15 Video Games That Pushed the Hardware to Their Absolute Limits

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch

When Nintendo announced that the Switch would have a mobile grade Nvidia Tegra GPU driving its games, many were understandably worried that the console would struggle with graphically demanding titles. But The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild proved to be a bold answer to that notion and a strong testament to the power of the Switch. Apart from rendering huge chunks of the map at once, Nintendo also pushes the Switch’s CPU with a bevy of physics interactions within the environments. The performance is not always the best, but it’s certainly impressive considering the hardware it’s running on.