Xbox One & 360 games will have higher frame-rates, faster load times on Scorpio

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Now that everyone knows what’s going to be inside of every Xbox Scorpio, it’s time to take a look how that will translate to better-performing games. Specifically: existing Xbox One and backwards compatible Xbox 360 games.

As reported by Digital Foundry, Microsoft’s approach to forward compatible games is different than Sony’s. In Sony’s case, the manufacturer went with the simpler way of clocking down PS4 Pro hardware to be identical to PS4 to prevent any compatibility issues.

Microsoft, on the other hand, is opting for a more challenging approach, in part due to how different Xbox Scorpio’s architecture is to Xbox One’s. Theoretically, this could allow existing games to take advantage of the the full power of Scorpio, sort of like how it works when upgrading PC parts.

This won’t turn 30fps games into 60fps, the report stressed, but it will greatly improved titles with variable frame-rate, such as Project Cars. What benefits Microsoft guarantees is the removal of torn frames, for instance, which can be achieved just by the console’s sheer power.

Titles with dynamic resolution will reach and maintain their maximum possible resolution, but not beyond that. Texture filtering will also be greatly improved, and Microsoft promised all first-party titles running on Scorpio to have full anisotropic filtering.

The full power of GameDVR will now support older games, meaning 4K60 will be offered when capturing footage, without affecting the game’s performance. Even though most existing Xbox One games cap at 1080p, they will benefit from the improved bitrate.

Loading times will be faster as well, thanks to the increase CPU clock speed. More interestingly, Microsoft claims it has improved hard drive speed, a 50% improvement in bandwidth, designed for 4K textures. The larger ram pool available (8GB vs 5GB on Xbox One) helps in this regard, too.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2017/04/06/xbox-one-and-xbox-360-games-will-benefit-from-improved-frame-rate-faster-loading-times-more-on-xbox-scorpio/

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IlcamorristaPosted:

This will be a great feature for users for 360

IlcamorristaPosted:

Skates So excited to finally upgrade my Xbox One. It's been a long time coming for sure.


The Ones only been out for a little while. This will be a great leap towards the console.

IlcamorristaPosted:

Hopefully if this is true people who cant afford the Scorpio will be able to experience better graphics.

IlcamorristaPosted:

It's a great leap for gameDVR capping at 1080p for the one now the Scorpio is offering 4K without even effecting the performance on the console.

TTG_JAMBOPosted:

Sounds Silly but i would love if they managed with this architecture to get original xbox games to ever be compatible with scorpio.. so many games people would buy again if they shoved it on the marketplace. Manhunt, BF2, The warriors!

DanielPosted:

Cannot wait for this console to be out its going to be a beast.

SkatesPosted:

So excited to finally upgrade my Xbox One. It's been a long time coming for sure.

MovieTheatreButterPosted:

This is great news, I am going to put this in the living room to play all the older games.

16Posted:

Here comes some of what we already know, i don't know why this surprises people.

GaryPosted:

I was kind of hoping for hardware backwards compatibility so the entire library would work without an issue.