We've tested Steam Deck against PlayStation 4 - and we came away impressed. However, the RDNA 2 GPU within the Deck contains features that last-gen consoles do not. So to what extent is Steam Deck next-gen ready? How does it compare against Xbox Series X in titles like Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition and the super-taxing Microsoft Flight Simulator? What about Unreal Engine 5's staggering Lumen and Nanite technologies? It's all in here - along with Windows 11 vs Steam OS benchmarks.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Next-Generation Experiences
01:28 Key Features Only Run on Windows - Why?
02:17 Windows On Steam Deck Isn't Great
03:16 Windows vs SteamOS Gaming Benchmarks
07:16 Control with RT Reflections
08:35 Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition with RTGI vs Xbox Series S
14:14 Quake 2 RTX Hardware RT Path Tracing
16:39 Microsoft Flight Simulator vs Xbox Series S
21:21 Nintendo Switch Compromises Are Far Harsher
21:58 Unreal Engine 5: Hitting Steam Deck's Limits
22:59 Steam Deck Next-Gen Features Summary
Microsoft Flight Simulator Statistics For Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry presently has 2,285,700 views for Microsoft Flight Simulator across 7 videos, with his channel uploading 2 hours worth of Microsoft Flight Simulator videos. This is less than 0.20% of the total video content that Digital Foundry has uploaded to YouTube.
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