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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.

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

YouTube video by Digital Foundry DF Retro Super Show #006: 2006 - Revisiting An Amazing Year For Gaming - Oblivion, Zelda, Gears+More

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

Super Mario 64 Has Been Ported To Sega Dreamcast - and We've Played it 480p resolution and an array of platform-specific optimisations.

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 Review: Where It's Better And Where It Needs Work Our latest image quality showdown.

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

Yes, It's Still Possible To Build A Good Value Gaming PC But only as long as DDR4 prices remain reasonable.

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

Intellivision Sprint Review: Mattel's Forgotten Console Runs Again Who is this sold-out, Atari-produced curio for?

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...

ROG Xbox Ally X Runs Emulated Bloodborne Faster Than PS4 and PS5 Back Compat While Strix Halo takes us to the next level.

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...

Bloodborne PC Emulation Can Now Exceed 4K at 60FPS - And It's Brilliant Graphics mods provide additional enhancements.

The full lowdown on our latest look at Bloodborne PC emulation via ShadPS4 - 4K at 60fps and beyond is now viable and it's a remarkable experience: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

YouTube video by Digital Foundry Bloodborne PC Emulation in 2026 - 4K 60FPS and Beyond - Plus ROG Xbox Ally X Tests!

Bloodborne emulation on PC via ShadPS4 has evolved significantly since we last saw it - improved performance, more stability, graphics enhancements and much more: youtu.be/fqOs2chL3NQ

The Latest Monster Hunter Wilds PC perf drama explained Thousands upon thousands of DLC checks hammer the CPU.

Does owning DLC in the PC version of Monster Hunter Wilds really improve game performance? It sounds unbelievable, but it is true in select conditions - and a mod is already available that fixes the issue:
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Assassin's Creed Shadows on Switch 2: The Making of an "Impossible Port" "All the investments we had in scalability really paid off."

How Ubisoft brought AC Shadows to Switch 2: "Some people called it an impossible port, and it can sound a bit impossible at the beginning... but the key is to understand the specificities of the GPU architecture."
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We had the chance to talk to Ubisoft directly about its remarkable Switch 2 port of Assassin's Creed Shadows and here's what we learned: youtu.be/GkS4lc50fNg

Why Intel's Panther Lake Won Digital Foundry's CES 2026 Impressive results against competing mobile GPUs and even desktop graphics.

New gaming silicon was thin on the ground at CES 2026 - here's why Intel's Panther Lake "won" the show for us: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

We punished Intel's new Panther Lake processor with demanding ray-traced gaming benchmarks. How does it stack up against Strix Halo/Strix Point - and what about desktop GPUs like the RTX 3050 and RX 6600? Spoilers: we were impressed.
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The new DF Direct is live, with Oliver and Alex sharing their impressions of CES: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, TVs, Monitors and... some weird stuff too: youtu.be/Z__MYOGqx5g

CES 2026 In Review: Short on Gaming Hardware, Big on TVs and Monitors Plus, one impressive PC game caught our eyes.

CES 2026: Intel's Panther Lake aside, exciting gaming hardware was thin on the ground - but there's still plenty to talk about in terms of new TVs, monitors and more:
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YouTube video by Digital Foundry DF Retro Super Show #005: The Ape Escape Saga - Ft. Tim Rogers!

The DF Retro Super Show returns for its debut 2026 episode. John and Marc are joined by Tim Rogers for a massive episode on the Ape Escape saga! youtu.be/qEN5k6mEibY

Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar is a Motion Clarity Revelation We break down our findings after weeks of tests.

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Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar is one of the biggest leaps in display technology we've seen in years. Are flat panels finally able to deliver impressive motion quality? It takes a lot to make John like an LCD but here we are! youtu.be/fRxzGyxJIbA

Intel Panther Lake: Mobile Graphics, Entry-Level Desktop Performance 2026 looks set to deliver a laptop/handheld battle royale.

First impressions of Intel's Panther Lake are highly impressive: even with ray tracing active, we have a mobile GPU able to deliver entry-level desktop GPU performance: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

Intel: Stutters in PC Games are "Breaking Immersion" Tom Petersen on the present - and the future - of PC performance at CES 2026.

PC gaming stutter is "breaking immersion". Intel is prioritising smoother gaming performance over super high-end features like path tracing. Read more: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

Today on Digital Foundry, our big CES interview with Intel's Tom Petersen with a range of big topics discussed: Panther Lake, Arc, XeSS multi-frame gen and looking forward to a time where FPS alone no longer defines PC performance: youtu.be/8ydfKE1dffo

Nvidia Hands-On at CES: DLSS 4.5, Path-Traced Pragmata Dynamic Frame Generation, RTX Remix Logic, more.

DLSS 4.5, Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, path-traced Pragmata, G-Sync Pulsar and much more Nvidia stuff! Everything we went hands-on with: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

And here's our first video from CES 2026 - hands-on with Nvidia's latest tech demos, including DLSS 4.5 multi frame generation, path-traced Pragmata, G-Sync Pulsar and much, much more: youtu.be/SJdGjRGGU70

AMD Unveils Ryzen 7 9850X3D: Fast, Incremental A "2-3 percent" jump beyond 2024's 9800X3D.

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is finally confirmed - the new fastest gaming CPU has improved clock speeds, with incremental gains of 2% to 3% in gaming workloads: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

Nvidia Announces DLSS 4.5 - New Transformer Model Already Live Ambitious "Dynamic Frame Generation" coming "Spring 2026."

The new DLSS 4.5 super resolution is out now, with the welcome release of a dynamic frame generation solution slated for Spring 2026. We'll have more soon, but here's what we know so far: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/01...

1998's Unreal: Past, Present And A Path-Traced Future The legacy of Epic's first "Unreal" product.

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