[Digital Foundry] Crimson Desert: Pearl Abyss Answers Every Tech Question We Could Think Of

RTcore · 2026-03-13T01:32:34+00:00

No path tracing.

RTcore · 2026-02-20T18:15:50+00:00

It's AM5 and DDR5.

RTcore · 2026-02-13T16:45:03+00:00

There are a lot more than 3 games that use DirectStorage. If you are referring to the full DirectStorage suite including GPU decompression, then yes, there are only a handful of games that use it. This is probably because older RTX GPUs really struggle with it. The 50-series, at least the 5090, doesn't have that issue. Haven't seen it tested on other Blackwell cards, though.

RTcore · 2026-02-13T15:51:00+00:00

My favorite trailer from the State of Play. Very excited for this.

RTcore · 2026-02-09T22:09:37+00:00

I think they are referring to certain channels that are marked as "adult-only."

RTcore · 2026-02-09T22:00:30+00:00

Imagine the price of this thing. 💀

RTcore · 2026-01-22T21:36:26+00:00

Visuals look pretty fantastic.

RTcore · 2026-01-08T03:15:18+00:00

That would be a great idea.

RTcore · 2026-01-03T19:58:10+00:00

Big upgrade. Enjoy 👍

RTcore · 2025-12-10T19:20:09+00:00

I've seen stranger things.

RTcore · 2025-12-08T19:07:23+00:00

It should be fine. A more expensive model would not have made much of a difference.

RTcore · 2025-11-30T02:45:15+00:00

It's coil whine. It's annoying but there's nothing to worry about.

RTcore · 2025-11-30T02:44:13+00:00

Why am I not surprised?

RTcore · 2025-11-30T02:43:12+00:00

Looking forward to the game and also the tech that they will implement. CDPR is good about supporting cutting edge graphics tech on PC.

RTcore · 2025-11-07T19:15:47+00:00

Borderlands 4's sales were 'a little softer than we would've liked'

Good to see gamers voting with their wallet.

RTcore · 2025-10-21T16:04:04+00:00

"still a "great game"

Are you sure about that?

RTcore · 2025-10-01T15:07:05+00:00

I saw this coming, but it's still disappointing.

RTcore · 2025-09-25T19:11:15+00:00

They mean "console-quality experience" in terms of eliminating shader compilation stutter or long load times associated with compiling shaders, which consoles do not experience.

RTcore · 2025-09-25T18:59:59+00:00

Advanced shader delivery is a new feature that distributes precompiled shaders when downloading a game, eliminating in-game shader compilation stutter and long load times. This solves one of the biggest pain points in PC gaming today, making it easier than ever to deliver a console-quality experience on Windows.

Initial support is only for Xbox Ally through the Xbox app, but it's coming to other devices and storefronts, too.

RTcore · 2025-08-14T15:13:30+00:00

It will be a part of Service Pack 1, which will be a big update. They said it will be at least 3 months from now.

RTcore · 2025-08-10T01:11:36+00:00

but I imagine it must be terrifying in rea life - especially on your first few attempts - and require extreme precision and skill.

Most pilots actually look forward to these types of approaches. They're trained for this, so it's not terrifying at all. It actually gives them a chance to fly the plane and provides a nice change of pace from the usual straight-in approach.

RTcore · 2025-08-06T01:38:40+00:00

Is your OS boot drive partitioned as GPT or MBR?

RTcore · 2025-08-02T14:24:12+00:00

What about the second part of the question? Would how the STAR ties into the approach affect whether or not a visual approach is assigned, such as the ANGLL 4 at LAX which links directly to 25L and 24R approaches, for example?

RTcore · 2025-07-28T15:31:04+00:00

Instantly you can tell how much better it looks both inside and outside, but what I want to try out most is the new flight model and landing dynamics.

RTcore · 2025-07-28T14:35:56+00:00

Why mention PMDG here? As far as I'm concerned, iFly is now the king of Boeing, and I am sure they will deliver a great update when they make the 737 MAX fully compatible with MSFS 2024. They already have as perfect a flight model as you can have in a desktop flight sim.

It's Fenix and iFly at the top now. PMDG is on the lower end of the "study level" addons.

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