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If there's still no pricing or launch date for Steam Machine, how viable is a 2027 next-gen Xbox? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/if-...
If There's Still No Price For Steam Machine, How Viable Is A 2027 Next-Gen Xbox?
Assessing the latest statements from Valve and AMD.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If there's still no pricing or launch date for Steam Machine, how viable is a 2027 next-gen Xbox? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/if-...
The milestone 250th edition of DF Direct Weekly has landed - talking Steam Machine pricing delays, AMD pledging to source Xbox SoCs for 2027, Resident Evil 4 PC DRM disappointments, FF7R Rebirth Switch 2 and much, much more: youtu.be/Lax5ENFxwgk
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The milestone 250th edition of DF Direct Weekly has landed - talking Steam Machine pricing delays, AMD pledging to source Xbox SoCs for 2027, Resident Evil 4 PC DRM disappointments, FF7R Rebirth Switch 2 and much, much more: youtu.be/Lax5ENFxwgk
Unreal Engine 3: The Looks, The Limits, The Legacy: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/unr...
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Unreal Engine 3: The Looks, The Limits, The Legacy: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/unr...
How Unreal Engine 3 dominated an entire console generation. The DF Retro Super Show returns with a huge topic up for discussion: youtu.be/3h-zWHmeNgs
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
How Unreal Engine 3 dominated an entire console generation. The DF Retro Super Show returns with a huge topic up for discussion: youtu.be/3h-zWHmeNgs
Apple's cutting-edge M5 faces off against M4 and A19 Pro as we examine the latest iPad Pro in gaming performance and benchmarks: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/appl...
Review: Apple's M5 Performance Tested: iPad Pro 2025 Review
M4 vs M5 and A19 Pro: the big gaming face-off.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Apple's cutting-edge M5 faces off against M4 and A19 Pro as we examine the latest iPad Pro in gaming performance and benchmarks: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/appl...
Today on Digital Foundry, we're reviewing the Apple M5-powered iPad Pro. What's gaming performance like? How well does it bench against A19 Pro and M4? Can you edit DF Direct Weekly on it? Oliver has answers: youtu.be/BYjkM5H4Rng
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Today on Digital Foundry, we're reviewing the Apple M5-powered iPad Pro. What's gaming performance like? How well does it bench against A19 Pro and M4? Can you edit DF Direct Weekly on it? Oliver has answers: youtu.be/BYjkM5H4Rng
A summary of our DLSS Preset L results, plus the remarkable discovery that disabling a game's denoiser and letting DLSS take over denoising duties effectively solves DLSS 4.5's issues with RT effects: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/dls...
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
A summary of our DLSS Preset L results, plus the remarkable discovery that disabling a game's denoiser and letting DLSS take over denoising duties effectively solves DLSS 4.5's issues with RT effects: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/dls...
Targeting 9x resolution upscaling, DLSS 4.5 Preset L is Nvidia's most advanced transformer model - so how much does it cost computationally, what are the quality wins vs other models and how does 720p to 4K and 480p (!) to 1440p look? youtu.be/Lv8tJoiApd8
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Targeting 9x resolution upscaling, DLSS 4.5 Preset L is Nvidia's most advanced transformer model - so how much does it cost computationally, what are the quality wins vs other models and how does 720p to 4K and 480p (!) to 1440p look? youtu.be/Lv8tJoiApd8
Intel's Panther Lake continues to impress - even at 30W, it's faster than Xbox Series S in Alan Wake 2. Handheld WEN?: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/02...
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Intel's Panther Lake continues to impress - even at 30W, it's faster than Xbox Series S in Alan Wake 2. Handheld WEN?: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/02...
The new DF Direct Weekly is live - Ryzen 7 9850X3D, the state of PC games machine building, Banjo-Kazooie decompiled and Duke Nukem 3D's 30th anniversary are just a mere sampling of the delights in this week's episode: youtu.be/vH7EuzqdqOI
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The new DF Direct Weekly is live - Ryzen 7 9850X3D, the state of PC games machine building, Banjo-Kazooie decompiled and Duke Nukem 3D's 30th anniversary are just a mere sampling of the delights in this week's episode: youtu.be/vH7EuzqdqOI
Real-time ray tracing on a Sega Saturn? We had to check it out: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/02...
Sega Saturn Does Ray Tracing - And No, We're Not Joking
Unprecedented for a machine of this vintage.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Real-time ray tracing on a Sega Saturn? We had to check it out: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/02...
Today, a look at RTX 70-class cards from 2070 to 5070, focusing on performance in AC Shadows, Clair Obscur and Battlefield 6 running on optimised settings - before moving on to path tracing on Doom: The Dark Ages and Cyberpunk 2077: youtu.be/TaCorPpKLcg #sponsored
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Today, a look at RTX 70-class cards from 2070 to 5070, focusing on performance in AC Shadows, Clair Obscur and Battlefield 6 running on optimised settings - before moving on to path tracing on Doom: The Dark Ages and Cyberpunk 2077: youtu.be/TaCorPpKLcg #sponsored
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is the new fastest gaming CPU - by a whisker. However, the claim that low speed RAM performs just as well as faster modules doesn't quite hold up: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/ryze...
Review: Ryzen 7 9850X3D: The New Gaming CPU King - By a Whisker
But despite AMD's claims, faster RAM does make a difference to gaming.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is the new fastest gaming CPU - by a whisker. However, the claim that low speed RAM performs just as well as faster modules doesn't quite hold up: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/ryze...
Switch 2 owners: if you're done with Fast Fusion, or even if you're not, we can highly recommend GRID Legends: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/grid...
Review: GRID Legends on Switch 2: An Excellent Racer, Stacked With Graphics Options
Two docked modes, four in handheld.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Switch 2 owners: if you're done with Fast Fusion, or even if you're not, we can highly recommend GRID Legends: www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/grid...
The era of the arcade racer may be all but over, but GRID Legends on Switch 2 is an excellent example of the genre, packed with graphics options: youtu.be/-PrlvDnyDEI
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The era of the arcade racer may be all but over, but GRID Legends on Switch 2 is an excellent example of the genre, packed with graphics options: youtu.be/-PrlvDnyDEI
Final Fantasy 7 Remake receives a great port for both Xbox consoles - and curiously, Series S manages to improve on texture quality vs Switch 2, despite having less available RAM: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Series S Beats Switch 2 Texture Quality - With Less RAM
Both Xbox Series X and Series S ports are highly impressive.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Final Fantasy 7 Remake receives a great port for both Xbox consoles - and curiously, Series S manages to improve on texture quality vs Switch 2, despite having less available RAM: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
Another excellent Xbox Developer_Direct kicks off DF Direct Weekly #248 with the team's thoughts on Fable, Forza Horizon 6 etc. Switch 2 enhancements and FF7R Intergrade on Xbox Series X|S are covered and much, much more: youtu.be/N0lI_nwPIPI
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Another excellent Xbox Developer_Direct kicks off DF Direct Weekly #248 with the team's thoughts on Fable, Forza Horizon 6 etc. Switch 2 enhancements and FF7R Intergrade on Xbox Series X|S are covered and much, much more: youtu.be/N0lI_nwPIPI
The latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show is live! 20 years on from 2006, the team look back at what was an amazing year for games - with the PS2 era still firing on all cylinders and the arrival of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii: youtu.be/N1CgSBa4iaI
DF Retro Super Show #006: 2006 - Revisiting An Amazing Year For Gaming - Oblivion, Zelda, Gears+More
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January 25, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show is live! 20 years on from 2006, the team look back at what was an amazing year for games - with the PS2 era still firing on all cylinders and the arrival of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii: youtu.be/N1CgSBa4iaI
Hands-on with a new Super Mario 64 decompilation: customised for Sega Dreamcast! We go hands-on: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
Super Mario 64 Has Been Ported To Sega Dreamcast - and We've Played it
480p resolution and an array of platform-specific optimisations.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Hands-on with a new Super Mario 64 decompilation: customised for Sega Dreamcast! We go hands-on: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
DLSS 4.5 - performance comparisons, image quality tests and a curious divide in quality between rasterisation and RT imagery: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/dls...
DLSS 4.5 Review: Where It's Better And Where It Needs Work
Our latest image quality showdown.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
DLSS 4.5 - performance comparisons, image quality tests and a curious divide in quality between rasterisation and RT imagery: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/dls...
Today on Digital Foundry, our DLSS 4.5 image quality review: youtu.be/x8CcD13eS6I
January 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Today on Digital Foundry, our DLSS 4.5 image quality review: youtu.be/x8CcD13eS6I
It's still possible to build a decent value gaming PC - but you'll need to use older hardware and DDR4 memory, with limited upgrade options: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/yes...
Yes, It's Still Possible To Build A Good Value Gaming PC
But only as long as DDR4 prices remain reasonable.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
It's still possible to build a decent value gaming PC - but you'll need to use older hardware and DDR4 memory, with limited upgrade options: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/yes...
DF Direct Weekly #247 is now live, discussing the Monster Hunter Wilds PC perf mini-drama, the latest RE Requiem footage disclosures, 007 First Light specs confusion, Code Vein 2 and the latest Super Mario 64 port... for Sega Dreamcast: youtu.be/NXltc_TVtOQ
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
DF Direct Weekly #247 is now live, discussing the Monster Hunter Wilds PC perf mini-drama, the latest RE Requiem footage disclosures, 007 First Light specs confusion, Code Vein 2 and the latest Super Mario 64 port... for Sega Dreamcast: youtu.be/NXltc_TVtOQ
Intellivision returns in the form of the Atari-produced Intellivision Sprint, faithfully reproducing the original console - but should you buy one? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...
Intellivision Sprint Review: Mattel's Forgotten Console Runs Again
Who is this sold-out, Atari-produced curio for?
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January 19, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Intellivision returns in the form of the Atari-produced Intellivision Sprint, faithfully reproducing the original console - but should you buy one? www.digitalfoundry.net/features/int...
We ran the latest ShadPS4 build with Bloodborne on ROG Xbox Ally X, finding we could run it faster than the fps-capped PS4 and PS5 experience. Meanwhile, Strix Halo with GPD Win 5 took us to 1080p60 and beyond: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...
ROG Xbox Ally X Runs Emulated Bloodborne Faster Than PS4 and PS5 Back Compat
While Strix Halo takes us to the next level.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We ran the latest ShadPS4 build with Bloodborne on ROG Xbox Ally X, finding we could run it faster than the fps-capped PS4 and PS5 experience. Meanwhile, Strix Halo with GPD Win 5 took us to 1080p60 and beyond: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...