353. PS6 or Xbox Helix? ─ Dev Admits Which RDNA 5 Console He'd Pick! | Alderon Games

About this episode

A game developer discusses the future of next-gen consoles and AMD's RDNA 5 technology.

A Game Dev pulls no punches on what he thinks about the next gen consoles and AMD RDNA 5! 00:00 Matt’s back, platform ease of use and restrictions (intro) 7:40 How good are platforms for support against each other 13:22 XBOX Helix 30:15 Best and worst case scenario for XBOX Helix 36:41 This is an XBOX is gone 43:29 GDK tools, is the console moving from hardware lock to store lock 54:13 Steam machine performance and verification targets 1:06:07 FSR4 for RDNA3 1:10:42 Could next-gen kill the current gen early? 1:21:56 Will PS6/Helix jump from current consoles feel larger, older systems support, path tracing 1:33:30 Zen 6 and Zen 7, Nvidia moving past 8GB, next gen RAM/storage 1:51:35 Timeline for AMD’s next gen, AI tools for development 1:59:56 What are you most excited about for next gen hardware Links: Matt's Twitter: https://x.com/deathlyrage Matt's Company: https://alderongames.com/ Matt's Company: https://alderongames.com/ Last Time Matt Was On: https://youtu.be/KjR1uk9LI9c PhysX Die Shrink Matt was on: https://www.patreon.com/posts/die-shrink-145-122760894 Check out Alderon Games: https://alderongames.com/ MLID XBOX Helix Analysis Video: https://youtu.be/oROywsaqoWI PS6 Orion…

People in this episode

Guest: Matt

Topics covered

• next gen consoles
• AMD RDNA 5
• XBOX Helix
• PS6
• game development

Keywords

• console gaming
• hardware
• game development tools
• AI in gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Products: PS6, Xbox Helix, RDNA 5, XBOX, FSR4, RDNA3, PS6/Helix, Zen 6, Zen 7, AMD RDNA 5

Places: Raptor Lake

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