{"id":870013,"date":"2026-10-04T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/870013\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:22:13","slug":"the-witcher-3-remastered-nintendo-switch-2-frame-rate-and-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/870013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 Remastered Nintendo Switch 2 frame rate and resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Witcher-3-Remastered-frame-rate-resolution.webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Witcher-3-Remastered-frame-rate-resolution-656x369.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We just saw The Witcher 3 Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and thanks to Digital Foundry, we have new technical details covering frame rate, resolution, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the analysis focuses on the improvements here compared to the previous Nintendo Switch version. Needless to say, this is a huge upgrade with better visual features, improved performance, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full roundup of tidbits:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 55.5GB on Switch 2 vs. 39.1GB for Switch 1<br \/>\u2013 Higher quality assets on Switch 2<br \/>\u2013 Texture asset resolution is improved<br \/>\u2013 Pre-rendered cutscenes have higher bit rate endcodes<br \/>\u2013 Remaster largely handled by CD Projekt Red with some help from Virtuos<br \/>\u2013 No raytracing on Switch 2<br \/>\u2013 Does have reworked lighting, upgraded physically based textures, and new shading for grass and vegetation<br \/>\u2013 Also has quality of life improvements, new combat systems, skill tree menus, and Joy-Con mouse\/gyro controls<br \/>\u2013 Switch 1 ran at dynamic 720p docked\/540p handheld with CDPR\u2019s anti-aliasing<br \/>\u2013 The Witcher 3 Remastered Switch 2 docked resolution is dynamic 540p to 1080p range<br \/>\u2013 DLSS seems to resolve to final 1080p target<br \/>\u2013 360p to 720p range when in handheld mode<br \/>\u2013 720p target with DLSS<br \/>\u2013 Same visual settings whether played docked or portable<br \/>\u2013 Lower resolution does impact screen space reflections and depth of field in cutscenes<br \/>\u2013 Switch uses more precise ambient occlusion setting compared to Switch 1<br \/>\u2013 Local lights now cast dynamic shadows to the environment<br \/>\u2013 Switch 2 improves on LODs for foliage and geometry, meaning less visual pop in<br \/>\u2013 The Witcher 3 Remastered has new lighting system, new grass elements and materials, and reworked color grading<br \/>\u2013 40 FPS cap in docked and portable play<br \/>\u2013 This only works if you\u2019re outputting to a 120hz display<br \/>\u2013 60hz caps at 30 FPS instead<br \/>\u2013 40 FPS cap works well in broad open areas and less demanding areas, but not sustainable overall<br \/>\u2013 Switch 1 was capped at 30 FPS, but often delved into the 20s and even under that<br \/>\u2013 It\u2019s advised to play on Switch 2 at 30 FPS, since it\u2019s stable at that cap<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full analysis on The Witcher 3 Remastered below for more information about frame rate, resolution, and other details.<\/p>\n<p>Tech Analysis<\/p>\n<p>The game is out now on the Nintendo eShop worldwide. For those that missed it, there\u2019s currently a way to get the game for free if you can find a physical version of the Nintendo Switch version \u2013 full details <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/the-witcher-3-remastered-nintendo-switch-2-physical-version-free\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We just saw The Witcher 3 Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and thanks to Digital Foundry,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[13264,74,351030],"class_list":["post-870013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-technology","tag-the-witcher-3-remastered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}