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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #171 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:
2024-07-13 19:08:13
Edited:
2024-07-13 19:23:43
Imported:
2024-07

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In this week's Direct, Microsoft says you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox - but if they're talking about streaming on a Fire Stick 4K, we'd beg to differ. Meanwhile, Alex talks about a 1.4GHz CPU overclock for the OG Xbox and shares his thoughts on the new Black Myth: Wukong full RT assets and benchmarks. Oliver tests out Ace Combat 7 on Switch, while Rich checks out frame generation on the First Descendant - in 30fps fidelity mode, 40fps balanced mode and 60fps performance mode. How high does frame-rate get - and are the lower fps modes a write-off?

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DF Direct Weekly #171: Xbox Fire Stick Tested, Black Myth: Wukong Specs, First Descendant Frame-Gen!

In this week's Direct, Microsoft says you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox - but if they're talking about streaming on a Fire Stick 4K, we'd beg to differ. Meanwhile, Alex talks about a 1.4GHz CPU overclock for the OG Xbox and shares his thoughts on the new Black Myth: Wukong full RT assets and benchmarks. Oliver tests out Ace Combat 7 on Switch, while Rich checks out frame generation on the First Descendant - in 30fps fidelity mode, 40fps balanced mode and 60fps performance mode. How high does frame-rate get - and are the lower fps modes a write-off? Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF lore? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Find DF Direct Weekly as a podcast on your favourite podcast streaming service. 0:00:00 Introduction 0:00:54 News 01: Microsoft says you don’t need an Xbox to play Xbox 0:24:31 News 02: Game Pass prices increased 0:38:36 News 03: New Black Myth: Wukong PC details revealed 0:53:26 News 04: Original Xbox gets 1.4 GHz CPU upgrade 1:01:34 News 05: The First Descendant frame gen tested! 1:13:21 News 06: Ace Combat 7 tested on Switch 1:19:41 Supporter Q1: Which Windows-based PC handheld would you recommend most? 1:25:36 Supporter Q2: Will you be doing more 3 person game playing videos? 1:29:44 Supporter Q3: What old unused Nintendo IP would you like to see again? 1:34:45 Supporter Q4: If Microsoft got Windows working seamlessly on ARM, what would that mean for their products? 1:43:27 Supporter Q5: Do you think Valve will give Steam Machines another shot? 1:49:21 Supporter Q6: Why is Intel’s XeSS so much better than AMD’s FSR? 1:59:01 Supporter Q7: Will Unreal Engine traversal stutter be fixed for the new Witcher game? 2:02:08 Supporter Q8: Could the PS Portal be updated or hacked to be a substantially more useful device? 2:06:25 Supporter Q9: John asks: how is the recording session going?

Comments

Eric Hurst

Please do supporter only let’s play videos. Loving watching y’all play games.

steromonkey

I think we have to remember that there are families out there that just want to be able to play games with others and streaming seems like a good entry point. My kids, my nieces and nephews and their cousins have zero interest in how the game looks, as long as they can play with their friends. After saying that, Microsoft are still shocking with their quality of product as Alex says across all areas.

Richard

Interested in that question and idea around a new Steam Box. Agree that it should be a Valve only box. As some thoughts 1) they might (should?) get headroom to explore more powerful chips and to have a higher power ceiling if they did a dedicated box rather than a handheld. More space and always connected power might open up a bit more performance, even if they don’t explore super powerful chips and target relatively similar price points. 2) My understanding is that having a fixed platform Valve controls such as the Steamdeck, and unlike the old Steam Boxes, would allow Valve to offer pre-compiled shader caches that helps address issues with games stutter and was part of what allowed them to treat such issues with Elden Ring post release, even on a modest hardware chipset. That seems like one compelling advantage of a controlled platform over a standard PC. Combination of (1) and (2) might differentiate the device from a Deck while still having benefits over a PC, particularly for people who fancy a console experience but want access to PC games, free online etc and those other costs mentioned in the MS segment associated with consoles. They could also stick to the same chips on point (1) and just ship a lower cost device due to not needing to supply a display.