Titanfall Beta Xbox One vs PC Max Settings Direct Feed Screenshot Comparison: PC Wins, not by Much

The beta version of Titanfall has been released on both PC and Xbox One, and there’s no non disclosure agreement or similar gag order in place, meaning that Respawn Entertainment is quite confident in the product’s quality, and that everyone is free to compare the two versions down to the pixel.

[sigfredod]

Not by much????? LOL!!!!
"The Xbox One version is obviously much weaker in resolution, and shows a very visible aliasing on the edges: you could seriously cut bread with those jaggies.
Texture resolution seems to be similar in most areas, but the Xbox One version appears to have lower resolution normal maps that cause faux 3D details to look a little rougher. It’s also visibly oversharpened and blacks seem a bit more crushed"

[Abriael]

Considering the difference in raw power, it's not much. They didn't really push the PC platform here.

I can easily run it all maxed at 60 FPS stable 1080p and 4x MSAA with a PC that's starting to feel its age.

[Rig_Master]

"Considering the difference in raw power, it's not much"

That's like trying to claim that someone won a race 'only because they are a faster runner'.

That's the point of the race.

It would be one thing if the Xbox One was running a graphically downgraded version of a PC game at 1080p. That would be bad for a console that is only a couple months after launch.

But the Xbox One is suffering across the board graphical downgrades from the PC version AND doesn't have enough power to even run those downgraded graphics at a next gen resolution and instead is stuck with the last gen 792p.

Previous Xbox consoles have been able to run the latest PC games with a minimum of parity for the first year and usually even some extra graphical effects compared to gaming PCs for at least the first year.

And to have all of this on a game with such an outdated engine is just shocking.

[Salooh]

Or the game it self doesn't need a powerful hardware. It looks last gen with awesome gameplay (Except for the sniper).

[FITgamer]

The difference is not huge, but noticeable.

Off Topic: for some reason i got sent 2 beta codes. One of which is for Xbox One, which i don't have. So the first person to PM me can have it.

[truefan1]

Who cares, i got a BETA CODE, too bad I won't be able to play until midnight. Lol at all the people sitting on the sideline shouting trying to stop a freight train. The gameplay speaks louder than anything, just open your eyes and ears people. The hype is not based off screenshots, people are playing the game and enjoying it immensely, LET IT GO.

[Deividas]

Exactly. You cant do comparisons with these because the recommended requirements for PC on this is not all that drastic. Which means that they didnt go all out with the graphics part of the game, clearly can see that by the texture quality of the environment on maxed settings.

[impet25]

FIT Gamer wutup with that code, I would greatly appreciate it if you hook it up. OT the game looks decent on whatever platform you choose aside from the jaggies on the xbox version.

[FITgamer]

Update: The code is gone Dewitt got to it first.

[hollabox]

I thought the XB1 looked better in most shots, at least the rim lightning effects looked better except for the picture with the tank. The rest had some AA issues on the XB1, not thrilled about the polygon count, I think the X360 is holding back both platforms.

I'm still torn which platform I will pick this up for, well I guess it depends on my friends. Based on this articles my GTX 670 should run this game around 75 FPS or so on my 120hz monitor if the the 6600 can run smooth at 60 plus frames per second. Still waiting on AMD R9 290 or 290X prices to come back down to earth before I upgrade.

[fluffydelusions]

Same. Maxing this out too no problem

[xPhearR3dx]

I think you should re-check your settings. PC Gamer's screenshots look night and day compared to yours. The game doesn't look all that amazing graphically anyway, but you have a serious lack of AA in your screens.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014...

[Muffins1223]

this is beta,does not represent final build.

[TopDudeMan]

I dunno, I mean look at the one of the tank. That screenshot looks horrible on the xbox one.

[ProjectVulcan]

Xbox One runs this beta 1408 x 792 resolution, 2 x MSAA, and it is mostly 60FPS, but not locked. I don't believe it manages 'high' settings across the board either, as the shots illustrate with soem minor lighting advantages to PC. However it is fairly close.

Let me put it this way, an Nvidia 650ti 2GB can run this on high, 1920 x 1080 with 4x MSAA and average a similar 60FPS.

That's a £100/$140 graphics board.

We aren't talking super exotic hardware to badly trounce Xbox One on this game here.

Now before you go nuts I am sure the Xbox One version may improve before launch, but I bet that both AMD and Nvidia have a bunch of Titanfall specific driver optimisations to release as well.

[RyuCloudStrife]

titanfall has some weak graphics as a game

[No_Limit]

It looks comparable enough. Stop trolling as we all know the PC game was ran on Max setting on a full spec PC so of course it will look a little nicer.

As long as the game runs great, look good, and the online net code is fast, then that is that matters to XB1 owners.

[RexLex]

No one is trolling at all,.. It is just pretty damn shocking that Xbox One cannot run this game maxed out at 1080p60, since game sure isn't graphically demanding at all. Looks worse than COD on 360 and ps3.

[thehitman]

PC version looks like shit dont see what the argument here is. If this game will do well and have legs it will be because of gameplay. Will it deliver is another question only way I will get this game if I got into a beta and tried it out first on PC.

[Gamer-40]

For you not important, dared only the Ps4 interests.
But, you would be happy if the Titanfall ps4 game. This 100%.

[SIX]

Looks terrible on both platforms. If I didn't know better I would have told you this game is current gen. There are games on both the 360 and PS3 that destroy this graphically. Game play is a different matter though.

[Eonjay]

This title isn't a good example of a title that would push the PC or the Xbox. The Source engine is relatively old so neither system should have any issues handling it. Same with the 360. I like to use Doom as an example. No matter how powerful your computer is, you can only get so much visual performance out of the original doom engine before you have to update it to something more current. I imagine that the next iteration of Titanfall will use a newer engine that supports more visuals, but may have more demanding system requirements.

This is a cross generational title so they wanted to use something that could easily run on different generations of hardware. The 360 version is almost guaranteed to be on par with the XOne and PC versions.

[reaperofsouls]

A AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition (4 years old) + Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 2 GB is hardly cutting edge in terms of PC spec , yet it destroys the bone easily.

[medman]

If the pc version isn't demonstrably better visually than the xbone version, Respawn haven't done their jobs and they aren't optimizing as they should have done. The xbone version of titanfall can't exactly be considered a pretty game, and considering the limited players on the map and non destructible environments, it should look better than it does. I'm interested to see how it compares to the 360 version of the game, because the xbone version looks a little better than what I would expect the 360 version to look like. The game looks fine at a distance, but when looking closely at the Titans in particular it really isn't impressive at all.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

For you to think there a big difference, you don't know jack about graphic design... I don't either as far as Game graphics, But I do make Awards and custom artwork for company logos.

[3-4-5]

All that means is that it COULD have looked better, but they can only do so much initially with this new gen until they master the hardware.

It looks good enough to be fun, I'm assuming that is what that matters for most people.

[ExitToExisT]

I think the game looks nothing like a next gen game. It looks like an early last gen game.

[Lior]

Its the source engine what can you expect really. pc will always destroy xbox in any game if you have a high end gaming rig

[Parhelion69]

Both look really bad, so having the "better" version is hardly something great in this case XD

(I'll be getting this on PC as well :O )

[Abriael]

I wouldn't say it looks bad. It doesn't push the visual envelope, that's for sure.

That said, the art direction is great, and that helps a bit.

[4logpc]

Who cares. This game is a blast.

[thrust]

The sony people are jelly they care!

[blackstrr411]

The jelly school is online rright now, u want me to call them mkay

[Snookies12]

Sony people can have a gaming PC as well, lol. Just saying... :]

Can't wait to check it out though, the game certainly looks interesting.

[Gamer-40]

PC Wins, but not by much. True. The blind one does not see it only.
X1 great console.

[SteamPowered]

Looks like PC really nailed the lighting effects off of guns and machinery. The X1 looks a bit darker and maybe a bit 'foggier' in some of the draw distances. Pictures only tell a bit of the story. Love to see it in action.

[GameingmyLife]

its funny if this was ps4 vs pc... people would say hell yeah PS4 is close if not better but since Microsoft has proven their Res upgrader and cloud system making the graphics look great is working..... nice job Respawn

Let the negative votes begin

p.s. please stop saying they dum down the pc version because we know thats false... Titanfall screenshots: max settings at 7680x1440 on LPC

[carlosjrix]

N4G logic, don't try to fight the tendency..
Ps4 games sub 1080 or below 60 fps.. for the graphics sake
Xbox one games sub 1080 or below 60 fps.. underpowered machine.

[Timesplitter14]

Looks pretty grey

[thrust]

Jellyfish

[No_Limit]

Grey looks fine. It is a warzone.

[stuna1]

These shots look like their taken from the same machine, be it PC or, Xbox1! Only difference possibly different settings al'a E3.

Most screenshots show differences in details and object placement which are more apparent in PC vs Console comparisons! Example would be a scrap of paper in one screenshot as opposed to another screenshot, even though they are the exact same scene.

I believe upon release there will be big differences, for all anyone knows this could be another underhanded way of trying to promote the Xbox1 version over the PC version, by making those intent on buying the PC version over the Xbox1 version think that the differences are negligible.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

Really... -_-

[stuna1]

Yeah really....-¥-

[wannabe gamer]

IS everyone forgetting that M$ makes devs agree to the condition that their game cannot look a certain % better on other platform. PC counts as another platform even if it is mostly windows OS. they do not want a huge noticeable difference to be seen when compared to their precious Xbox. they have been doing this for years. so even if PC could look 2-3x better they are held back to 1.5x by M$

[Fishy Fingers]

If your PC is reasonably upto date render at a decent resolution (1080+) they'll be a marked improvement over the XB1 on a decent sized screen.

But it's nothing new, PC will always be capable of out classing a console version.

[Bathyj]

Goes without saying.

In other words, you didn't need to say it. We know that.

[Fishy Fingers]

Sorry, wasn't aware you were the comment police. Simply sharing my opinion dude, at least mine was relating to the article.

[Bathyj]

Sorry. Youre right. Ignore me, Ive been drinking. My bad.

[FlunkinMonkey]

Ha, the whisky fingers were out to play.

[grassyknoll]

I not going to comment on how good the game is (I haven't played it), but I've seen PS3 game's that look better than this.

[Gamer-40]

PS3 game's that look better than this.....
No my friend, Ps1 game Medal of Honor look better than this....

Man, many only PS fans very ridiculous this site. Most spiteful one is between them. Sad.

[grassyknoll]

I don't understand what you're saying at all!

[Gamer-40]

@grassyknoll

No problem my friend.
Simple, push the share button, and Knack better than Titanfall:)

[Master-H]

Knack's better than Titanfall and The Fighter Within beats them both :)

[OC_MurphysLaw]

What will be interesting to see is if Respawn can infact improve on the X1 version from here before launch. Getting this game to atleast 900p would be great for the X1 version.

[OsirisBlack]

Think about it for a minute, Raising the resolution on this game would not be doing it any favors. The texture detail is insanely low and the aliasing seems to be non existent. Raising the resolution would make all of this even worse while also reducing the frame rate. If anything they should have just aimed for 720p and used a higher quality texture because as of now this is one ugly game.

[Elit3Nick]

Beta build =/= final build
The build used for the beta is likely a few months old, we don't even know if these are the final textures either, but it is certain that we will see an improvement at launch

[OsirisBlack]

I hope we do honestly as of right now it would just upset me if that was the final texture quality on PC or even XB1. Looks very last gen.

[Psychotica]

Though I am getting the PC version, I would be just as happy with the Xbox1 visuals based on those screens.

[alb1899]

With movement it must be really hard to see any difference.
This will be some moths of fun!

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

So this confirms what basically everyone already knew?

The XBO beta doesn't even hold the final assets for the game.

People are doing their damndest to try and make this game fail, and it really is pathetic.

[cyberninja]

Next gen my ass.

[CrossingEden]

Titanfall prides itself on innovative next gen gameplay at a high and consistent framerate, not just next gen graphics with the same old gameplay we've seen before, and thankfully they didn't sacrifice crucial aspects of the visuals in order to get a 1080p resolution. Unlike say...
http://a.pomf.se/mcljos.gif
^ Say what you want about titanfall, but it has what the above lacks.

[cyberninja]

It is cod with mechs and bots, running on ancient engine, nothing more.

[DigitalRaptor]

"Innovative"?

Do tell...

[KimoNoir]

The difference is subtle to none with compressed video coupled with a screen resolution (client side) that is not matched with the video/screenshot.

The difference is always clear in person.

[marioJP87]

Lmaoooooo. And what exactly are PC gamers bragging about again? Kick rocks.

[Mini0510]

The fact that it looks better on a medium range PC?
unlike BF4 where you actually need a good PC?

[marioJP87]

Or the fact that the results are so intermediate that you wouldn't notice the difference if played X1 version and then played PC version 10 minutes later?

[Bathyj]

You know what. Who cares if it's 1080p or not? The minute differences you can't differentiate except through a direct screen shot comparison doesn't detract from the fun you still have when you're actually playing the game.

I say good on Respawn. The alpha was underwhelming as far as image quality goes, but they improved it like they said they would when other Xbone games downgraded before release instead of getting better.

Enjoy the game Xboners. It looks like a lot of fun, and I know it will a big seller

[Kennytaur]

I can't get it to scale to fit the screen when I render at less than native on my monitor. The result is massive black bars... They better fix it by launch.

[mochachino]

Neither version's graphics are wow worthy. There're not bad but nothing that makes you say, this is the next gen.

[KakashiHotake]

It doesn't seem like they went all out on the PC version. While the PC version ( which I'll be playing ) is the cleaner of the two, unless you got them side by side you would never know the difference. I think the more telling story will be the comparisons of the XBO vs 360 versions. Not trying to jump the gun but I think there's a lot of good reasons Microsoft delayed the 360 version by 2 weeks. I think one of them may be to avoid comparison's.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Lol what else do you want them to do? Lmao grasping straws at its finest. They are identical and accept it. Do you even have a pc? I doubt it..... Go max out portal 2 on a pc and compare it to the xbox 360 version, look nearly identical so i dont know why n4g users like you were coming in with these sort of expectations considering its a source game it makes me question if your just saying that so you could make the xbox one version unappealing. Get a life.

[bobacdigital]

Source engine games are heavily CPU based rather than GPU.. which is most likely the reason why they used it for Titanfall. The source engine scales really well on older tech, which is why you see games like portal, team fortress and cs go run well on consoles.

Using the source engine as a basis of comparison vs the x1 is not really fair because Source engine games can run at 60 fps at 1080p easily on most machines made 5 years ago. The versions look similar but all gameplay videos show the X1 version stuttering at points in big battles or when panning to big open spaces and that is only at 720p with lower AA, AF, and shadow quality..

The X1 should be running this at 1080p at 60 fps... This engine is just a modified version of something that came out 5 years ago... Just keep in mind it is most likely why they used this engine for the game... Frosbite, Cry3, or unreal4 most likely would have pushed this game back to next year because they would have had to heavily optimize it to run on the X1.

[FanboyKilla]

Lol is right. I paid 500 bucks for my xbox one. Those screenshots are not doing your 3000 buck rig justice ha? Now its oh the game just looks like crap. You people kill me i bet xone sell more titanfall than pc. Pc lol to each its own but i hardly call a mouse and keyboard gaming. Its only on pc so microsoft can get some of those sony ponies monies. Lol i love me. Dont worry i love you too. Yeah even you haters. Congrats respawn. and xone owners on your purchase. Prepare for titanfall.

[bobacdigital]

You have no idea what you are talking about ..

Playing on a mouse and keyboard is the definitive way of playing an fps game ... The fps Genre was practically CREATED on mouse and keyboard ...

Before you dog on computer gaming as hardly gaming.. Take a minute to realize that Wolfenstein,Doom, Duke Nukem, Quake, and Counter-strike were practically the reason why COD exists...

The Engine used for titan fall is the Source engine... If it wasnt for Vavle the creators of Halflife this game wouldnt even exist.. This game has to be dumb down to run on the X1 which is most the reason the PC version doesnt look significantly better.... Take BF3/4 as an example because those games were made on the PC first and then ported down to consoles and the graphic fidelity is no contest between those.

[Imalwaysright]

CoD started on PC as well.

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Lol idk why some people were outing the pc version as the "defintive version" because it can be maxed out lol. Grasping at straws from the people who wish it was on playstation. The jump was obviously never going to be astronomical the way people on n4g were making it out to be because going from medium to ultra high on a source game is hardly anything to be bragging about lol.

[brich233]

These Pics are just 1 frame and not the game in action. I played both on xbox one and on PC with a 7770 AMD at 1080p, and I got around 40fps@high settings. It looked mostly the same but the lighting explosions and effects are better looking on the PC and I didnt have its highest settings and noticed it imediately after the Titanfalls exploded, it definately wowed me because I played on Xbox one for 2 hours and didnt notice it. The other thing I noticed on the PC version is that the bots were maybe more agressive or smarter.

[bobacdigital]

You do realize the xbone doesnt run this game at 60 fps solid? All the game play demos you can see fps drops in big battles which the entire game is practically a big battle in every moment.

PC version will be native 1080 with AA / AF / and better lighting lol ... You gotta remember this game is getting nerfed on the PC because they had to make an X1 version ...

[Mini0510]

PC probably wasn't the leading platform for development.

[Bdub2000]

It's just one frame, but in the frame it looks better on X1 to me. I can see how it will probably look better on PC in motion, but the graphics look great on both nonetheless.

[H4zZz4]

I don't see the difference.

[Flames76]

My god this game is amazing been playing it on the Xbox One and even looks better than the version they showed at E3.Hands down the best FPS out and has changed everything with shooters best looking shooter out right now also.

[ASH_ufo]

best looking shooter - killzone SF

[Pjuice]

Pc is already winning in graphics at the start of the cycle. This is not looking good for the consoles 7-10 years in service for the people that don't know how to build there own gaming rig. These comparisons aren't gonna get better for console.....

[jacksjus]

Those pics are doctored. Look at the beta videos on both and you will see a huge difference. These differences were quite noticeable 24 hours ago.

[assdan]

The difference is incredibly easy to tell, and this isn't taking into account res because the pics aren't in 1080p

[Grimhammer00]

game could look like a victoria secret model.....if the ai is this bad in the final product - it's sad, like cancer sad.

[Silly Mammo]

Hey! I signed up for the PC Beta code for TF and either I clicked the wrong button or they sent me the Xbox One beta code by mistake. If anyone wants it PM me. I sh*t you not.

[JohnPombrio]

They got me! I covered up the codes on the side and KNEW, absolutely KNEW which one was the PC. It was so obvious. And I got it wrong. Of course, this is just a screenshot, but still...

[Father__Merrin]

this is only a beta and in no way representing the final product

I predict retail game to look and run better

[Rocky5]

I got in the beta & the game is a breath of fresh air. Also the game looks gorgeous bar some screen tearing :-( & I pay at 1080p so its upscaled.

[Bearsfanfourlife]

Looks great xbox one fanman for life beeeeeotches

[WilDRangeRrfc]

I thought high end PC was " a lot better " they look pretty much identical and I have only PS4, if this is what people are arguing over its dumb,again they look the same

[EZBeingGreen]

PS4 version looks the best.......

Greatness still waits.......... And waits.........and waits

[EZBeingGreen]

Sad this area is crawling with jealous ponies.......... Bubububububutttttt its not 1080 lol.........whats the titanfall resolution on PS4?

[iTs_RichieF]

Just send me my beta key already ffs Respawn! What a clusterfu*k

[tawak]

this is more like xbox 360 vs PC

[Qwagy UK]

This really is an unfair comparison its like comparing a Ferrari with a Mini completely daft.

[n1kki6]

Quite honestly, I don't think the xbox one version looking close to the pc is because the XB1 is doing anything crazy. This is a source engine game and that about as good as it gets for a source engine game on PC.

[ramiuk1]

apart from the resolution diff they done an ok job imo.
looks better than i thought it would anyway.

would still like to have seen it on ps4 as im sure i would of been 1080p.
aint gonna get me to buy an xbone though and EA seriously need to go back to a meeting room and discuss a new agreement with MS.

[bigboirock]

i got an extra pc beta if any one wants pm me they sent me 3 codes 1 on xbox and 2 on pc

[just-joe]

PC look a bit more shiny and dusty. Having a blast in the beta regardless.

[ASH_ufo]

It looks like last gen