I have a slo mo camera capable of recording at 1000fps. I saw some people talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 screen being way worse and slower than the Nintendo Switch 1 so I decided to record both of them to compare.
Looks like the Switch 2 screen is slower, but in my opinion it's not that bad compared to the original as some people try to make it.
Here you can see it for your own eyes.
Camera – Sony RX100 mk IV
Monitor – BenQ PD2700U
Switch 1 is the Switch V2
by Lokendens
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I’m guessing the Home Screen is capped just to save power.
Great post!! This is really cool to see – If you have access to an OLED switch I’d love to see how that compares. OLED screens have insane response timings – it’d be a nice best case to compare to
That’s interesting
I think almost every device I’ve ever owned caps the resolution and frame rate of the menu screens because there is no reason to use a higher burden menu system for no benefit.
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This is why I have given up on playing my Switch 2 looking through a 1000fps slow motion camera. MK World was unplayable to the point that I gave up and just started looking at the screen when I play.
it should be downright better considering the age of the switch 1 and the increased price of the switch 2 but the fact that it’s not is crazy.
One thing of note here, OP: you are comparing Switch 2 to the OG Switch, aka the LCD version. Comparing it to the OLED makes the difference MUCH more stark.
Wait until you find out about the display lottery.
Why use 120hz on the homescreen?
Ideally 120hz should be used for when its actually needed and supported by the title. Which currently no title supports.
But a 120hz can make a world of a difference when playing games at 40fps. Providing a great fluency while saving on performance
Is this where fps discussion is at? Menu framerate?
It can run at 20fps for all I care
It’s a menu
You don’t need to pull a frame one move on the menu screen
I honestly can’t see the smearing when playing in handheld and I mainly use a 240hz OLED monitor.
So with the refresh rate being faster one way vs another it’s a portrait screen with the video output rotated?
i’ve never seen a console put under more scrutiny than the switch 2
You don’t need 120 hz for your homescreen, that’s just wasting limited power if you’re playing handheld
If one horizontal direction is faster, maybe the screen on the switch 2 is a sideways mounted phone/tablet screen (left = bottom)? An LCD usually refreshes top to bottom (so sideways, in this case).
The Steam Deck is also like this where when you install windows, it seems to reveal the default orientation of the screen hardware, which is sideways (right side is the bottom of the screen).
Tried Cyberpunk performance on handheld and it was ghosting bad, had to go to quality. I thought it was the game…
inb4 every news site steals this post for an article
I’m not fussed about the menu fps being capped, but that pixel response time is poor.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=ql0y70a5hUhI5Nwo&v=AB67B8LCorI&feature=youtu.be relevant.
Thank you! This was interesting.
I would rather pay $500 for an OLED model with a nice screen. I play handheld a lot and the extra money would totally be worth it.
I love the switch 2 but the ghosting literally strains my eyes playing Mario Kart World. Like it makes it impossible to play it for more than 30 mins on handheld mode; I can play ofr hours on my TV without any issues. Luckily is the only game that has had that effect. Been enjoying Tears of the Kingdom just fine, I prefer the console over my V2 Switch any day.
Yeah the screen is by far my least favorite part of the switch 2 – it’s been noticeably blurry to me since I first saw it.
I’m glad I don’t notice this. The screen looks great to me.
maybe a firmware update will add overdrive
u/Confident-Point3710 doesn’t want to invade here because he gives Nintendo switch and switch 2 a free pass but not sony or microsoft lmao
Nintendo is pretty notorious for using multiple varieties of screen panels on the same handheld without letting anybody know, like they did constantly on the 3DS, so it wouldn’t surprise me if some people have ghosting screens while others don’t, hopefully people don’t start the same type of lottery situation buying up multiple Switches and returning the ones with slow panels 🙂
I think my old PSPs display might have a better response time then the Switch 2 display.
Which Switch 1 screen did you test here? LCD or OLED?
Battery life. The screen would be using twice as much energy so they capped it to 60. A lot of games do this as well even on PC. Warzone is a good example.
I don’t know what I’m seeing with my own eyes. If this much effort has to be undertaken to show this to me, I probably can’t see it in real time.