Digital Foundry Direct Weekly

A new Q+A show sees John, Rich and Alex tackle a number of big questions. Is Project Helix a console or PC? What's the difference nowadays anyway? Will Microsoft's "K2" initiative win back users lamenting the Windows experience? Meanwhile, with no games focusing on ray tracing, will rasterised fallbacks decline in quality going forward? All this and much, much more.

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Supporter Q1: When does a console become a PC?
10:27 Supporter Q2: What should we expect from Microsoft’s “K2” plan for Windows?
21:33 Supporter Q3: Will developers stop caring about their raster-only graphics?
34:19 Supporter Q4: What do you think of the Neo Geo AES+?
39:19 Supporter Q5: Why is Intel starting to ignore gaming dGPUs?
44:54 Supporter Q6: Is using frame gen to get to 30fps acceptable?
51:12 Supporter Q7: Do you know what pico means in Chilean Spanish?
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Exploited PS5s can now run Linux - so obviously we had to check it out, running Steam versions of Crimson Desert, Black Myth Wukong and Pragmata on Linux via Steam, stacked up against the actual PS5 versions - with some fascinating results. Meanwhile, Alex talks us through an amazing tech presentation from the developers of Teardown, John impresses us with his new Anbernic RG477M, Tom provides us test data to prove that Oblivion Remastered is indeed still "broken", while Rich and Alex come to terms with the fact that it's time to say goodbye to the Ryzen 5 3600.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:15 News 1: Linux gaming on PS5 tested!
0:26:31 News 2: Teardown devs highlight voxel ray tracing enhancements
0:38:10 News 3: Anbernic retro handheld tested!
0:50:31 News 4: Oblivion Remastered is still broken
0:59:29 News 5: Saying goodbye to the Ryzen 5 3600

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Exploited PS5s can now run Linux - so obviously we had to check it out, running Steam versions of Crimson Desert, Black Myth Wukong and Pragmata on Linux via Steam, stacked up against the actual PS5 versions - with some fascinating results. Meanwhile, Alex talks us through an amazing tech presentation from the developers of Teardown, John impresses us with his new Anbernic RG477M, Tom provides us test data to prove that Oblivion Remastered is indeed still "broken", while Rich and Alex come to terms with the fact that it's time to say goodbye to the Ryzen 5 3600.0:00:00 Introduction 0:02:15 News 1: Linux gaming on PS5 tested! 0:26:31 News 2: Teardown devs highlight voxel ray tracing enhancements0:38:10 News 3: Anbernic retro handheld tested! 0:50:31 News 4: Oblivion Remastered is still broken 0:59:29 News 5: Saying goodbye to the Ryzen 5 3600

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Some excellent questions from Digital Foundry Supporters this week. Does the F1 25 PS5 Pro path tracing demo and ReSTIR optimisations mean that path tracing is going mainstream - maybe for next gen? Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X? Is Microsoft's new "We Are Xbox" strategy document just a massive balloon of hot air? Is Nvidia making path tracing an exclusive feature and what do we think about that? And... a year on from release, why Oblivion Remastered still broken?

00:00 Introduction
00:35 Supporter Q1: Will path tracing efficiency improvements bring PT to current gen console games?
12:30 Supporter Q2: Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X?
19:25 Supporter Q3: Have we hit the peak of ML image reconstruction?
27:45 Supporter Q4: Why is path tracing exclusive to Nvidia in so many recent games?
32:54 Supporter Q5: Will Oblivion Remastered ever be fixed?
39:57 Supporter Q6: Would games really run 30% faster if they were optimized for Intel CPUs?
45:31 Supporter Q7: Do Microsoft’s recent Xbox promises mean anything?

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Some excellent questions from Digital Foundry Supporters this week. Does the F1 25 PS5 Pro path tracing demo and ReSTIR optimisations mean that path tracing is going mainstream - maybe for next gen? Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X? Is Microsoft's new "We Are Xbox" strategy document just a massive balloon of hot air? Is Nvidia making path tracing an exclusive feature and what do we think about that? And... a year on from release, why Oblivion Remastered still broken?00:00 Introduction 00:35 Supporter Q1: Will path tracing efficiency improvements bring PT to current gen console games? 12:30 Supporter Q2: Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X?19:25 Supporter Q3: Have we hit the peak of ML image reconstruction? 27:45 Supporter Q4: Why is path tracing exclusive to Nvidia in so many recent games? 32:54 Supporter Q5: Will Oblivion Remastered ever be fixed? 39:57 Supporter Q6: Would games really run 30% faster if they were optimized for Intel CPUs? 45:31 Supporter Q7: Do Microsoft’s recent Xbox promises mean anything?

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