Okay, so the existence of an updated or Pro version of the Nintendo Switch has been circulating for sometime -- most recently with the revelation that it's set to sport a larger 7-inch OLED display. Of course it hasn't been officially announced, but a new Bloomberg report is now citing multiple sources claiming that inside the new Switch will be a brand new NVIDIA chip.

A chip that will support DLSS rendering with the ability to output a 4K image. For those with GeForce RTX card in the PC space, you'll no doubt be familiar with DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling -- NVIDIA's AI powered upscaling that can present a high resolution image on par or with better image quality than its native counterpart.

Related: Cyberpunk 2077 - How DLSS and Ray Tracing Present a Vision of the Future.

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A fact that has seen DLSS become one of the most talked about bits of graphics rendering in the past year or so. It's implementation in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on PC can lead to a performance increase of around 80% by simply enabling it in the options -- a staggering achievement. It's digital wizardry of the highest order and perfect for something like the Nintendo Switch.

The current handheld-console hybrid from Nintendo sports an NVIDIA Tegra X1 chip -- the same seen in NVIDIA's line of Shield products. If the upcoming Nintendo Switch Pro is able to support DLSS then it will most likely feature Tensor-like hardware as seen in NVIDIA's Ampere range of GPUs. On that note NVIDIA has newer ARM-based chips it has showcased that could support DLSS -- and actually output at 4K without sacrificing much in the way of visual fidelity.

Recently NVIDIA created a profile for DLSS called Ultra Performance that could take a 1440p image and render it at 8K with increased detail on par with a natively rendered image. True native AAA-style 8K gaming is years away but with DLSS it's possible right now. For the Switch Pro we could see the same thing where the handheld resolution of 720p or the docked 1080p is then pushed all the way up to 4K.

In our recent review of the mainstream Geforce RTX 3060 we noted that raw power isn't the be all end all. With DLSS this entry-level RTX card can offer up a generational-style increase in performance on par with high-end GPUs with DLSS turned off.

And all of this would sit on top the benefit we'd see from the more powerful hardware in the Switch Pro. Yeah, it's definitely exciting.