The upcoming demise of Google Stadia dominates discussion, but we find plenty of time to discuss a range of topics: PS5’s new 6nm processor, the arrival of XeSS and the imminent deployment of Intel Arc, the quality of Ryzen 7000 CPUs and the challenges of CPU reviewing in general, DLSS 3 reaction and EVEN MORE.
Note: Stadia GPU power is rated at 10.7TF, not in the 9TF region as mentioned here.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:48 News 01: Google Stadia is shutting down
00:20:00 News 02: PS5 gets a die-shrink!
00:23:31 News 03: XeSS debuts, Arc A750/A770 priced
00:37:13 News 04: New Ryzen 7000 CPUs reviewed
00:57:49 News 05: Sony PC game announcements, leaks
01:02:18 DF Content Discussion: DLSS 3 reactions and follow-up
01:07:48 DF Supporter Q1: Is latency a big issue with DLSS 3? Could a future version have unnoticeable lag?
01:10:22 DF Supporter Q2: Could tech similar to DLSS 3 come to consoles?
01:11:40 DF Supporter Q3: Would a slower version of DLSS 3 be able to run on Ampere cards?
01:13:48 DF Supporter Q4: Is vendor-agnostic frame generation tech similar to DLSS 3 possible?
01:16:40 DF Supporter Q5: How does DLSS 3 cope with RT effects?
01:19:14 DF Supporter Q6: Would DLSS 2 Quality mode work better as a base for DLSS 3 than Performance mode?
01:22:15 DF Supporter Q7: What do you expect from AMD’s new graphics cards?
01:28:47 DF Supporter Q8: Thoughts on EVGA leaving the GPU market?
01:32:45 DF Supporter Q9: Is 8K excessive? Shouldn’t we focus on visual features and not pixel count?
01:35:13 DF Supporter Q10: Could PCs move to unified memory instead of two discrete memory pools?