The original Nintendo Switch is now more than 6 years old and its successor is currently nowhere to be seen. But it seems the aging gaming handheld still has some neat tricks up its sleeve. In a rather interesting turn of events, YouTuber Geekerwan has managed to overclock the Nintendo Switch to run some popular titles, including Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA 5), Titanfall 2, and even God of War.

YouTuber breathes fresh air into the aging Nintendo Switch

Geekerwan modified his Nintendo Switch by sideloading Android 11 and overclocking the CPU to 2.3 GHz. The Switch originally had NVIDIA’s Tegra X1 processor with 4 ARM Cortex-A57 CPU cores and 4 ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores running only at 1.0 GHz. He also ramped up the memory subsystem from 1600 MHz to 2500 MHz.

The YouTuber couldn’t run PC games on the handheld with Android, so he installed Ubuntu operating system. This allowed him to access Steam and run some modern games, like Titanfall 2 and God of War, but the frame rate was very low. Depending on the game, you could expect 5-30 frames per second, which is not playable.

Geekerwan was able to get crisp graphics on the handheld, but gaming was a constant struggle. There were sound bugs and lag, and things got even worse when he tried to play Grand Theft Auto 5. He set it up to run at 720p on low settings, but the frame rate barely made it past 10fps. Considering the outdated hardware of the Nintendo Switch, it’s still impressive that it was able to load these demanding games at all.

With so many new handheld gaming devices on the market, the Nintendo Switch is no longer the ideal choice for gamers. In fact, the latest Asus ROG Ally and the Steam Deck offer a much better experience. However, Nintendo is also rumored to be releasing the Switch 2 in just two months from now.

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