Apparently the Nintendo Switch could run 40% lower when out of the dock

The Nintendo Switch keynote is looming ever closer and more information is slipping through the cracks. It looks like there could be a difference in performance between docking and un-docking your Nintendo Switch.

We're all excited for the Switch to finally get out of the screens and into our hands, but how will it run? Between Eurogamer and Venturebeat, the recently discussed specifications actually suggest that the device could run about 40% lower once it's out of the dock. When handheld, the Switch could run at 307.2 MHz whilst a docked device sees double that at 768 MHz.

Twinning this with the console's slightly outdated innards and a few inconsistencies that don't quite add up so far, the likelihood of recent console games running on the Switch grows thinner and thinner. Older titles aren't as demanding so I wouldn't write them off just yet, but you can probably expect the battery life to be a bugger when it's at its highest performance.

Needless to say Nintendo's got their work cut out for them.

For those interested in an explanation with more tech-talk, Eurogamer's article goes into technologically graphic detail about the CPU and GPU clock speeds of the upcoming Switch, so it's definitely worth a read.

Of course, take everything you read with a pinch of salt. We won't have confirmation of details until the 13th January, so stay tuned.