Can you overclock a Nintendo Switch?

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Can you overclock a Nintendo Switch?

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Today we are going to see the pros and cons of overclocking, yes it is possible to do it in case you were wondering.

Is overclocking worth it?

I’ll give you the quick answer. in my opinion yes. We are going to see the reasons and the advantages of doing it and what would be the only disadvantage that it would have, because obviously there is one too.

To do this you will have to search for your model and tutorial on the internet, there are thousands of cases and we cannot collect them all, we will just guide you so that you can decide if you think you should overclock it or not.

Its processor is much more limited than you think, I’ll give you the reason for that later, however, it’s something to be aware of since “rig it” this will make us gain up to 75% performance.

The difference is big, and it shows, I can assure you that your console will look like another. Especially, in some games and actions that require a lot of CPU and graphics power (which also increases up to 20%).

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Games like Zelda get change from 20 FPS to 30 FPSsomething that, at first glance, is much more than you think.

The processor would go from 1020MHz to 1785MHz and its graphics part from 768MHz to 921MHzall this makes it possible to achieve an average yield of +40%.

But hey, what is the problem then you will think? Temperature? Tengo que decirte que no, que su temperatura se verá afectada en unos grados, sin embargo, dentro de sus márgenes de buen funcionamiento y seguridad, por lo que salvo en casos de un verano de extremo calor jugando al sol en la playa, no tendrás issue.

Now that impacts something else, which would be your main problem. Batteryand it is that obviously not only the increase in temperature but also that of the frequency of the processor and the graphics will obviously mean that the greater the need for energy, the shorter its duration will be.

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And that’s what we would talk about up to 30% less, something that can be important if we think of using it portable while traveling or in the pool, for example. If you have no issues in this aspect and can get a socket nearby, the negatives are reduced as nothing else would stop you from overclocking it.

So now you know, this is one of the devices where doing it is more profitable, both for its gain and for having a single drawback, recoverable in most cases. Now think about what you are using it for and if you are interested in doing so in this case.

It remains only to wait for the new version of the console. If this one can achieve this performance, how much can the next one have? Hopefully they have improved the battery and thus can take advantage of its full potential, because this is the only reason that can be thought of as the reason why this first version was deactivated.

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