Firmware Update Version 8.0.0 Presents "Boost Mode" Makes Nintendo Switch Faster in Performance

Who would have thought that only PCs were there? clock speed of the processor can be added. It seems that it can be implemented in console hybrid owned by Nintendo, yaiu Switch. Become a capable console handheld as well as home consoles, of course, make these devices required to have strong performance.

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In updates available last week for firmware Nintendo Switch which is now entering version 8.0.0 brings many updates, such as software sorting function which allows users to sort interesting information such as games what was recently played, how much time has been played until the title and publisher from a games nor software installed on the console. In addition, the transfer feature is also added save data between consoles Nintendo Switch. of several updates there is one that is not explicitly mentioned in the change changelog 8.0.0 it’s about “boost mode“.

Quoted from Gearnuke, one of engineer with account Twitter @m4xw who has been in the field for a long time emulator popular Retroarch revealed that “boost mode” in channel DiscrodThis increases the performance of the processor Nintendo Switch whose initial condition is at 1 Ghz, di updates this latest increase 75% to reach 1.75 GHz for processor speed.

The increase in speed in that number turns out to make loading from a games run faster. One title games has been tested by the owner of the account with the name Brawl345 in a thread in gbatemp. The owner of the account tried games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the condition before and after updates firmware to version 8.0.0. Here are the results:

Loading save file : 31 seconds (before updates) -> 21 seconds (after updates)
Fast travel : 19 seconds (before updates) -> 11 seconds (after updates)
Enter shrine : 10 seconds (before updates) -> 7 seconds (after updates)

Quite interesting of course updates firmware which turns out to have an effect on the faster performance of the console hybrid this. The question is why Nintendo didn’t mention explicitly that they added this update? or it only affects some titles games just ? We certainly hope games which has been released in Nintendo Switch get updates also by taking advantage of the new capabilities of the console hybrid the.

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