Nintendo has yet to reveal official details about Switch 2; however, various reports claim that the system will have support for Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology, which it would use to make its games look great.

Now, a new report claims that indeed Switch 2 will feature such AI-powered technology, but that it won't be as efficient or as powerful as many expect.The reason? The console would lack one of the tools that make DLSS so awesome.

Nintendo Switch 2 would use DLSS, but....

According to Digital Foundry (via VGC), Nintendo's new console will feature support for taking advantage of Nvidia's DLSS. However, it will lack a tool of the technology called Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA).

This is an additional tool that serves to accelerate artificial intelligence calculations by using a separate engine. Now, what does it mean that Switch 2 does not have DLA? According to details, this would limit the potential of DLSS and therefore the system is unlikely to be able to scale games to 4K, for example.

Digital Foundry believes that the console will go for resolutions like 1080p or even 1440p, but no more. He also clarifies that, in the end, everything will depend on the game, but stresses that the possible absence of DLA will slow down the possible improvements that titles may receive through AI.

Some players are concerned about this report, as part of the community expects Switch 2 to be a console powerful enough to receive more third-party games compared to the current Switch. It is important to clarify that Nintendo has not commented on the matter, so it is still unclear what technology will power its new console and how it will do it.

Previously, it was said that the Switch's successor will have support for Nvidia DLSS 3.5 and with Ray Reconstruction technology, which is based on the use of AI to create ray-traced images in games.

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Switch 2 would not take advantage of the full potential of Nvidia's technology