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Xbox Scorpio has system-wide supersampling for 1080p display users
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Caayn
Member
Devs are free to provide a performance mode for their game. This just means that supersampling from 4K, and the IQ benefits that come with it, are available for 1080p users as well.
Unlike with the PS4 Pro developers can't make a mode exclusive to display X owners. Everything will be available for everyone regardless of display.
As per the DF Scorpio article, it is a system implementation. If a game drops below its target framerate it will be not appear quite as jarring, as per FreeSync. This goes for 360 games too. But targeting an arbitrary framerate at a constant out side of the normal 30/60fps is going to be developer specific.
AMD's Freesync over HDMI has been around a couple of years , the HDMI VRR is the new one that has no support yet.
People get the 2 standards confused
Bits N Pieces
Member
I saw it retweeted into my timeline this morning that Phil said
I think they are going all in on the X1X and I would expect a steady flow of content between now and release, there's supposed to be footage of Gears 4 that was shown behind closed doors at E3 running on the new hardware. Hope they show it off soon.
I think they are going all in on the X1X and I would expect a steady flow of content between now and release, there's supposed to be footage of Gears 4 that was shown behind closed doors at E3 running on the new hardware. Hope they show it off soon.
Scorpio supports Freesync. Not VRR as it doesn't have HDMI 2.1.
TLZ
Banned
From what I read, can't remember where now, it will in the near future.
Nope. It doesn't have a HDMI 2.1 port. It's HDMI 2.0b
I called out DF back in April when they did their article on it because I really didn't believe in a 2.1 device in 2017 and sure enough I was right.
It doesn't support the new VRR from the 2.1 standard and it's certainly not something that can be updated software side.
fleshrender
Member
But what resolution is the menu? I don't want my friends thinking I'm playing a PS2
It supports HDMI VRR under 2.1. Maybe you should read the articles on DF and Gamasutra. This isn't about Scorpio being an HDMI 2.1 device, but it will support VRR under HDMI 2.1.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Doesn't this only apply to games that get a 4K patch or new games that are in 4K?
Even their official spec sheet only mentions freesync. You can't support something if you don't have the port. The articles about it from April were obviously wrong.
Colbert
Banned
All games with a frame buffer above 1080p regardless of release date.
Caayn
Member
VRR does seem like something that can be added through a firmware update. It's not something that requires much more bandwidth, if any at all. Much like some devices were able to be updated with support for HDR despite them releasing long before the HDMI spec for it was finalized.
HDMI VRR, is a subset of HDMI 2.1. You might not need a 2.1 port explicitly to support it. The spec sheet on the Gamasutra article states "HDMI VRR (when ratified)".
John Caboose
Member
I'm thinking of getting a new monitor for my Xbox One X. The monitor will probably be bought at some point after the actual console.
Are there any 1080p monitors around 22-27" available now or soon supporting variable refresh rate and HDR in a scorpio compatible way?
Are there any 1080p monitors around 22-27" available now or soon supporting variable refresh rate and HDR in a scorpio compatible way?
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Pretty much.
Sony is actually going backwards.
I remember they removed supersampling from TLOU with Pro patch 1.08 or something.
Really disappointing move.
I wonder if the devs added it back afterwards.
Caayn
Member
That's not true. HDMI 2.1 has a lot more bandwidth. It's very unlikely that current HDMI 2.0 devices are capable of providing more than twice the bandwidth.
It'd have been more appropriate to it 3.0 instead of 2.1 considering the massive jump it is over 2.0.
The new Samsung series. I read it support HDR and Freesync 2.
Edit: here is the link:
https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-unveils-hdr-enabled-qled-gaming-monitors/
geordiemp
Member
Yes as all patches are needed for > 1080p.
Unless dynamic scaling games are coded to go all the way to 4K which I doubt.
John Caboose
Member
Thank you very much.