DF Direct Weekly #246: The BIG CES Special - Hardware Highlights, Crimson Desert, Intel, Nvidia, AMD
Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvxDirect from Las Vegas, A Redbull-powered Alex Battaglia and Oliver Mackenzie share their thoughts on everything they saw at the Consumer Electronics Show 2026, while also discussing all of the big announcements. Nvidia, AMD and Intel announcements, the latest TVs and monitors and... the weirdness. Plus, what is Crimson Desert and why should be excited about it?
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:07 News 1: Nvidia, AMD, and Intel: chipmaker announcements
0:15:37 News 2: PC hardware: laptops, desktops, and accessories
0:28:49 News 3: TVs: MicroRGB, OLED, MicroLED, “Laser”, HDMI 2.2
0:54:54 News 4: Monitors: new QD-OLED coatings, RGB OLEDs, 5K2K ultrawides
1:02:46 News 5: Crimson Desert demo
1:08:37 News 6: CES weirdness: Project AVA, fighting robots, AI saturation, RCA and RadioShack revival, AR avatars, Lego Panther Lake, recumbent chairs, China pavilion
1:36:50 News 7: Reflections on Las Vegas and CES 2026
1:42:54 Supporter Q1: How will new CES tech be affected by RAM scarcity?
1:46:06 Supporter Q2: With new price constraints, is pushing graphics tech unsustainable?
1:51:23 Supporter Q3: Where’s Nvidia’s Reflex 2?
1:54:32 Supporter Q4: Is 30fps with frame gen a good idea for Ark on Switch 2?
2:01:00 Supporter Q5: Are monitors advancing too fast for GPUs?
2:05:28 Supporter Q6: Should games mask #StutterStruggle with tear-jerking content?
2:07:38 Supporter Q7: With Nvidia continuing to innovate, why should people buy AMD GPUs? Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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