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Xbox Series S Won’t Apply Xbox One X BC Enhancements, Microsoft Confirms
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Yeah, I figured this was coming. Even with a newer architecture it's still got less GPU grunt than the One X. I suppose devs could patch in Series S enhancements but I'm not expecting that to be widespread at all.
New cross-gen games will probably have Series S specific modes, but most older games are unlikely to ever see them.
New cross-gen games will probably have Series S specific modes, but most older games are unlikely to ever see them.
That is a big dent in this console's value proposition.
720p games on a next-gen console is not great.
720p games on a next-gen console is not great.
So its not for ppl upgrading from Xb1x....or anyone that owns a 4K tv?
I dont really see why you would buy this over a series X tbh.
I dont really see why you would buy this over a series X tbh.
Was anyone realling expecting this after the specs were revealed? Automatic backwards compatibility can only work if all your specs are higher.
Because some of its specs, like RAM, are lower than the X1X.
Series S has slower ram I think? It makes sense since One X was designed to run games at higher resolution
Makes sense, its a 1080-1440p geared budget console and not a 4k one. So thats not the point to begin with.
Not great, not terrible. I'm sure the casual who wants FIFA 21, Fortnite, COD, Madden, 2K etc won't care about this
Well that's shit.
So on the brand new console I'm planning on getting, the MCC is still going to have a shitty framerate?
So on the brand new console I'm planning on getting, the MCC is still going to have a shitty framerate?
It won't hold back because it has an actual modern day cpu and i/o. It has slower ram and a gpu that is on a different architecture though so it make sense that not all graphical enhancements will be auto-ported over.
From what I heard in the DF video on the series S, it's because of the limited RAM that makes it difficult to have the amount and bandwidth needed for XBX outputs (resolutions, textures etc).
That's... bad IMO.
The Series S should be enough to, at least, use the One X enhancements.
That RAM..... God I hope we won't be talking about it in two years or so.
The Series S should be enough to, at least, use the One X enhancements.
That RAM..... God I hope we won't be talking about it in two years or so.
1. Your budget
2. You don't give a shit about 4k and are perfectly happy with 1080p.
there are a lot of people out there that fall under 1 and 2.
It's got more, it lacks memory and bandwidth in order to use x1x games.
It makes sense but it's still disappointing. I wanted one to replace my X1X in the bedroom. I'll probably wait until I'm mostly playing next gen games at which point it'll make sense to have one as a second console. Or maybe Xcloud will be the solution for the bedroom?
Makes sense but still sucks, Series S versions should run fine tho, at least 1P games will have those.
I can't judge based on the GPU itself, but I'd assume the RAM being lower and slower than even the One X plays a big part in not running them at the same resolutions.
Also, since they're targeting 1080p and 1440p (monitors) owners, they probably figured there's no pointing in pushing it over that.
Games can downsample and/or have better framerates, higher settings, etc.
Yeah found this out in the DF video yesterday. It sucks but there will still be improvements to how old games run (e.g. framerate, HDR, loading times, that Ninja Gaiden II staircase, etc) so it's not all bad.
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X enhanced games looks significantly better on 1080p displays.
Given what we know now about the RAM it makes sense. Hopefully games get patched, even if it's just the One S versions in 1440p60.
Expected if a tad disappointing - I do wonder if a number of titles will get patches to take advantage of the hardware though. There'll be a lot of horsepower left on the table if it's just running everything before the current gen as a One S (albeit with improvements to stuff like frame rates and dynamic resolutions).
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It's in the OP:
"the Xbox Series S runs the Xbox One S version of backward compatible games while applying improved texture filtering, higher and more consistent frame rates, faster load times and Auto HDR "
Pretty sure Series X will use One X enhancements for X360 and original Xbox games.
Definitely an unfortunate side effect. I think there could be some cool applications with AI to improve these versions in the future.
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