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In this week's Direct, Oliver, John and Rich get to grips with the reveal of Nintendo's Star Fox remake for Switch 2, there's justified concern over the Nintendo price hike for its new console, while Activision confirms that the next Call of Duty will finally leave last generation hardware behind. Meanwhile, the Pragmata resolution saga continues with an undocumented resolution hike for the PlayStation 5 Professional, while Pragmata (again) has an unconventional way to boost performance on Switch 2. And finally, the panel mark the 10th anniversary of Nvidia's remarkable Pascal architecture.
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:22 Sponsored by Alienware
0:02:41 News 1: Nintendo reveals Star Fox!
0:18:40 News 2: Nintendo increases Switch 2 prices
0:29:00 News 3: Next Call of Duty drops PS4
0:40:27 News 4: Pragmata gets surprise PS5 Pro resolution bump
0:48:01 News 5: Switch 2 GameChat can boost game performance!
0:57:46 News 6: Nvidia 10 series hits 10 year anniversary!
Thanks to Alienware for sponsoring DF Direct Weekly. To learn more about the Alienware AREA-51 Gaming Desktop, check out: aw.gg/digitalfoundry
In this week's Direct, Oliver, John and Rich get to grips with the reveal of Nintendo's Star Fox remake for Switch 2, there's justified concern over the Nintendo price hike for its new console, while Activision confirms that the next Call of Duty will finally leave last generation hardware behind. Meanwhile, the Pragmata resolution saga continues with an undocumented resolution hike for the PlayStation 5 Professional, while Pragmata (again) has an unconventional way to boost performance on Switch 2. And finally, the panel mark the 10th anniversary of Nvidia's remarkable Pascal architecture.
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:22 Sponsored by Alienware
0:02:41 News 1: Nintendo reveals Star Fox!
0:18:40 News 2: Nintendo increases Switch 2 prices
0:29:00 News 3: Next Call of Duty drops PS4
0:40:27 News 4: Pragmata gets surprise PS5 Pro resolution bump
0:48:01 News 5: Switch 2 GameChat can boost game performance!
0:57:46 News 6: Nvidia 10 series hits 10 year anniversary!






![DF Direct Q+A: Will Path Tracing Go Mainsteam? Will Oblivion Remastered Ever Get Fixed?
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Some excellent questions from Digital Foundry Supporters this week. Does the F1 25 PS5 Pro path tracing demo and ReSTIR optimisations mean that path tracing is going mainstream - maybe for next gen? Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X? Is Microsofts new We Are Xbox strategy document just a massive balloon of hot air? Is Nvidia making path tracing an exclusive feature and what do we think about that? And... a year on from release, why Oblivion Remastered still broken?
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00:00 Introduction
01:54 Supporter Q1: Will path tracing efficiency improvements bring PT to current gen console games?
13:49 Supporter Q2: Is there still untapped potential in PS5 and Series X?
20:44 Supporter Q3: Have we hit the peak of ML image reconstruction?
29:04 Supporter Q4: Why is path tracing exclusive to Nvidia in so many recent games?
34:13 Supporter Q5: Will Oblivion Remastered ever be fixed?
41:16 Supporter Q6: Would games really run 30% faster if they were optimized for Intel CPUs?
46:50 Supporter Q7: Do Microsoft’s recent Xbox promises mean anything? DF Direct Q+A: Will Path Tracing Go Mainsteam? Will Oblivion Remastered Ever Get Fixed?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LHUIqy_mK4A/mqdefault.jpg)



