Hmm don't wanna be uber pedantic but wouldn't you need a pretty good set-up to be able to emulate a switch? Also, pirates are the only reason we can probably enjoy older titles decades from now. For instance, Nintendo shutting down the 3ds online store would mean all those games are going to be only accessible by emulation so thank god for pirates.
Assuming your refresh rate is even fast enough for that to be seen, can we perceive visual changes that fast?
You need a fairly good CPU, but GPU wise if you’re not overriding framerate or resolution even integrated graphics can handle it.
Is this because modern consoles use less specialized hardware than old school consoles? Even PS2 emulation and GameCube emulation are still a little rough sometimes
Yes, the switch is basically a smartphone, so it's much easier to emulate than a PS3 for example, because it's so much more similar to a PC.
As far as 144hz, yes, that is noticeable. However, it's within diminishing returns range. After 300hz you can't really notice it anymore, and the difference between 300hz and 100hz is less than between 60hz and 100hz. 144hz is basically the sweet spot and there's no point going beyond.
nintendo emulation is pretty good already, from what I can tell. I remember playing breath of the wild... two years ago? And it ran fine on my pretty-much outdated 970
Don't know about mario kart, might've just been a joke lol
i would guess WiiU
was way better to emulate that version of BotW because there was less overhead than with switch emulation, what with switch emulators being newer
You do need a gaming pc with a several hundred dollar graphics cards. Probably run you more than a switch and a few games but you'll be able to emulate ps3/360 3ds and switch and prob never anything newer until graphics cards go down in price
Hmm don't wanna be uber pedantic but wouldn't you need a pretty good set-up to be able to emulate a switch? Also, pirates are the only reason we can probably enjoy older titles decades from now. For instance, Nintendo shutting down the 3ds online store would mean all those games are going to be only accessible by emulation so thank god for pirates.
You need a fairly good CPU, but GPU wise if you're not overriding framerate or resolution even integrated graphics can handle it.
The people you're seeing use 5950Xs and 3070s are only using them because they're doing 4k60fps or even 4k144fps.
Assuming your refresh rate is even fast enough for that to be seen, can we perceive visual changes that fast?
Is this because modern consoles use less specialized hardware than old school consoles? Even PS2 emulation and GameCube emulation are still a little rough sometimes
Yes, the switch is basically a smartphone, so it's much easier to emulate than a PS3 for example, because it's so much more similar to a PC.
As far as 144hz, yes, that is noticeable. However, it's within diminishing returns range. After 300hz you can't really notice it anymore, and the difference between 300hz and 100hz is less than between 60hz and 100hz. 144hz is basically the sweet spot and there's no point going beyond.
nintendo emulation is pretty good already, from what I can tell. I remember playing breath of the wild... two years ago? And it ran fine on my pretty-much outdated 970
Don't know about mario kart, might've just been a joke lol
Edit: wait was that wiiu still?
i would guess WiiU
was way better to emulate that version of BotW because there was less overhead than with switch emulation, what with switch emulators being newer
Was it cemu?
that's the one, yes
Which is why I'm pro stealing GPUs
You do need a gaming pc with a several hundred dollar graphics cards. Probably run you more than a switch and a few games but you'll be able to emulate ps3/360 3ds and switch and prob never anything newer until graphics cards go down in price