The Division on Xbox One uses dynamic resolution scaling

The beta version's image quality under the microscope.

[Neonridr]

Effective ways to keep framerates where they want them. Game still looks good on Xbox One so users of that console should still be happy with the end product.

[Genuine-User]

True. Although, they should also work towards enabling vsync on the Xbox One version.

Some of my screenshots from the Xbox One version:

http://i.cubeupload.com/HpS...
http://i.cubeupload.com/XTP...
http://i.cubeupload.com/vyu...

[Neonridr]

game still looks nice. Looking forward to picking this up next month.

[Genuine-User]

Absolutely.

Here are a few more screenshots I took from the Xbox One version:

http://i.cubeupload.com/GVW...
http://i.cubeupload.com/guQ...
http://i.cubeupload.com/rBC...

[MachuchalBrotha316]

Dude the game looks awesome on Xbox. Thanks for the screens.

[lastking95]

Why you getting disagrees for screenshots? Lol smh. It's 1080p majority of the time and always run higher than 1000p people need to stop, you're not going to notice any difference in the one (unless you go under a microscope or play on an 500" tv)

[DoubleM70]

Looks good like we care if they used dynamic scaling same results. IT LOOKS GOOD.

[skillednutter]

Did you have the sharpness all the all up? I had mine at around 70% on PS4

Here are my screens:

http://cubeupload.com/codes...

[Genuine-User]

@MachuchalBrotha316

You're welcome mate.

@lastking95

I'm not so sure.

@Skillednutter

I had the sharpness set to 70%.

Nice screenshot btw.

[dirkdady]

"Xbox One beta - though the lowest figure we've logged comes in at 1728x972 (or 81 per cent of a full HD resolution)."

So Xbox version clocks in as low as 972? I thought someone said lowest was 1008..

[Unspoken]

Genuine-User

In due time. If the clever engineering behind dynamic resolutions was spawned because of the criticism the Xbox received, I doubt we'll have to wait long for a new technology to supplant vsync and remove screen tearing altogether.

TV's should begin to incorporate Freesync technology where both consoles can benefit from dynamic refresh rates.

It would be interesting to see these two technologies brought to PC where we could configure a set range/threshold for frames per second and resolution for a given graphic preset. For example, not lowering resolution until 60 fps was breached and then only by a certain percentage to maintain image quality while eliminating screen tearing.

Too soon?

[GameNameFame]

I would have thought that given games lacking graphics fidelity, they would be able to achieve 1080P.

I guess not.

[UKmilitia]

i think at the end of day it looks alot better and certainly plays alot better than we all expectd on all platforms.
i really enjoyed beta and i hope they open a little more up in the open beta in a couple of weeks.

either way i think they deserve praise

regarding the sharpness i found having it at 70 on ps4 made it look loads better

[EyeAmTJ]

came still looks & plays good on the X1….All I care about is the gameplay an it was great

[Crimzon]

Don't own an Xbox but I played Battlefront and the Uncharted 4 beta on PS4 which were both running at 900p and I honestly wouldn't have known that they were running at that resolution if nobody had told me.

I'd love to see more developers abandon 1080p and put a greater focus on framerate, it's much more important to gameplay.

[Spoonsx]

@Dipswitch "So Xbone has to have dynamic resolution scaling yet still has worse performance than PS4?"

Coming from someone with 2 bubbles. LOL I'd call you a crybaby but I think your avatar says it all.

[81BX]

@eyeamtj
All i wanted after the alpha was a visual bump. The gameplay from the alpha i found to be solid. The beta looked fantastic to me. Devs did a great job for the open environment. I wish they would team up with cd project red to get some hints.

[DashArrivals]

As a massive PS4 fan I totally agree. Game looks totally fine on Xbox One and I honestly believe non of them will give 2 shits lol. If I had both consoles I'd obviously get it for PS4 but that's because everyone I know games on PS4. If their friends game on Xbox One then it's a no-brainer to grab it for Xbox. Game looks really good. Hope it turns out well

[Christopher]

This. Regardless of how much we discuss the differences and analyze the technical elements of the game by platform, this game looks good on both and people will be happy to play it on either platform.

[IamTylerDurden1]

But now we actually know why the xbone version looks inferior. What i dislike is how dishonest MS and Ubi are. why couldn't they just come out and tell us that the xbone version would have dynamic resolution rather than full 1080p? They were literally trying to trick people in hopes of boosting sales.

[Christopher]

Same reason Sony doesn't come out and say what features people want for PSN that they have no plans to implement. You don't want negative aspersions based on admitting you're not #1 or not able to provide something else the competition can or has.

I agree about hating the concept of dynamic resolution, though I understand why it exists.

[testerg35]

Did you say the same thing with Killzone?

[IamTylerDurden1]

@tester

No, KZS is entirely different, it's not a multiplat with 2 entities notorious for being untruthful (about visuals) with an inferior edition being passed off as the same. It was the mp portion of the game in SF, not the entire game. Games often downgrade the mp res in order to achieve a higher mp fps. The Shadowfall mp ran at 60fps while the campaign ran at 30, yet the dynamic resolution is supposed to create a stable framerate but in actuality the xb1 framerate is still inferior.

Ubisoft and MS have a history of lying about visuals in order to boost sales, and yet they've done it again.

The visuals are worse, yet the game runs worse than the other versions.

It boggles me how Sony was sued for GG using Temporal projection in the KSF mp, yet people were still getting a superior framerate, and GG /Sony didn't have the bad recent history of lying that Ubi/MS had. Meanwhile, a company with a horrendous recent history of visual downgrades and lies attempts to pass off dynamic resolution as full 1080p (in the entire game) with an inferior performance to boot. Somehow ppl are giving Ubisoft and MS a pass while feeling Sony and GG were justified in being sued. Ridiculous.

Did you know that Ubisoft basically did the same thing as GG (in Shadowfall) in Rainbow 6S? Except, they did it to the entire game and only reconstructed a 900p image.

You'd think after Watchdogs, Rainbow 6S, Forza 6 ect Ubisoft and MS would give every effort to be transparent and forthcoming.

[showtimefolks]

n4g survives on these sort of click bait full of fanboy articles. i am a ps4 but let me ask you this. do you see a big difference between games that are 1080p and 90pp? be honest while playing on a 50 inch TV majority and i do mean vast majority of you won't be able to tell the big difference

we are all gamers no matter the console/machine of choice

[IamTylerDurden1]

I disagree, on a 43in tv i clearly can tell the difference between 720-900 or 900-1080. Star Wars Battlefront is noticeably worse on xbone, it literally affects how you play, with jagged blurry images particularly in the distance.

This article isn't clickbait bc it's doing what Ubisoft and MS shoud've...telling us the truth about the game.

[corroios]

Its just a marketing trick to hide the fact that the game doesnt run at 1080p.

It much better then being label 900p game and the weaker version for consoles.

[Neonridr]

but they go on to say that even when it is downscaled it is still better than 900p and it's not happening all the time. So labelling it as 900p would be a lie anyways.

[DragonbornZ]

Along with them just now figuring out its using scaling. Probably at 1080p most of the time in beta.

Edit: @corrois we didn't say it is a soley 1080p game.

[corroios]

again its not 1080p game. If it was they wouldnt need the dynamic rez.

[Neonridr]

@corribos - at times it is though. It scales the resolution based on the needs of the machine. Hence the term dynamic.

[Christopher]

Neonridr, I get what you are saying, but the reality is that that could happen 1% of the time and it would be valid. That's not representative of a 1080p game.

Looking at the cutscene part | did a few days ago, even then it was clear to me it wasn't 1080p, and that's were it should always be as such.

http://n4g.com/news/1857442...

I still think they both look good, but I can't get behind this "dynamic" marketing item. It's really disingenuous.

[Neonridr]

I don't think they are going to market anything. I honestly believe they are just showing us what steps were taken on the Xbox One to get the best possible framerates.

Besides, it won't take away from the game being fun or not.

[Volkama]

@Christopher what "marketing item"? I don't think Ubisoft have discussed the resolution at, and we only know the details after Digital Foundry analysed the beta. As marketing goes, that's... minimalistic?

Maybe the devs have gone for the best visual presentation they can achieve on the hardware. At least I'd like to think that is their intent.

[Christopher]

As I've said, I feel it's disingenuous since it allows them the ability to throw off a negative by just having even a small portion of the game reach 1080p. That's as it pertains to being a business, not as it pertains to the quality of the game. The quality of gameplay has nothing to do with this article at hand or your comment above.

***So labelling it as 900p would be a lie anyways.***

You see, I agree with this, but I also agree that claiming it to be a dynamic resolution is a lie if that dynamic resolution rarely gets to 1080p. That was my point, and based on the cut scene I linked, I'm wondering how easy it will be to get to that when the cut scene itself isn't 1080p.

***what "marketing item"?***

Perhaps marketing wasn't the best term. Perhaps I should say "business solution" as its sole purpose is to combat a negative (lower resolution). If that didn't matter, then dynamic resolution wouldn't be a bother since 900p would be perfectly fine (and, it honestly is fine, even if you can tell the difference) and they would just focus then on performance. Note that dynamic resolution has only happened for two games that MS has had marketing deals with. The Witcher 3 and now The Division. That's not a coincidence.

And, as I already said and linked above, both games look good regardless. I just feel a bit lied to when companies start throwing out things like "dynamic resolution". Though, even then, I can see the need for it as rabid fanboys online are oft to draw so much attention to who is winning the resolution war.

That is my only point, however minor. It doesn't feel right to me and, if I were MS, I would just say "screw it, 900p is good, we make good products, our service is excellent, if that's not enough, then they don't deserve us."

Perhaps I'm an idealist. I probably shouldn't run a business...

[DLConspiracy]

@chris

They're making it work the best they can. Like you said fanboys are the only reason they care because 96% of them wouldn't even be able to tell the difference. That's why most people get so excited and overwhelmed with joy on the DF reports. While I think it's good that DF pushes these developers and companies it shouldnt take a team of people to decipher the difference for such a exclaimed stark difference the comments in these articles ignite.

The point is that they are trying to ensure the most quality visually that they can get. I wouldnt feel like it was disingenuous based off them working harder to make it look nicer. Personally all studios should worK this hard without money being waved in their faces. This is a beta so who knows.. because Destiny was 900p on the beta and ended up 1080p. Probably won't be that way this time though considering how much work was put into dynamic resolution but frames tell another story.

If they just went with 900p and it was able to reach 60 FPS I would be more than fine with that. They won't though because this entire gen has been pushing 1080p in our faces instead of frames. Even though both don't always reach it.

[Kiwi66]

So it isn't 1080p will that make the game any less playable if you only have an xb1 some how i doubt it

[Christopher]

Not at all. And I hope no one is trying to say that.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The issue for me is that both MS and Ubi knew it wasn't full 1080p, yet they were hoping to pass it off as such. It's disingenuous, or lying by omission. The thing is, ppl noticed a difference, a small difference, but a difference nonetheless. I've learned that if a dev doesn't tell you the resolution then it's usually a bad sign.

Idk why people give Ubi a pass?

[KwietStorm_BLM]

So a third party developer went through the trouble of actually programming a separate graphics api for a game that is available on multiple platforms, using a technique that isn't exclusive to said developer..for a marketing trick?

[DragonbornZ]

Interesting. Once again people can't tell the difference without someone telling them. But to their defence the difference is so minimal that the visual disparity couldn't have been seen without looking incredibly closely.

Interesting resolution choice also. I wonder if they'll give the res another bump after the beta. Not sure since there are some drops (tho small), but what they achieved so far is pretty impressive, so they may be able to get it there.

Even if they don't it doesn't really matter as it still looks great and the differences are minomal. And a better framer ate would be better overall imo.

[butchertroll]

Qoute :

Interesting. Once again people can't tell the difference without someone telling them.

....

Depends where. I'm pretty sure that somebody said to "Dark10x" something about The Division blurry IQ on Xbone on GAF.

[DragonbornZ]

No yeah you're right. I remember seeing one image on GAF about text on a sign being clearer on the PS4 than on the x1. Those guys caught it before df.

But I believe the general consensus besides a few was that it was native 1080p until this article.

[The_BlackHeart__]

I can tell. I noted that the textures drawn at long distances had a better quality on PS4 and realized that the XB1 version was most likely using the same tricks than Halo 5. Not all the textures are 1080p at all the distances. Most people describe this as an "ashy or blurry" effect.

[Christopher]

http://n4g.com/news/1857442...

I didn't need anyone. But you'll note I still think they both look good,

I think people thought it was 1080p because that's what Microsoft said it was.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Your wrong, people noticed a difference. Read the article and the reason they checked it is bc there was a noticeable difference. The mod "Christopher" posted the other day that he thought the xbone version was around 900p bc of blurry and muddled visuals. When the article came out claiming both console versions were 1080p people pointed out that it looked worse on xbone, same with the comparison articles.

To say no one could tell is a lie.

I doubt the res will see a boost considering that the framerate isn't quite on par with the other versions yet. The xbone version also has more visual differences than just the resolution. It has slight framerate and screen tearing problems as well.

Both console versions are entirely playable and of an acceptable quality, but to act like this is just an xbox witch-hunt and no one could tell a difference is wrong.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Armchair

Some images are blurrier and muddled as compared with PS4 and PC. They basically say it in the article.

It's not "rare occasions" it's when you are outside and not staring at just the sky. It's when moderate - heavy action takes place, these things are not rare.

[TripleCs]

I fully expected the PS4 version to have some sort of advantage in one area or another over the Xbox One version whether it was small or big. It just didn't make sense for both versions to be completely identical when the PS4 has a better GPU and the CPU's in both consoles are the same. I didn't expect both versions to be completely identical like earlier stories suggested. I knew something was up and I was right. http://n4g.com/news/1857467... I had stated this in response to FlipSwitch (who was marked for trolling when he should have been) on another Division article which was comparing the Xbox One version to the PS4 version but I got bombarded with disagrees and my comment was marked for being off topic even though I was on topic (go figure) but it turns out I was right. How ironic..

[IamTylerDurden1]

When i doubted that the xbone version would ultimately be 1080p i was ridiculed. My reasons were bc of the clear difference in power and the fact that both Ubi and MS were being so coy with the resolution information. When companies aren't forthcoming about resolution, you know there's a problem.

I honestly lost interest in The Division after the downgrade and after extensive gameplay showed us that it's extremely mmo focused.

[Mkai28]

Crazy, because an open world game like gta runs 1080p on Xbox 1.. With more intensive CPU AI going on.. Just some devs have more time, talent, and resources to get things running better. Just look at remedy with quantum break.

[Eonjay]

We haven't seen Quantum break analysis yet but one imagines that performance will be similar to Tomb Raider. Also, note that the engine for GTA V was from last gen where as the Snow Drop engine is current gen tech. It is self evident at this point that the Xbox One will have performance deficit compared to the PS4 due mostly in part to the fact of the underlying hardware (GPU and Ram). And because they are essentially the same architecture, we can make a prediction that the PS4 will continue to outperform the Xbox One.

[Ezz2013]

Agreed.

[donthate]

That is only true in graphical comparison, but there are benefits to the Xbox One, like the CPU. Unfortunately, you cannot see this most of the time, unless you are game is CPU bound and affects game.

We saw this with Assassin's Creed: Unity where the Xbox One version had an advantage in game frame rate, where both the PS4/XB1 version ran identical graphics/resolution. Proof:

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

I would like to add that, in reality none of these improvements really matter from a practical standpoint. It neither enables more features or breaks it, nor does the consumer really notice.

If you want to look at things that allows the impossible, possible instead of discussing meaningless numbers. An example is Crackdown 3 physics calculation done in the cloud. No amount of PC can do that right now, and that has a major impact on what you are able to do now for new game mechanics.

[Eonjay]

@donthate

I understand what you are trying to get at but understand that Unity is a horrible example.

[Back-to-Back]

GTA is a last gen game thats why.

[MasterCornholio]

The important thing is that the framerate is good.

But who provided bad information on the resolution?

[PC_60]

How is the framerate good if its 30fps?

[Neonridr]

it is stable.

[MasterCornholio]

Like Neon said if it's a stable 30FPS then its playable.

[Eonjay]

"But who provided bad information on the resolution?"

Liars.

[ScorpiusX]

Sweet can't wait
Hopefully the DLC packs are sweet & of the other Boroughs, want to traverse Brooklyn .

[vulsker]

It might not be true 1080p but whatever works. I will be getting the Xbox One version because majority of my buds are going that route despite me playing the beta on PS4. The game in general looks good and plays well, that is all that matters!

[rdgneoz3]

It will look good no matter what system you play it on. Though it's always nice when they label stuff correctly (customers hate being lied to more than being told about a minor difference).

[mark_parch]

the very fact that you literally have to look at it through a microscope to figure this out tells me both ps4 and xbox one look exactly the same when I'm sitting on my couch

[Nightmar3Demom]

We played the beta on both Xbox 1 and PS4. Honestly, it's really hard to tell them apart.

[hiawa23]

Dynamic res sounds good to me. After playing both the PS4 X1 betas I could barely tell the difference, so fine wit it..

[DivineAssault]

I knew this would stir the pot but look at the bright side, ITS STILL THE SAME GAME! Just buy it... Dynamic res is better than 720 native.. PS4 is a stronger machine so most games will be better on it but it doesnt make xb1 versions unplayable.. Im sure that most people who bought xb1 knew it was weaker so this is what you get

[its_JEFF]

If that's what it takes to bring it to parity with the other versions... then that's what needs to happen.

I'm sure that is much more preferred than downgrading the graphics to achieve "full" 1080p... right?

Just make all games, Xbox & PS4, 900p so that we can get stable FPS or better graphics... or is the 1080p status that important?

[thisgamer503]

To be honest, 900p vs 1080p really isn't a huge deal when gaming on a tv and i've always defended this position. However, I've recently moved to playing on a 27" monitor and the differences become much easier to notice. Matching the resolution dot-for-dot from the source to the screen is a more pleasant experience for sure.

[UltraAtomic]

I enjoyed the beta! I am picking this game up! I am, though. worried about the pvp, and what to do after you beat the game. However gameplay is really awesome.

[WDBII]

I'm going to say that this is the first next gen game I will purchase. Including each game I have already purchased on my ps4 and XBone. This is a game I'm looking forward to.

[Apollosupreme]

Let's all admit it. None of us knew what dynamic resolution scaling was until we entered this thread.

[nolies233]

Thats not true. This was talked about previously with other Xbone games and to be honest they werent the first. I believe Wipe out on ps3 used it and it was discussed then, years ago and killzone has a similar technique. Destiny has it on xbone and i believe Halo. Have been plenty of articles about it on here and ppl pointing out that some xbone games presumably 1080p are dynamic and actually more than half the game doesnt reach 1080p so its a false title. I think COD on Xbone does it too but the dynamic resolution only goes up to 900p while COD blck ops3 on PS4 is dynamic as well but it reaches 1080p.

[andron]

Maybe you didn't, but it has been around a while.

I first heard of it last gen. when Rage came out. Also recently Halo 5 did feature this prominently...

[Apollosupreme]

Wow, tough crowd.

[LastcenuryRob]

It's no big deal really..The overall visual fidelity is hardly noticeable if at all...It is just something for the faniest of fanboys to argue over.

[Christopher]

Uh... The Witcher 3 used the exact same thing. Why wouldn't we know what it is?

[rataranian]

this game will last 2 weeks.

[kenwonobi]

Of course it is. They'll stop advertising all their games as 900p from now on. Go with dynamic upscaling 1080p instead. I saw this coming.

[jokerisalive]

Maybe they should just go ahead and call it the 'Halo Effect' for these 'dynamic rez' third party efforts. All kidding aside they are pretty close in terms of overall resolution. Funny reading some of the comments where some people say ...'You pixel counters have ruined the industry!!!' or better yet 'Only us XB1 gamers are real gamers cuz we dont count pixels...we play games!!!' Thats why I love coming on here and reading some of these comments in a rez article like this one. Purely classic.....ya gotta love the console wars man :o)

[zerocarnage]

Dynamic resolution just helps the game run smoother, whether it's At 900 or 1080 just doesn't matter if it helps make the game a smoother play then so be it in my mind.

The witcher 3 used dynamic resolution on xb1 to keep it at 1080p, some of you seem to be confused as to what exactly dynamic resolution can do for our games..

Halo 5 used dynamic scaling to keep it locked for 60 fps.

Serious some of you guys think it's doing bad for games but it is in fact doing the game proud..

[WelkinCole]

I wonder what specs they were running the original reveal because this is just bad compare to the original reveal. Downgrade is obvious. It is Ubi after all so no surprise.

[zerocarnage]

By Thomas Morgan Published 02/02/2016
Platform: Xbox One

We had some interesting feedback to our initial article on The Division beta, which concluded earlier today. Pixel-counts pegged the Xbox One version of the game on par with the PS4 offering at full 1080p, yet many noted that image quality seemed noticeably softer in motion, even when both versions were set to the same image sharpness setting. Ubisoft's decision to extend the beta for a further 24 hours gave us a chance to revisit the game and after further analysis, what seems clear is that a dynamic resolution scaler is in effect on the Microsoft platform.

The idea here is straightforward: to maintain 30fps, the game lowers resolution in complex areas - typically on New York's ruined streets. This manifests as text appearing blurrier on distant signs, along with sub-pixel break-up on fine detail. Tellingly, this doesn't appear to be an issue at all on PlayStation 4 or PC versions of the game in matching shots.

Using the PC version as a comparison point, we explored various options: first of all, we cycled through all SMAA anti-aliasing variants available, including stabilisation and super-sampling temporal AA options. We even disabled SMAA completely, and used the Nvidia control panel to force FXAA, thinking that perhaps Ubisoft Massive applied a less expensive anti-aliasing technique to help maintain the Xbox One's creditable performance level.

But after a long process of deduction, the actual answer is rather simple - and discernible in the opening area of the beta, as soon as control is handed over to the player. It's clear from this viewpoint that Xbox One utilises a dynamic resolution scaler in order to sustain its target frame-rate, much like Halo 5 and Wolfenstein: The New Order. Essentially, this means that the game adjusts its resolution on the fly, dependent on GPU load in any given scene. Wherever you see heavy volumetric effects and lots of geometry on-screen, there's a strong possibility that The Division's frame buffer is switching to a lower pixel count on Xbox One. It's a clever trick - and the exact moment of the switch can be hard to catch by eye. In practise, it does start to blur spots in the image in direct comparison to PS4 and PC, particularly across long distances.

Wherever you see heavy volumetric effects and lots of geometry on-screen, there's a strong possibility that The Division's frame buffer is switching to a lower pixel count on Xbox One. It's a clever trick - and the exact moment of the switch can be hard to catch by eye. In practise, it does start to blur spots in the image in direct comparison to PS4 and PC, particularly across long distances.

So what exactly is the resolution? Well, the short answer is, it varies depending on the rendering scenario. In the opening shot, Xbox One drops to 1792x1008 as we look at the recovery camp ahead, as especially noticeable on a rooftop structure to its right side. This is still much higher than the 900p output we see in other titles, and it ultimately sits around 87 per cent of a full HD image overall. In other words, it isn't always a vast difference, but it's notable in explaining why we see certain details losing some definition.

The logic behind this dynamic resolution is easy to explain too. Inevitably, looking up to the sky in the same initial area - even slightly - to force the demanding elements of this scene out of view, the Snowdrop engine switches itself to a full 1080p. But as you'd expect, lowering the camera again (bringing all objects and fog effects into view) gets us back to 1792x1008.

[zerocarnage]

The end result is an occasional softening of the image, and tends to occur around outdoor scenes as opposed to interior traversal and combat. In terms of the actual breadth of resolution changes, we've not had time to assess the full range utilised by the Xbox One beta - though the lowest figure we've logged comes in at 1728x972 (or 81 per cent of a full HD resolution).

For Xbox One owners, dynamic resolution adjustments may not be the best news, but the tech isn't unduly detrimental to the overall experience. In all, if a slight hit to visual quality helps to sustain the target 30fps frame-rate, clearly it's beneficial to the overall feel of the gameplay. During our tests, we found only a couple of pockets of dropped frames - and by and large the experience still runs at a level on par with the PS4 beta. Plus, of course, it's worth stressing this is unfinished code - and optimisations in remaining development time could lessen the necessity of this scaling.

As for PS4, it may be the case this scaling method is implemented on Sony's machine too. However, so far our tests reveal no performance drops whatsoever from the full 1920x1080 (or 30fps), and we'll have to judge this point on the final release. Meanwhile we'd love to see this technology deployed on PC in some fashion, where our GTX 970 and R9 390 tests show gameplay frame-rates can vary dramatically. A dynamic resolution could be a good back-up solution for those struggling to get by on their current GPUs on high settings - and also for PS4, should there be any issues in maintaining 30fps later on.

We'll have more coverage on The Division soon, specifically on the PC version of the beta. We'll be covering off image quality enhancements over the console editions, along with initial analysis on what it takes to run the game at 1080p60fps

[zerocarnage]

People don't half make up assumptions, that by adding something to help the game out is some what weakening the game itself but you couldn't be more wrong. In fact it helps keep a stable build and smooth game a long the way.

[zerocarnage]

I'm not from America but how many boroughs are in New York, curious? be good if they add them all. And I'm glad Ubisoft have said no to microtransactions bout time a dev stepped up and said they're not bothering for extra funds even though no doubt there'd be a market on the division for micro's..

[windblowsagain]

I came to the conclusion about 45-50 fps because mainly every game that is unlocked on PS4 is locked because if it doesn't hit 60fps, you normally find it's around 45-50fps.

Nothing I said was trolling.

Division is a decent looking game, with next to no damage. A few bits of car materials and that's it. Most cannot be damaged.

V-sync greatly reduces fps, you have to be well over 30fps to retain 30fps v-sync.

Same thing with GTA5 on PS4, locked at 30fps, produces 40-50fps.

Do the xbox guys actually think to run a game at 30fps vsynced all you need is 30fps total. lol.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Any PC game that you play has varied fps. Unless you lock. obviously if your producing over 30fps or 60fps, you won't notice the drops as much.

Anyone with a PC knows this.