes that long on a static image on full brightness then it's a non issue in real world use. And if it ever did happen, replace the screen lol.
The screen is shut off automatically over lack of user input after a few minutes, on top of that, so you'd have to go out of your way to make the system keep the screen on for that much time.
I refuse to use glass windows cause if someone throws a brick at them they'll break.
I don't care how long it would take. It happens and that's a problem that can not be ignored.
:)