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DF: Input Lag Tested - Call of Duty vs Battlefield vs Overwatch vs Halo 5
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Dr. Carroll
Banned
Infinite Warfare has 1/2 the latency of Doom 2016. Amazing work on Infinity Ward's part.
I reckon it would be interesting to go back and look at some 6th generation games, since you had stuff like TimeSplitters and Nightfire and Metroid Prime running at 60fps, while many other FPS titles, including Halo, ran at 30fps. Input latency wasn't really talked about back then, but it's a huge factor for "crisp" controls.
I reckon it would be interesting to go back and look at some 6th generation games, since you had stuff like TimeSplitters and Nightfire and Metroid Prime running at 60fps, while many other FPS titles, including Halo, ran at 30fps. Input latency wasn't really talked about back then, but it's a huge factor for "crisp" controls.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Where's ow though
Caayn
Member
Thanks for the link. Shame that they hadn't been able to look into differences between consoles yet.
Battlefield 3 (PS3): 157.7ms
Battlefield 4 (PS3): 97.6ms
Battlefield 4 (PS4): 63.7ms
Battlefield 1 (PS4): 56.1ms
CoD MW2 (PS3): 77.7ms
CoD IW (PS4): 39.3ms
CoD MWR (PS4): 40.3ms
Doom (PS4): 86.6ms
Halo 5 (XB1): 63.0ms
Killzone SF SP (PS4): 110.0ms
Killzone SF MP (PS4): 89.9ms
Overwatch (PS4): 76.8ms
Titanfall 2 (PS4): 71.8ms
Battlefield 4 (PS3): 97.6ms
Battlefield 4 (PS4): 63.7ms
Battlefield 1 (PS4): 56.1ms
CoD MW2 (PS3): 77.7ms
CoD IW (PS4): 39.3ms
CoD MWR (PS4): 40.3ms
Doom (PS4): 86.6ms
Halo 5 (XB1): 63.0ms
Killzone SF SP (PS4): 110.0ms
Killzone SF MP (PS4): 89.9ms
Overwatch (PS4): 76.8ms
Titanfall 2 (PS4): 71.8ms
Exactly. For all the hate CoD gets, the gameplay always felt faster and more responsive compared to other games.
did you watch the video
iconoclast
Member
Great, I hope input lag tests become far more common. They're 1000000x more interesting to me than seeing which version has a higher res rock texture.
Fairly middle of the road it seems
PS3
77.7 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
97.6 Battlefield 4
157.7 Battlefield 3
PS4
39.3 Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
40.3 Call of Duty Warfare Remastered
56.1 Battlefield 1
63.7 Battlefield 4
71.8 Titanfall 2
76.8 Overwatch
86.8 DOOM
89.8 Killzone Shadow Fall Multiplayer
110.0 Killzone Shadow Fall Single Player W/ FPS Lock Enabled
X1
63.0 Halo 5 Guardians
EDIT: I've been beat to the punch.Oops.
77.7 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
97.6 Battlefield 4
157.7 Battlefield 3
PS4
39.3 Call of Duty Infinite Warfare
40.3 Call of Duty Warfare Remastered
56.1 Battlefield 1
63.7 Battlefield 4
71.8 Titanfall 2
76.8 Overwatch
86.8 DOOM
89.8 Killzone Shadow Fall Multiplayer
110.0 Killzone Shadow Fall Single Player W/ FPS Lock Enabled
X1
63.0 Halo 5 Guardians
EDIT: I've been beat to the punch.Oops.
Yes but not only to that. It has a lot to do with the rendering pipeline.
Chip N Chance
Member
Id be curious to see how the PS4 games stack up against XB1. I always hear Xbox games have less controller lag, and it would be nice to see if thats actually the case. Also im surprised to see Halo 5 that much higher than COD and Titanfall. It feels so fast compared to the rest on that list. Call of Duty still looks to be king.
Some games handle online differently when it comes to controls as well. Titanfall gets significantly laggier when online compared to singleplayer. Where as something like Halo 5 and Infinite Warfare does not.
Some games handle online differently when it comes to controls as well. Titanfall gets significantly laggier when online compared to singleplayer. Where as something like Halo 5 and Infinite Warfare does not.
Dr. Carroll
Banned
30fps adds a baseline 33ms of lag while 60fps adds 16.66ms. The game's rendering pipeline is a huge factor past this point. Then you've got factors like wireless controllers, and the screen/TV.
Halo 5 was around 10ms more responsive than TF2 though?
This is a pretty surprising to see all in all tbh, Infinite Warfare has a TON of post processing going on. There's some amazing motion blur, dynamic resolution buffer, there's some temporal reproduction as well as TAA too.
Would be interesting to see a comparison between Xbox One and PS4 seeing as other tests have shown XB1 having worse lag.
I don't care how fast or responsive it is. I can't stand the TTK and the gameplay just never clicked for me. I prefer TDM in BF1 by a mile over any kind of TDM in COD.
Then why the hell are you here lol
Dictator93
Member
I thought they disabled during motion blur during gameplay in Call of Duty IW on consoles? It may be on in cutscenes though.
Gun model has motion blur, you can disable it in settings on ps4.
Chip N Chance
Member
I guess i more meant Call of Duty rather than TF2. Halo 5 feels so much quicker than TF2, thats why i find it wild. Either way, a console comparison would be nice. Also while we are at it, i would like to see a comparison between wireless and wired PS4/XB1 controllers. But i guess thats getting too granular.
Why? There are lots of methodologies to measure this.
This article does it. You can get Overwatch down to 31 ms in an ideal scenario, and CS:GO down to 20 ms. (I think these numbers are inherently somewhat higher than those used in the DF tests due to the testing methodology)
There's definitely some really great motion blur, it's really noticeable on the gun bobbing when you sprint in multiplayer. It has the smoothest 60fps of any game I've played. Shame the MP is garbage IMO.
Would love to see this!
BigBoss007
Member
Pretty surprising such a high value (110 ms) for Killzone Shadow Fall SP. Hmmm.
Script of the Bridge
Banned
Pretty sure it dips into the 50s quite often, especially with loads of shit blowing up.
I'm not a regular player of FPS games but if it's historically been the case that Call of Duty games have all had the lowest input lag then this would contribute to the feel of them which may be the overriding factor that compels so many gamers come back to the franchise year after year.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Only in campaign, in multiplayer for all cod's on console stable 60fps.
For it's campaign it doesn't matter too much the fps drops just to make more pretty scripted scenes, the multiplayer is what matters for more stable fps
COD MP has been almost flawless 60FPS since Black Ops 2 in almost all platforms. PS4 version of Ghosts and WiiU version of Black Ops 2 being the two exception. And even in campaign Advanced Warfare and Infinite Warfare provide a very solid 60FPS, more so in the Pro (where even Black Ops 3 campaign performs very solidly)
Script of the Bridge
Banned
I assume we're talking about PS4 here and not Xbox One, because I definitely remember dips on Black Ops 3 MP when I played that version.
Dr. Carroll
Banned
I would assume NXGamer's testing method includes things like TV monitor latency, which I believe the method DF is using bypasses.
Generally speaking, the XBO versions of CoD titles struggle to hold the same 60fps standard of the PS4 counterpart.
ethomaz
Banned
Probably because it's not a 60fps shooter like the rest.
ethomaz
Banned
But they tested Killzone in SP that makes the list not 60fps only.
Dr. Carroll
Banned
I assume that was to demonstrate the difference 30 and 60fps made within the same game.
QuantumSquid
Member
not surprised, halo 5's aiming is WACK
SebastianM
Member
I knew there was something iffy about Halo from the moment I turned the right stick.
COD IW on the other hand feels amazing with the DS4, say what you want about "new" Infinity Ward but they definitely know their shit when it comes to technical aspects.
EDIT: Wish they could've done Black Ops 2, recently went back to it via XBone BC and the aiming feels really off, I don't remember it being this way back in the day.
COD IW on the other hand feels amazing with the DS4, say what you want about "new" Infinity Ward but they definitely know their shit when it comes to technical aspects.
EDIT: Wish they could've done Black Ops 2, recently went back to it via XBone BC and the aiming feels really off, I don't remember it being this way back in the day.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-lag-factor-article Seems like Killzone 2 input lag was 150ms.
Jumping from MW2 to Killzone 2 back in the day was really iffy.
Didn't this video literally just show Halo 5 has less lag than Titanfall 2, Doom, Overwatch, as well as any 60fps last gen game? Do people just read the three in the OP and assume Halo 5 is suddenly lag central?
Feel this ordered list should be in the OP to avoid confusion.
QuantumSquid
Member
halo 5's aiming is wack for reasons other than input lag.