1
Starfield locked to 30fps on console, Bethesda confirms (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 1 year ago by Dasnap@lemmy.world to c/gaming@beehaw.org
10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] puck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not a deal breaker for this kind of game but a 60fps performance mode on series x at 1080p would’ve been a nice option.

Playing TOTK right now on switch and it really proves how great games can overcome technical limitation. A masterpiece at 30fps is still a masterpiece. Here’s hoping Starfield can deliver as a great game first and foremost.

[-] beefcat@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the bottleneck is something like AI or physics calculations on the CPU then lowering the rendering resolution won't help achieve a higher framerate unfortunately.

I suspect most games shipping this gen without 60 FPS modes are CPU bound.

[-] FirstResident@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That's a great point.

[-] Steinsprut@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

Oh come on Todd, if there's headroom you could've at least give an option to run it at 40 fps

[-] ComputerSagtNein@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think they should at least give console players the choice between 4k 30 fps or 1080p 60 fps Let's be realistic here, 4k 60fps for a game of this size in this engine will require a BEEFY machine, nothing a current gen console can offer.

[-] semibreve42@lemmy.dupper.net 1 points 1 year ago

The game is probably CPU bound not GPU bound, based on past bethesda games. If that is the case, decreasing the resolution will not necessarily increase the frame rate a proportional amount.

[-] ComputerSagtNein@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Idk, if they release a game in 2023 that is still CPU bound that would be a big L from them. I really hope that's not the case.

Especially because I bought a freaking 7900 XTX mainly for Starfield :D

[-] Celediel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Idk, if they release a game in 2023 that is still CPU bound that would be a big L from them.

This is Bethesda were talking here lmao. Starfield is still running on the Creation Engine, which they've been hacking together since the Morrowind days.

[-] idle@158436977.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

So on a series X you are forced to run it at 4k?

[-] EnigmaNL@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I think that's just the display resolution. I expect this game will use dynamic render resolution like most games these days. The render resolution will probably not hit 4K often (if at all).

this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Gaming

30500 readers
83 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
Whom@beehaw.org
The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org
chloyster@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org