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Bethesda’s Todd Howard Confirms Starfield Performance and Frame-Rate on Xbox Series X and S - IGN

Bethesda confirmed Starfield's Xbox Series X and S resolution and framerate in a new interview with IGN.

www.ign.com

“I think it'll come as no surprise, given our previous games, what we go for,” Howard said. “Always these huge, open worlds, fully dynamic, hyper detail where anything can happen. And we do want to do that. It's 4K in the X. It's 1440 on the S. We do lock it at 30, because we want that fidelity, we want all that stuff. We don't want to sacrifice any of it.

“Fortunately in this one, we've got it running great. It's often running way above that. Sometimes it's 60. But on the consoles, we do lock it because we prefer the consistency, where you're not even thinking about it.

 

[Wooxsvan]

bummer. will play on PC. thx

 

[Kilau]

 

[SuperSaiyanWithDreads]

Yooooo

 

[Lone Wolf]

Bethesda’s Todd Howard Confirms Starfield Performance and Frame-Rate on Xbox Series X and S - IGN

Bethesda confirmed Starfield's Xbox Series X and S resolution and framerate in a new interview with IGN.

www.ign.com

Would be nice to get an unlocked framerate option. For those of us with monitors and good TVs

 

[Batiman]

Expected

 

[64bitmodels]

.... is anyone surprised? I mean, look at that game.

Honestly, they better add a 1440p/900p performance mode for Series X/S respectively.

 

[diffusionx]

4K and 1440p?

Maybe with FSR or something

 

[Mister Wolf]

Good. Graphics need to be pushed forward. If you want to play at 60 then you know what to do. Stop being cheap.

 

[Poltz]

PC for me then.

 

[Draugoth]

Xbox Series X owners reading this:

 

[Gaiff]

I also highly recommend against playing Bethesda games on consoles. When you're inevitably locked out of a quest because of some bug or glitch, you'll thank god you have the console.

Also, mods. Lots of them.

 

[jorgejjvr]

Why cant they have a series x option at 1080p/60? I dont need 4x the resolution

 

[DenchDeckard]

Pc it is but I guess it will have cross progression so I can do some missions on xbox in bed if I need to.

 

[lh032]

wow, better hope the its a "locked" 30 fps then LOL

 

[Thirty7ven]

60 fps don’t matter

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

The most POWERFUL console in the world, and its cant do 60, tisk tisk

 

[Mister Wolf]

Why cant they have a series x option at 1080p/60? I dont need 4x the resolution

That's assuming the game isn't CPU limited.

 

[Gaiff]

Why cant they have a series x option at 1080p/60? I dont need 4x the resolution

The fact that it's 4K suggests it's not a GPU limitation but a CPU one or something else. With how much stuff the CPU is keeping track of in that game, I suspect it to be very CPU-intensive.

 

[analog_future]

It's a massive open world single player Bethesda game with super high fidelity visuals. Totally fine with 30.


If you want 60, get a high end PC.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

That’s fine by me. As expected too. They pretty much been saying that the whole time.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

wow, better hope the its a "locked" 30 fps then LOL

You know it wont be, its bugthesda after all

 

[jorgejjvr]

It's a massive open world single player Bethesda game with super high fidelity visuals. Totally fine with 30.


If you want 60, get a high end PC.

I have a feeling even high end pcs will struggle if its what im reading above

 

[ren008]

Pray mod support allows for a 60fps hack like fallout 4.

 

[SlimySnake]

if it goes up to 60 fps at 4k then just release a 40 fps mode with dynamic res.

 

[rapid32.5]

No 60fps 1440p or 1080p ever ?

 

[Mister Wolf]

I have a feeling even high end pcs will struggle if its what im reading above

Yup. The way they were talking about the lighting I wouldn't be surprised if it was using raytracing. As dynamic as their games are with objects they kinda need raytraced lighting in some form.

 

[TehGoomba7s]

Pathetic. The recommended PC specs don’t back this up. Time to sell the Series X to fund a new GPU then I guess.

 

[SlimySnake]

Yup. The way they were talking about the lighting I wouldn't be surprised if it was using raytracing. As dynamic as their games are with objects they kinda need raytraced lighting in some form.

they said its fully realtime Global Illumination so basically doing the same thing as ray tracing, just maybe not the way RT does it.

But Bethesda games are very heavy on the CPU especially due to the dynamic nature of their objects like you mentioned. the cpu needs to track all those pots and pans and they probably just couldnt get that to run on consoles.

I have a feeling you will be able to run it at 1080p 60 fps on a similar PC setup though. 2080 plus a 3600. we shall see.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

It's a massive open world single player Bethesda game with super high fidelity visuals. Totally fine with 30.


If you want 60, get a high end PC.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

It's a massive open world single player Bethesda game with super high fidelity visuals. Totally fine with 30.


If you want 60, get a high end PC.

Hey look the posts are moving already.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Pathetic. The recommended PC specs don’t back this up. Time to sell the Series X to fund a new GPU then I guess.

We don't know what the recommended specs output resolution or framerate are.

 

[NeonGhost]

 

[NEbeast]

Now everyone will try to justify this even though they are in every digital foundry head to head calling a 1 fps average a win.
30 fps is a joke.

 

[ByWatterson]

There is nothing that can convince me that Series X couldn't achieve 1440p/60 or 1080p/60 as an option.

Native 4k is a complete and utter waste of resources.

 

[Strategize]

Considering how ambitious it looks, not surpising. GTA6 being 30 wouldn't surprise me either.

 

[R6Rider]

Expected.

But people are also saying it looks graphically impressive, which it does not.

Not playing on PC with my current setup, so Series X it is.

 

[Mister Wolf]

they said its fully realtime Global Illumination so basically doing the same thing as ray tracing, just maybe not the way RT does it.

But Bethesda games are very heavy on the CPU especially due to the dynamic nature of their objects like you mentioned. the cpu needs to track all those pots and pans and they probably just couldnt get that to run on consoles.

I have a feeling you will be able to run it at 1080p 60 fps on a similar PC setup though. 2080 plus a 3600. we shall see.

There are levels to raytraced lighting. They could be using rays to make their light probe system more accurate like how Returnal, Chernobylite(PC), and Warhammer Darktide(PC) does. Nvidia calls their version of that system RTXGI.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

Hey look the posts are moving already.

HEY HEY HEY ITS CINEMATIC DAMN IT!!!

 

[analog_future]

Hey look the posts are moving already.

Which posts, exactly?

I've literally always chosen Fidelity mode, even when Performance mode is an option:

I've got a 77" OLED. I go Fidelity the vast majority of the time as well. 1440p is too soft for my tastes.

The trend of more and more 40fps games emerging has been amazing as well. Really makes Fidelity and easy choice for me when 40fps is an option.

Finally started this this morning. Just got past the sorting hat.

My god, it's truly fantastic. I was NOT expecting this level of polish and production. Wow. An HP fans dream.

I've opted for Fidelity Mode w/ uncapped framerate on my Series X/77" LG C2, w/ chromatic aberration and film grain OFF. Looks absolutely stunning and the game runs closer to 40fps on average w/ the framerate uncapped and VRR.

Really depends on the size and viewing distance I guess.

I sit about 9-10 feet away from a 77" OLED and 4k is really important to me. I usually choose Fidelity over Performance modes. 1440p is just too soft.

Once an image hits ~1800p or so though, I'm happy and can't really tell the different between that and native 4k. FSR 2.0 is really effective in my eyes as well.

Me, playing Jedi Survivor on Xbox tonight, as someone that always chooses Fidelity mode even if Performance mode is flawless:

 

[DAHGAMING]

I knew it was going to be 30fps when they started chatting about the lighting, sunset ect being "cinematic" i heard that word and you know there just saying this mother fucker coming at you at that 30fps.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Just slap FSR 2 for 60 fps? Why the hell aren't devs abusing this tech?

I'll be playing on PC. Hopefully DLSS is available. But even native a 3080 Ti should be fine.

 

[BoxFresh123]

 

[Hendrick's]

bummer. will play on PC. thx

My plan as well. Hope they add a performance mode for Series X.

 

[Banjo64]

Hopefully a 1080p/1440p 40fps option for S and X. Always felt 1440p was such a stupid resolution target for the S and a waste of limited resources.

 

[DavidGzz]

My PC is ready.

 

[German Hops]

I guess I'll be playing on PC, then.

 

[64bitmodels]

But people are also saying it looks graphically impressive, which it does not.

it does though. Unless you've got astigmatism or something... There's been a major graphical jump from last year to now.

 

[Gamezone]

This game better be good looking.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Jokes on you if you actually believed that statement ....

Execs will lie to you to get your money. PC is the best place to play Xbox first party games, its just the honest truth.

Also 4K will always be preferred over 60 FPS by execs because its a more marketable feature on console.

You want 60+ FPS? go get a PC ... case closed