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Digital Foundry Starfield tech breakdown - 30FPS, visuals, rendering tech, and game impressions

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    Deimos
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    Here's the companion article as well, but Digital Foundry is one of the few sources where I think the video is the better format:...

    Here's the companion article as well, but Digital Foundry is one of the few sources where I think the video is the better format: https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2023-the-starfield-tech-breakdown-what-we-learned-from-bethesdas-deep-dive

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    1. FeminalPanda
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      Thanks for that, would like to at least listen at work but the bandwidth is just not enough.

      Thanks for that, would like to at least listen at work but the bandwidth is just not enough.

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  2. TrostAft
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    Feel like we could post nearly every DF video that comes out here. They have really high quality technical journalism about the games industry. Highly recommend anyone who hasn't watched them...

    Feel like we could post nearly every DF video that comes out here. They have really high quality technical journalism about the games industry. Highly recommend anyone who hasn't watched them before to check their channel out.

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    DubiousPig
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    I mean it’s an interesting, if rather obvious, article but I can’t lie, I am disappointed at the lack of a 60fps option. We’ve been spoilt so far this gen with some excellent examples, such as...

    I mean it’s an interesting, if rather obvious, article but I can’t lie, I am disappointed at the lack of a 60fps option. We’ve been spoilt so far this gen with some excellent examples, such as Miles Morales and Horizon Forbidden West, and for me at least the precedent has been set. I will say Jedi Survivors performance mode was so poor at launch that I ended up playing through in quality mode and found that acceptable, so I can only hope Starfield is absolutely rock solid at 30fps.

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      MartinXYZ
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      It's Bethesda so it probably won't be. Anecdotally, I played Skyrim early on, using a PC that had more than enough power to run it, it wasn't unplayable but it was definitely janky. I won't be a...

      so I can only hope Starfield is absolutely rock solid at 30fps.

      It's Bethesda so it probably won't be. Anecdotally, I played Skyrim early on, using a PC that had more than enough power to run it, it wasn't unplayable but it was definitely janky. I won't be a first mover on Starfield, but I'll be looking forward to playing it once the kinks are ironed out.

      Edit: a letter

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      1. AzecTheButcher
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        Gamepass here, I'll be playing it day one and find that worthwhile. If it turns out to be a long-term, excellent game, I'll pick it up on sale years later on Steam. Agree with you though, it...

        Gamepass here, I'll be playing it day one and find that worthwhile. If it turns out to be a long-term, excellent game, I'll pick it up on sale years later on Steam.

        Agree with you though, it certainly will not be smooth performance on launch. Almost no games are these days, and especially something that's so much more complex.

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      2. sparksbet
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        I played Skyrim not early on and it was literally unplayable for me without an alternate start mod because I got the bug where the horse decides to climb the mountain with the cart full of...

        I played Skyrim not early on and it was literally unplayable for me without an alternate start mod because I got the bug where the horse decides to climb the mountain with the cart full of prisoners rather than going to Helgen.

        ...so yeah, Bethesda gonna Bethesda.

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