Xbox S Will Run Some Games Better Than Xbox One, Gears Of War 4 Performance Will Be Improved

Yesterday's Microsoft E3 2022 briefing confirmed, amid other things, the release of a new Xbox One model called Xbox Due south. The new console, which was actually leaked before the official announcement, will be the smallest Xbox console ever released, and information technology will come with 4K Ultra Hard disk drive support, HDR capabilities and improved specs. These improved specs will also allow some games to run better on the new console.

According to The Coalition's Rod Fergusson, the Xbox S will permit games to run at better frame rates and college resolution, taking advantage of the additional GPU and CPU ability. Gears Of War 4 volition be amid the games that volition run better on the Xbox S, with less penalties for frame rate and resolution.

Gears of War four employs a dynamic resolution system that tweaks the game's rendering resolution in both single-player and multiplayer to maintain its target frame rate in each mode (30 frames per second and 60 fps, respectively). Co-ordinate to Fergusson, the Xbox 1 S has additional raw GPU and CPU power compared to the Xbox One, and The Coalition's engineers have been able to take advantage of that to reduce the frequency of frame rate or resolution penalties in more than demanding sections of the game.

While the ameliorate functioning has been confirmed for the Xbox Due south, the aforementioned cannot be said for the Xbox Scorpio. Rod Fergusson stated that the team will take to await at what the engine can do with the power of the new panel.

"We have to look at what the engine tin do with the power that Scorpio has. Because we're mastering at 4K, it'southward non almost assets or art. Information technology'south almost getting the milliseconds down in terms of getting the game to 4K at threescore or xxx fps depending on unmarried-thespian or multiplayer."

The Xbox S panel will be released this August in all regions. Gears of War 4 will be released afterward this year, and volition exist playable on both Xbox 1 and Xbox S. The game will also launch on PC.