Digital Foundry Direct Weekly DF Direct Weekly #227: Battlefield 6 PC is Superb, Drag x Drive Switch 2, RTX 4090 Handheld!
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Aug 19, 2025 Excitement brews as Battlefield 6 impresses in an open beta, showcasing stunning PC performance. Meanwhile, Drag x Drive on the Switch 2 disappoints, while AMD's RX 9060 lacks significant upgrades. A jaw-dropping modded RTX 4090 handheld takes center stage, alongside the intriguing OneXPlayer tablet. Discussions arise about the technical hurdles of bringing Tekken 8 to the Switch 2, and the podcast tackles the discontinuation of Ryzen 7 5700X3D, hinting at a shift in the CPU landscape.
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Switch 2 Technical Patterns Exposed
- Drag x Drive on Switch 2 uses FSR1 spatial upscaling, minimal AA, and targets 60fps at 1440p docked, demonstrating Switch 2's current software pattern.
- The title highlights why DLSS or temporal AA would noticeably improve aliasing and image quality on the platform.
Tekken 8 Port Is Hard But Plausible
- Tekken 8 could be ported to Switch 2 but would require significant engineering, especially around CPU-heavy features and physics.
- Steam Deck viability tests suggest a Switch 2 version is plausible with resolution/upscaling and selective feature cuts.
RX 9060 Non-XT: A Die‑Harvest OEM Part
- The RX 9060 non-XT appears to be a mild, OEM-only die-harvest variant with tiny performance differences versus the 9060 XT.
- AMD likely positioned it to preserve yields rather than to aggressively compete at retail price points where NVIDIA's 50-series sits.