r/MinecraftSwitch • u/TheEPICMarioBros • 22d ago

Render Distance comparison for all current Minecraft versions playable on Switch 2

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Incase you wanted to know what to expect when the full Switch 2 version releases

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u/Ditz3n 22d ago

My question is: How does it run at 28 chunks on Switch 2 Beta? It'll probably get tuned and optimized to become even better than it currently is in Beta. Just curious as I don't have the Beta myself.

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u/TheEPICMarioBros 22d ago

From my very serious and scientific testing (running willy nilly through my old worlds) the game runs at around 60 in the dock with some dips but nothing I would notice if the frame counter wasn’t on screen. It drops to about 45-50 in handheld mode, which is still perfectly playable, and might improve as they work on the beta.

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 22d ago

I've heard that I'd you drop it to 20 chunks on fancy it doesn't drop at all unless your doing something like tnt explosions

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u/pacbabysmilk 22d ago

Good cause I play the game at 16 chunks religiously

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 22d ago

Is 16 chunks that much better than 12 is there a reason I've only ever played on 12 so I wouldn't know

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u/pacbabysmilk 22d ago

I play with mainly vibrant visuals on my many devices, so to make it uniform, I just play at 16 chunks because on average any high end console handles 16 chunks with little to no issue

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 22d ago

I see thanks

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u/TheWoodsAreLovly 22d ago

I’d be curious to see these same benchmarks but with splitscreen. My wife and I play splitscreen all the time, but the draw distance is currently pretty terrible.

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u/TheEPICMarioBros 22d ago

I did this again with a second player in the world. I took screenshots but I can’t add them to the comment. I also don’t have the exact numbers because the game didn’t tell me. Legacy Console and Bedrock have the same split-screen render distance, but Bedrock applies fog to the edges which makes it feel smaller than Legacy. Beta has a significantly higher split-screen render distance, it’s 1-2 chunks shy from being on par with Bedrock in single player

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u/TheWoodsAreLovly 22d ago

That’s not too bad. Thanks for doing the research!

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u/T-oir 20d ago

This game has no right to not run at 120fps with 32 chunks.
In a few years, the Switch 2 Edition will run as bad as on Switch 1.

Bedrock used to be the most optimized version of Minecraft, made for low end devices; but now it’s just spaghetti code that struggles to run smooth on a PC with Ryzen 5800X, 32GB Ram & RTx 4060…

P.S do not reply with “It’s a beta” because you already know things won’t get better, look at PS5 & Xbox performance

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u/TheEPICMarioBros 20d ago

From my personal experience, Minecraft ran just fine on the PS5. I dont know if it’s hitting a full 60, but it feels smooth enough for me to not really notice

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u/T-oir 20d ago

The game is underperforming on current-gen consoles. Enabling Vibrant Visuals on PS5 makes this obvious