PS5: top performance only thanks to the 4K trick? The launch title makes fans doubt

Is the Sony PS5 less powerful than expected? A launch title only works in 4K resolution with a technical trick, which is why fans are now starting to doubt.

Montreal, Canada – In just under two weeks the PS5 will finally appear in Germany and much of the world. So he comes to this country a week later Xbox Series X on the market. One of the great riding horses for the two of them Next-Gen-Konsolen is their ability to 4K resolution, with the Games even clearer, their details should be even finer. But now there are the first doubts about this graphics power of the PS5 The reason for this is a technical detail in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.

PS5: Console shows Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla only in enhanced 4K

4K it just isn’t the same 4K. Ubisoft reported in a recent blog post on games on next-generation consoles about how internal titles make use of the technology of the new consoles. Many read Fan for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla before the game on PS5 both in 4K or with 60 FPS. However, these were unfortunate expressions chosen by the company Ubisoft and in the meantime it has been clarified that Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla also on PS5 to 4K And 60 FPS are running. But there’s a problem.

While the Viking adventure of Ubisoft Montreal on Xbox Series X in native mode 4K runs, it will be up PS5 just upgraded. This means that the Xbox Series X Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla renders directly in 3840×2160 pixels, while Sony’s counterpart renders game down resolution renders and then to the file 4K extrapolates. For many Fan is that now cause for concern that the PS5 it might be less powerful than expected if that trick is to be used in order to display 4K60.

PS5: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla consumes abundant resources

While some Sony-Fans now fear the Console from publication more with new ones Play he will have to fight, the others are a little more optimistic. On Reddit, one user claims that the PS5 at about 20% less graphics performance than that Xbox Series X it should still be able to do that Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla rendered on 1900p. If that game from then on 4K have been enhanced, the losses in graphic quality would be barely noticeable. Even that game astronomical system requirements on the PC, so the message isn’t surprising to some.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla arrives on 10 November 2020 together with the Xbox Series X and also becomes To launch on the PS5 out November 19, 2020. How much the upscaled resolution on the PS5 it is obvious and if it is a problem, we will be able to see at the latest comparing. By the way, more PS5 games will be made before you publication the Console able to buy. So you can stock up before PS5 arrives at your home.

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