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FPS Boost On Xbox Series Comes With a Resolution Downgrade To 1080p In Some Games

Microsoft has released FPS Boost for Xbox Series consoles but it has a limitation for the rendering resolution thus dropping it down to 1080p in some games.

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DJStotty1138d ago

And damage control/deflect starts.

This was already stated in the announcement/news by xbox.com :-

"In some instances, because there are higher graphics requirements to enable FPS Boost technology, we’ve had to reduce a game’s resolution to ensure it both runs smoothly and plays great. In those select cases, such as Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 in this latest title announcement, FPS Boost is not automatically enabled for Xbox Series X gamers. For all titles receiving this update, gamers will see a clear indicator if a title is running FPS Boost."

We already knew this, how is this news?

darthv721138d ago

Honestly, I choose performance mode over quality so if these games run at 1080p is fine with me. I do that now with my one x and pro. Just got the Series S last night and I have it set to 1080p even on my 4k tv.

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DJStotty1137d ago

I still have a 1080p TV lol, so i'm good with this also.

4K TV's that are capable of 4K @ 120fps are so few and far between, and still hovering around the £1000 mark here in the UK.

SullysCigar1138d ago

So mark as a dupe, pop a chill pill and move on lol

DJStotty1137d ago

I can't it won't allow me, so i comment :)

ABizzel11138d ago (Edited 1138d ago )

To be honest you're the first person here and the only one talking about damage control.

No one cares and is fine with 1080p if it means higher framerates, as more people are finally starting to realize that higher fps is better than a higher resolution since people have finally been given the option (something plenty of us have been saying for the longest).

The only people who are going to complain are trolls and people who care to begin with. These are old games getting FREE updates, there's nothing to complain or damage control about.

XxINFERNUSxX1138d ago

"that higher fps is better than a higher resolution " Exactly it's a much better experience overall. I posted about this a few mins ago here 😁

DJStotty1137d ago (Edited 1137d ago )

This article is a pure downplay of the boost mode and information we already knew.

You are right, no one cares, i mean i do as a FPS boost to games is good, but if people are fine with lower resolutions, why the article title :-

"Microsoft has released FPS Boost for Xbox Series consoles but it has a limitation for the rendering resolution thus dropping it down to 1080p in some games."

Why the need for this article at all? To simply get some clickbait going, and fanboys measuring again.

A positive xbox article, always spurs a downplay article shortly after, just celebrate good news for gamers, rather than downplay.

Rude-ro1138d ago

And we already know everything of gamepass yet we need to see 20 articles a week on it.

Not a pick and choose world of information...
Info is info.

DJStotty1137d ago

Quite sure each article about gamepass is either games added/removed, otherwise would they not all get flagged as duplicate stories and not get approved?

gamer78041138d ago

I didn’t know it it’s interesting info but again more options are better and Skyrim 4k60 so nice!

Profchaos1137d ago

I'm struggling to understand that when we have a mod you can download that runs fallout 4 on Series X already at 60 and it seems there is no resolution decrease (the mod states 720 but DF advised that's not the case)

gravedigger1137d ago (Edited 1137d ago )

We? Who's we? Not everyone knew this

dcbronco1137d ago

I'm sure once Direct ML launches they're boost the resolution back up.

gravedigger1137d ago

Quote :

"This article is a pure downplay of the boost mode and information we already knew."

So, this article just quotes the MS words. So, MS downplayed himself. Or every media is Sony biased

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RaidenBlack1138d ago

Hey its an option.
Having two options is better than one.

Neonridr1138d ago (Edited 1138d ago )

Higher resolution / lower framerates
Lower resolution / higher framerates

not rocket science here people. Now you have the option, which is what we like about the next gen consoles in the first place.

Prey maintains its 1440p resolution, Skyrim stays at 4K. The other 3 titles are 1080p to achieve the 60fps. The option remains to keep the games at 30fps and enjoy higher resolution as well.

MajorLazer1138d ago

Pretty dissapointed this gen will have to be a compromise between frames or resolution. 1440p and 60fps would be ideal tbh.

Stanjara1138d ago

In two -three years there will be a pro console version.

gamer78041138d ago

Skyrim is the only one that really matters anyways 4K/60 too!

badz1491138d ago

it's a game that runs on the PS3 and a potato of a PC to begin with. so...no surprise there

gamer78041137d ago

@badz149 it is an older game, but you are talking about the regular edition not the special edition that was enhanced for xbox one and ps4. They added alot of visual bells and whistles.

dadavis19921137d ago

Obviously the increased options here are great. I’ll take what I can get. But 1080p for Dishonored (a title from 2012) is really disappointing for me. The Series X is perfectly capable of running that game at 4k 60. Or at the very least, 1440p.

Neonridr1137d ago

what did the One X run this game at when the enhanced version came out?

dadavis19921137d ago

@Neonridr

The original enhanced edition was released in 2015 and ran at (I believe) 1080p 30FPS. AFAIK it was never updated for the One X. Even the original enhanced edition was an underwhelming upgrade from the 2012 console version.

TeamIcoFan1138d ago

I was told the series x would be able to run all games at 4k60 and the series s would run all games at 1440p120, what gives?

kfk1138d ago

Xbox overpromising and being misleading like usual.

GamerRN1137d ago

I know... I mean look at Sony! They aren't even offering ANY upgrades

gravedigger1137d ago

Sony didn't said anything special about BC. They just offered it like "here you go".

IRetrouk1137d ago

None? Are you sure? Because I know of a few they upgraded, not to the extent that ms are for sure, but none is a lie.

Outside_ofthe_Box1138d ago

Do you really need a link to remind you about all the capabilities people were saying 12TF was going to do vs "9.2"?

Atom6661138d ago

Yep. Got one that matches OP's troll attempt, or should we just agree he's exagerating for the sake of fanboyism?

Outside_ofthe_Box1138d ago

Yeah it was an exaggeration, but prior to launch that was gist of what people were saying. Remember the UE demo? People were saying it would run at higher res and 60 on SX and laughed that it ran 1440 on the PS5. This proceeded to be the case for a number of games revealed to be either sub 4K or 60 on the PS5 until launch.

Atom6661137d ago

That sounds like some petty console war fanboyism.

So why do the same thing now? Especially in response to what is a pretty cool piece of tech here?

And wasn't that UE demo almost a year ago? That's a long time to be upset.

gravedigger1137d ago

In the very Xbox site

"The team knew they needed to build a next generation console that could run games in 4K at 60 fps with no compromises for developers.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us...

So, much about 12TF.

Jeez, won't even mention crap from Twitter.

Atom6661137d ago

Got it. Cool. So like how Skyrim was boosted to 4k/60?

Not seeing "all" games mentioned, digger.

Seems like more over exaggeration, intentional misrepresenteation, and general console war ignorance to me. All for the sake of sticking it to other fanboys...

Outside_ofthe_Box1137d ago

A year ago? People be bringing up resolution gate from the beginning of last gen(2013). Don't ever see you calling them out 🤷

Petty fanboyism... Even so called "neutral" gamers were making claims because they were so sure the ps4's worth of TF advantage would yield significant power gap.

Atom6661137d ago

Calling who out? Someone from 2013? I've called out many fanboys over the years. You'll have to be more specific. But I admit I can't be everywhere at once, so some may have snuck by me.

Still don't understand the point to trolling people from the past. My dog shit on the rug last year, but I'm not going to go home and yell at her today for it.

gravedigger1137d ago (Edited 1137d ago )

Quote :

"Not seeing "all" games mentioned, digger.

Seems like more over exaggeration, intentional misrepresenteation, and general console war ignorance to me. All for the sake of sticking it to other fanboys... "

They didn't mentioned "all" but they surely implied to all. But also, with no compromises. LOL They already there in games, even at lower resolution.

Then you have some dumb Xbox fan who claimed that XSX with Ray Tracing is on the same level as 3080 RTX

https://twitter.com/astaran...

He can't be that dumb. LOL

Atom6661136d ago

Digger

Seriously, man. Please tell me you didn't bookmark an Xbox fanboy's tweet from 6 months ago.

This has just underscored everything I've been saying.

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Jin_Sakai1138d ago

Stop deflecting. The fact of the matter is these games are getting 60fps boost while the other side isn’t. I suggest stop listening to fanboys. We all know every game isn’t going to run at 1440p/60fps.

DJStotty1137d ago

I knew deflection would come shortly after my original post lol.

Most of the reason why i said damage control/deflect starts, it is here already in big salty spades.

nirwanda1138d ago

At least quite a few games run 4k 60 and ms won't tell Devs what they have to do.
Where as Sony have complete control over its packaging and put a great big gold 8k on the front of the box even though the ps5 can't output in 8k at all

IRetrouk1138d ago

Didn't ms put 8k on their chip?

Orchard1138d ago (Edited 1138d ago )

Are we now comparing chips to retail packaging? How many people see the chip vs the retail packaging...

RGB1138d ago

Pretty sure both PS5 and XSX can output 8K, maybe not for games but for other media, 100%.

Xbox has 8K on the APU, 8K HDR on the box and 4K 120 FPS on the Box.

badz1491138d ago

@nirwanda

what are you on about?? the PS5 can definitely output 8K. that HDMI2.1 is not just for show. 8K60fps is supported and given the right input, the PS5 can display it just fine. they didn't specify it for games. 8K movies count too

IRetrouk1138d ago (Edited 1138d ago )

@orchard
They advertised it didn't they? Posted pictures of it?, showed it off in teardowns? Sent one to digital foundry? Phill had it as his avatar on twitter didn't he? Regardless it was shown off🤷‍♂️
My point, which seems to have gone over your head, is that they both put an 8k stamp on their shit, its not important, like it, dont🤷‍♂️

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EmperorDalek1138d ago

Well considering this is a free optional feature that's probably more complicated than patching the games directly, I think people are fine with it.
Only PlayStation cultists will have serious complaints about it... Probably to make themselves feel better that they may not be getting such a feature.

Orchard1138d ago

Nice deflection but the fact remains that upgrading these games to run at 60fps without touching the game code / any work being done by the developer is a huge, impressive feat!

I can only wish we got the same treatment from Sony.

DJStotty1137d ago

Exactly, quite sure they could even improve the resolution with a little tinkering.

DJStotty1137d ago

Don't think anyone stated that as fact, is this just another lie?

They announced target resolution and what the consoles are capable of, just like Sony did with their PS5.

Neonridr1137d ago

no console will. If you want that with all the bells and whistles, switch to PC.

gamer78041137d ago

UP to 4k/120, there is a difference.

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How To Solve Fallout 4 Next-Gen Update Performance Issue On OLED Steam Deck

Despite being verified for the Steam Deck, Fallout 4 has issues running on the OLED version of Valve's handheld device. Here's how it works.

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Firebird3605h ago

Isn't this a better and easier work around?...

There is a partial workaround that adds the Fallout 4 launcher back  ;to the Steam Deck version of the game. Players need to add “SteamDeck=0 %command%” to Fallout 4’s launch options in the game’s settings on Steam Deck. But it’s wild and not great that players have to do this just to change visual settings while playing on Valve’s portable PC.

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Fallout 4 next-gen upgrade woes continue for some PS Plus users

Some PS Plus subscribers can now access the next-gen version of Fallout 4 after Bethesda addressed concerns on Thursday, but others have still been left in the cold.

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gold_drake1d 10h ago

yup, worked for me a few hours ago

MrDead23h ago

This update on PC kills mods, they still didn't improve or fix the draw calls and if you have an RTX card the game still crashes unless you turn off debris.
So if you mod the game it now looks worse, plays worse, all of your saves are broken and the game breaking bugs are still present.

purple10119h ago(Edited 19h ago)

Good work detective

Bethesda strikes again, always thought their games were a tad boring anyway, this was even before Microsoft brought them. Used to quake 3 team arena to death, on an old pc, at the time it was new, fresh, fast paced and innovative, their games these days, are none-of-the-above

Michiel19897h ago

Ever heard of a game called Doom or Wolfenstein, detective?
Also quake 3 arena was made by ID, which at the time wasn't part of Bethesda.

Profchaos10h ago

Yeah I've had friends rebuy the game because the ps plus didn't work and they used to own the last gen version sold off the physical after the PS plus pack included fallout when they got the ps5.

So overall I know ms has likely warned quote a bit from this error.

Barlos2h ago

This game hasn't aged well. I was really looking forward to the update, but I'm just not enjoying it. I never did get on with the settlement building and raiders, and I still don't. I won't be going back to this now.

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Fallout 4 Next-Gen Update Has A Bugged Out Quality Mode On Xbox Series X|S

The next-gen update for Bethesda Game Studios' Fallout 4 currently has a bugged out Quality mode on Xbox Series X|S.

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anast17h ago

Ha! They messed up the Xbox upgrade.

GamerRN14h ago

It's not messed up. This mode runs 60fps 1440p with ultra settings. If you want to see the other modes, disable 1440p somehow.

Ironmike17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

They have and they haven't just download 60fps and ultra setting mod and gane looks great

GamerRN14h ago

And Ultra Settings ... @1440p. It's working as expected. There is a star that states in the patch notes that if 1440p is available, quality mode will stay in 60fps 1440p with ultra settings.

Barlos14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Surely not! Bugs with something from Bethesda? Get outta here!

Father__Merrin3h ago

I noticed that performance mode on or off both 60fps which is best mode to use then?

BeRich2333h ago

"On" does seem to perform better too me.

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