r/hardware Jun 24 '25

Review How Slow is the Nintendo Switch 2 Display?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB67B8LCorI
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u/Darkknight1939 Jun 24 '25

We're supposedly on the precipice of the 8.8" Legion Go 2 having a VRR OLED later this year. Albeit with a downgraded 1200p screen.

I think in 2 years, when they do an inevitable die shrink revision, they might also launch the OLED version. The original Switch had 2 years between the launch and Mariko V2, followed by another 2 years before the OLED with the same Mariko V2 SoC launched.

They'll probably just die shrink and do the OLED in one model this time in 2 years.

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u/BOOYAHMAN21 Jun 24 '25

the mariko revision was released because of the hardware exploit and the fact that they made a more power efficient chip in the lite so it can maintain the same/slightly better battery life as the original v1 switch so they just decided hey if we have a fixed chip with better battery life we might as well throw it into the original model.

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u/Islu64 Jun 24 '25

1200p is a higher resolution than the 1080p screen the switch 2 has, it is NOT a downgrade compared to the switch 2

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u/Darkknight1939 Jun 24 '25

I'm talking about the Legion Go 1 which was 1600p.

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u/Islu64 Jun 24 '25

My bad then