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Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #51 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:

2022-03-05 17:04:36

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2022-03-05 23:25:00

Imported:

2022-03

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Hey everyone, Rich here to announce that the weekend officially begins NOW - a touch late owing to me having board meetings to attend this week, delaying filming. But here we are, with deep dive chats on the Nvidia Switch Pro leak, Steam Deck and of course, Elden Ring. We also tackle more supporter questions than ever before.

This marks a full year since DF Direct Weekly launched - thanks in no small part to the efforts of Audi Sorlie, who architected the whole thing and has edited every episode! Thanks for watching, thanks for supporting - and thanks to Audi for making it happen.

And yes, there's a supporter-exclusive RSS feed access for early access! Access this link, provide your Patreon credentials and you should be good to go: https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/593963

Downloads: https://digitalfoundry.net/2022-03-05-df-direct-weekly-51-elden-ring-switch-pro-spec-leak-steam-deck-reaction

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DF Direct Weekly #51 - Elden Ring, Switch Pro Spec Leak, Steam Deck Reaction

A gigantic week of news, covering Elden Ring, the Switch Pro leak and reaction to Steam Deck... and yes, we take more user questions than ever before in covering these massive stories. Join the DF Patreon for EARLY ACCESS to every DF Direct Weekly, pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Podcast RSS Feed: https://digitalfoundry.podbean.com/ Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies or pullovers? Check out our store: https://bit.ly/2BqRTt0 00:00:00 Introductions 00:01:27 Steam Deck coverage and thoughts 00:10:38 Steam Deck Q1: Do you think the Deck passes the “significant other couch test”? 00:12:28 Steam Deck Q2: What happens if you put in a aftermarket NVMe or install Windows without proper drivers 00:15:42 Steam Deck Q3: Is there a danger of developers being held back by Steam Deck? 00:19:38 Steam Deck Q4: Will issues with AMD GPU drivers hold back emulation on the Steam Deck? 00:22:06 Steam Deck Q5: Do you think it would be feasible for Valve to integrate the functionality of a 50Hz mode in the Steam Deck via a software update? 00:27:06 Elden Ring coverage and thoughts 00:33:19 Elden Ring Q1&2: Is the 10/10 warranted for Elden Ring / What is causing the poor framerate in Elden Ring? 00:42:25 Elden Ring Q3: Should From Software have reached out to Bluepoint to inherit some of their expertise? 00:47:25 Elden Ring Q4: What can be done with hardware and software to mitigate the issues in lieu of a proper fix? 00:51:38 Elden Ring Q5: Elden Ring would be a DX12 game on the Xbox Platform of Consoles, which all use DX12 anyway, so why doesnt it seem that any of them suffer from shader comp issues in any game really? 00:52:43 Elden Ring Q6: Are there more things companies like AMD, NVidia and Valve can do to help improve the experience for users? 00:56:05 Nvidia leak suggests new Switch hardware specs 01:02:55 Resident Evil 2, 3 and 7 gets next-gen patches 01:05:15 DF Supporter Q1: Do you think that GT7 was held back by its cross-gen nature? And to what degree? 01:12:09 DF Supporter Q2: Would you consider an enhanced PS5 that’s more XT than pro to be worthwhile? 01:13:48 DF Supporter Q3: Is it fair to say that raw compute is becoming an increasingly less relevant factor in the performance equation? 01:17:12 DF Supporter Q4: Do you think that rasterisation performance will be less important in the PC GPU space in the future? 01:20:42 DF Supporter Q5: What are your thoughts about the no doubt inevitable push for 8k next gen?