Hold up. So there’s this new Switch 2, right? Everyone’s been hyped, but here comes some dude from China, Chimolog or something. He’s saying the screen on this thing is… well, kind of a letdown. Like, the kind of slow where you’re waiting for pixels to do their thing and they just — don’t. Weird, huh?
Apparently, it’s got this 17.06 ms average response time. Now, I don’t want to get all nerdy here, but for real, that’s not exactly lightning speed. Not that I tested it myself, but Chimolog doesn’t really spill about how he came up with these numbers, so maybe take it or leave it. It rocks a 1080p at 120 Hz on a 7.9-inch screen, though. Specs say that. Trustworthy, right?
He said it could hit an 8.88 ms time on a good day but then stumbles to like 27.46 ms when, I dunno, the stars aren’t aligned? Can’t even keep up with the classic 60 FPS game vibe. Chimolog even put this thing next to old 60 Hz and 75 Hz monitors and—guess what—as expected, the Switch 2 didn’t make the cut.
And hey, speaking of screens, the next slowest was this Innocn M2U 27 Mini-LED monitor, clocking in at 11.06 ms. Decent, I guess. Makes the Switch 2 look like a slug if you think about it. But Nintendo did throw in some pretty colors and nice brightness. It’s kinda like they went all-in on making it look good — but not act fast. Maybe they were busy with other stuff? Who knows.
Okay, here’s something funky. Text on this thing looks blurry. Yeah, Chimolog mentions something about a “special RGB” layout. So, weird text—like, why? Someone explain. Is this a new trend or a glitch in the matrix?
Oh, before I forget—he didn’t even test it at 120 Hz properly. Could’ve been that high-speed mystery service. More questions than answers here, really.
But, yo, even with this laggy screen vibe, people are snatching these up like hotcakes. Sold 3.5 million in four days? Wild. Seems like no one’s too bothered, ’cause it’s Nintendo. Gotta get all those exclusive games, right? So the screen’s iffy — meh, they’ll deal. Probably even hoping for a swanky OLED version sometime soon.
Anyway, I guess it doesn’t really matter. I mean, people love their Nintendo games, blurry text and snail-speed pixels or not.