Weird perfomance changes when docking switch

[paper kelp]

Whenever I want to play Tears of the Kingdom (or BOTW) on docked mode, it functions more or less how it supposed to. It doesn't look as good as youtube videos featuring the game, doesn't have that nice blur effect on further areas , and seems to be capped at 30fps. However, after playing for a very long time it sometimes suddenly, DRAMATICALLY improve the quality and seem to be running at 60fps with a high resolution although I can't say what resolution exactly.

I have a switch OLED and my father is audiophile so has installed a sound system on the tv, so the switch first passes by the amp and is in the "game" input. There are graphic options on the amp although I don't know how much exactly it will affect the visual output on the TV. The graphic improvement that sometimes occur doesn't chock me that much but the fact that the fps suddenly doubles really surprises me and I have no idea how that occurs.

Any thoughts on that? I would really like being able to constently run the game on the higher quality but it almost never happens. Thank you.

[warped patio]

Hmm, how is that compare to:

1. Playing on handheld.
2. A setup bypassing the amp.

[paper kelp]

I'm not sure the amp is the issue though

Maybe I'll check tomorrow

Because isn't Zelda supposed to run at 30fps even docked?

[warped patio]

It is, you may have seen the fluctuation of the game's performance itself, but you need to compare it to other scenarino, which I listed here

Otherwise we can't say if you have an issue or not

[paper kelp]

Maybe the current setup somehow bypasses the 30fps capping sometimes?

Because other than that the game seems to run properly

[warped patio]

You can't "create" more performance if it's already doing its best

[paper kelp]

The 30fps capping is a software restriction though, the switch hardware can probably do more

Or maybe it's a smoothing effect that applies after a while that make it seem that there's more fps

[warped patio]

That's true, but do you think your setup can do that? Logically speaking.

[paper kelp]

Probably not but

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I'll try plugging the switch directly to the TV tomorrow and see what changes

[warped patio]

Testing is paramount in the diagnosis process, good luck

[paper kelp]

Thanks

[paper kelp]

it seems that going through the amp makes the game look sligthly better

it might be placebo though

no noticable change appart from that