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.

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?

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