Early Access to DF Direct Weekly #53 Now Available (Patreon)

Published:

2022-03-19 14:00:05

Imported:

2022-07

Content

There are weeks when there's not actually that much news, where on Wednesday we start to wonder if any kind of meaningful show can be produced at all the following day. This seems to happen quite a lot, whereupon we postpone filming to Friday and you know what? Every time we've done this, big stories have emerged - in this case, Elden Ring 1.03, FSR 2.0, Gran Turismo 7's server problems all kicking off. Good for the show, not so good for the scheduling, but there we go. Enjoy this one, we had a lot of fun with it.

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DF Direct Weekly #53: GTA5, Elden Ring 1.3 Perf Increase, FSR 2.0 Reaction

A packed show this week! Alex shares his impressions on Grand Theft Auto 5's arrival on the new wave of consoles, the Elden Ring performance saga continues with the arrival of patch 1.03, AMD reveals the impressive-looking FSR 2.0, while AMD also aims to take on Intel at the more budget-orientated end of the market. 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 00:01:09 GTA Fünf releases on PS5 00:09:48 Elden Ring 1.03 console performance boost? 00:21:36 FSR 2.0 00:31:39 AMD New CPUs taking on Alder Lake 00:37:48 GT7 servers down for 24 hours 00:44:05 Microsoft "releases" DirectStorage 00:46:28 UK sales physical vs digital 00:50:01 DF Content Discussion: Steam Deck 00:52:46 DF Content Discussion: DF Retro Gran Turismo 00:56:47 DF Supporter Q1: With the reality of console supply shortages isn't crossgen the more responsible course? 01:02:39 DF Supporter Q2: If you didn't have to use them for coverage purposes, would any of you ever touch a PS4/Xbox One system ever again? 01:06:07 DF Supporter Q3: How close are the two horizons (Forbidden West/Forza) to Nanite/UE5 in terms of geometric density/complexity? 01:07:52 DF Supporter Q4: Steam Deck has this very useful 30 FPS option built in. Do you think, the console manufacturers could implement such "half refresh rate" feature into their own SDK? 01:10:28 DF Supporter Q5: How do you keep CRT TV's maintained and going? 01:13:52 DF Supporter Q6: What went wrong with Microsoft's Windows Experience Index score as a replacement for system requirements?