Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***

Which will you buy?

  • Series X

    Votes: 536 59.4%

  • Series S

    Votes: 107 11.9%

  • Not interested

    Votes: 234 25.9%

  • Both

    Votes: 25 2.8%
  • Total voters
    902
I think, if the Series S does actually do everything the series X does, just at 1440p then it'll be worth grabbing a couple for the kids.
 
It's already been confirmed that the ways in which Series S and Series X handle Xbox One titles varies. Only the Series X will benefit from Xbox One X enhancements to existing games - which typically boils down to resolution boosts, higher quality textures and other graphics-driven effects. Xbox Series S brings its additional horsepower to bear in improving the experience of Xbox One S titles instead. This is more limiting in some respects (a game hard-coded to run at 900p will not run any higher on Series S, for example) but the new console benefits from increased resolutions in games that use dynamic resolution scaling, as well as improvements to texture filtering quality. Obviously, running games from solid state storage reduces loading times significantly, while the Auto HDR feature we've seen running on Series X also features on Series S - all games should present nicely on HDR screens, whether they natively support high dynamic range or not.
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So yes, Xbox One games do run better on Series S. Where frame rates are unlocked, they will be higher. Where dynamic resolution scaling is used, resolution will be higher. There will be better texture filtering. And dynamic HDR will be applied. But nowhere do they even hint that Xbox One games will be running at a resolution higher than 1080p. Yet for Xbox and Xbox 360 games, they explicitly state that this is the case; titles from those generations will be rendered at resolutions up to 1440p.

I'm pretty sure one of the BC videos from yesterday showed off a non-enhanced title on Series X running at 1080p. I can't remember which now though. Might have been Jeff Grubb's?

FYI, I'm not hating on Series S. I've got one on order. But it's worth being clear about what it is and what it isn't. It is going to enhance old games. But for the ~750 Xbox One Enhanced titles, the Series X is going to be markedly better (mostly; not all of the "Enhanced" titles are very "enhanced" at all).
 
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Obviously the series X will be better, however from what they are saying the series S is still very capable. I guess by them stating games that use dynamic resolution and aren't fixed to a certain resolution, then they could well run at up to 1440p. As much as you say it doesn't state that, it also doesn't confirm a max of 1080p. It does however confirm that the S is a lot more powerful than the 1X.
 
I bought a multiplug only to realise that my headphones charge from usb and the controller stand probably will too. So I guess only the Xbox will need to be plugged in as all the accessories will go into it. Such a long wait now.
 
This is why I'm going to console :eek: :p


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chrismscotland said:
So what next gen games are people getting excited about?
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Does Gears 5 / Uber ultra settings / 4k 60 raytracing count? Other than that ,for me, it really is the Cyberpunk "patch" that should come out next year, and I've not yet entirely given up hope on Halo infinite. The rest is probably more than a year off, so no point talking about those.

Also interested in COD Cold war, because of 120FPS more so than the Alpha gameplay revealed, which was pretty vanilla.
 
chroniclard said:
WiFi is fine if you have decent WiFi :p
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I don't know why people always rubbish WiFi. It's pretty good these days if you have decent kit.

I used to stream my Steam Link over wifi and it was perfect. Use 5GHz and have decent kit with aerials aligned sensibly and it can be just as good as wired. I noticed no difference at all switching my steam link from wired to wireless.
 
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