Digital Foundry Thinks 60FPS Starfield Is Now 'More Viable' On Xbox Series X

[u/F0REM4N]

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/11/digital-foundry-thinks-60fps-starfield-is-now-more-viable-on-xbox-series-x

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A 40 fps mode for those 120 hz screens would be nice.

[u/Koshercrab → u/[deleted]]

Can anyone ELI5 the advantage of this? I get a little confused on FPS vs hz

E: thanks everyone for the explanations! All of this makes perfect sense now.

[u/Loldimorti → u/Koshercrab]

The reason 40fps is specifically for 120Hz displays is that if the game runs at 40fps and the display refreshes at 120Hz you will have a new frame precisely every 3 times the display refreshes, resulting in zero tearing or stutter.

On a 60Hz display this wouldn't work. Without VRR it can either only do a frame every single refresh (60fps) or a frame every second refresh (30fps).

[u/Equivalent_Alps_8321 → u/Loldimorti]

FreeSync solves this tearing issue and is supported by the Xbox Series X/S isn't it?

[u/rubiconlexicon → u/Equivalent_Alps_8321]

The display needs to support it as well, and 60Hz televisions with VRR support are rare I believe.

[u/krezzaa → u/rubiconlexicon]

Felt so good to check and see my TV is one of those rare TVs

(i think, tv stuff is complicated sometimes 😭)

[u/coder7426 → u/Equivalent_Alps_8321]

Yes, and 45fps is a bit better. RE4 remake ran 45-60 in quality mode.