Resolution was measured at the top-end of the Xbox One DRS scale - 810p, so it's a big drop in clarity compared to the temporally augmented 1512p measured outside of FPS Boost on Series X, but a game that looked and played beautifully at 60fps is super-smooth and massively enjoyable to play on Series consoles at twice the frame-rate. Titanfall 2 is perhaps the best game to get FPS Boost support and it supports both Series X and S consoles. Yes, it's a little dated visually, but the gameplay is still solid gold - and I had no problems whatsoever finding a game. Regardless, the game plays beautifully at 120 frames per second on Series X. We can only assume that the boosted experience was not stable enough to pass muster - a little puzzling bearing in mind that the Series S GPU has around 2.8x the performance of Xbox One. Again, there are no Xbox One X features here, so there are no trades to resolution in hitting 120fps on Series X, but the lack of Series S support is a bit of a puzzle. Moving on to the Titanfall games, the original release retains its original 792p presentation as you would expect but runs totally locked at 120 frames per second.
This one never had Xbox One X support, so there is no resolution deficit here - it's a straight doubling of performance, but only for Series X users. Sticking with DICE titles, Mirror's Edge Catalyst is also delightful, clocking in at around 936p and perfectly locked at 120fps. These are much higher resolutions than those seen on Xbox One at 60fps back in the day. DICE moved on to dynamic resolution scaling with these games, and while Series X seems to tap into the original Xbox One S codepath, we do at least get maximum resolution throughout: we measured a consistent 972p on Battlefield p (not a typo) on Battlefield 5. Series S support is off the table but whether it's campaign gameplay or 64-player multiplayer these titles run flawlessly on Series X at a locked 120 frames per second. It makes the results for Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 5 all the more interesting. Heavy use of transparency effects can cause some slowdown, which is more pronounced on Series S - especially in 64-player multiplayer, though we did spot some fleeting issues in an otherwise flawless 120fps campaign. Unfortunately, FPS Boost cannot increase resolution, but the limited scope of the game does at least guarantee 120fps on Series X and Series S for the most part. Battlefield 4 is an interesting game to start with - a launch title for Xbox One and limited to just 720p resolution, with post-process anti-aliasing that doesn't hold up well to say the least. Tom Morgan and Rich Leadbetter discuss their findings.įor our testing, we chose our favourite games in the bunch: the trio of Battlefield titles, both Titanfalls and Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Watch on YouTube FPS Boost's third wave of titles focuses almost entirely on 120fps gaming. For example, Titanfall 2 runs at 120fps on both Xbox Series S and X consoles via FPS Boost, but the first game only runs at double frame-rate on Xbox Series X. The reduction in resolution perhaps explains why Xbox Series S support is missing in some games - we can only assume that they don't sustain 120 frames per second when fully unlocked with FPS Boost, but this does lead to some strange disparities in support. So perhaps wisely, 60fps at a resolution more befitting a 4K display remains the norm. Where this happens, FPS Boost isn't enabled by default - you need to drop into the game's compatibility menu to enable it. So in essence, despite Series X offering twice the notional graphics performance of Xbox One X, we're looking at often substantial reductions in resolution to make a consistent 120 frames per second happen. And in fact, in the course of our testing, we also discovered the price to pay for doubling frame-rate on the more expensive machine - Xbox One X enhancements (which usually manifests in the form of higher resolution) are disabled. The full list of supported titles is reproduced below and as you can see, not every single game in the list gets an upgrade if you're gaming on Xbox Series S - certain games are only 120fps-capable on the more expensive Series X. But to cut to the chase, every last-gen Battlefield game for Xbox One now runs at 120 frames per second on Series X, as does Titanfall and its sequel, and that's just the beginning. Last week, Microsoft upped the ante with its FPS Boost campaign, delivering 120fps upgrades for 12 Electronic Arts titles and an extra 60fps update for one other - and it's a terrific bonus for Xbox Series console users, albeit with a caveat or two we'll come to shortly.
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