Gears 5 is getting a next gen upgrade for xbox series x and it will be available free to existing owners via the new smart delivery system when the new console launches later this year.
Gears 5 xbox series x upgrade. Comparison of input lag on gears 5 on series x stacked up against the old xbox one x. Dynamic latency input delivers. Gears 5 will be upgraded for free through smart delivery. Join john linneman for a detailed look at the xbox series x upgrade for the excellent gears 5 covering off graphics upgrades latency improvements dynamic resolution ranges for both series s and x and a whole lot more including performance analysis in both 60fps campaign and 120fps multiplayer.
The same is the case with forizon horizon 4 which has a 60 gb update for microsoft s next generation console. Of course it s even lower when playing multiplayer owing to the 120hz update. By the time the xbox series x arrives gears 5 will have been out for well over a year. When the technical enhancements for gears 5 on the xbox series x were announced they included a pc ultra visual feature set pc ultra hd textures 4k 60fps including during cinematics on the series x 120fps in versus multiplayer and a plethora of other visual improvements.
Despite this fact microsoft is hoping fans of the game as well as those who haven t played it yet will check out the version that s been optimized for the next generation. Input latency on the xbox series x version is down an average of 37 milliseconds compared to the xbox one x a. By kai delmare ali jones 03. Gears 5 will not only work only be backwards compatible on microsoft s.
There is an xbox series x upgrade for gears 5 on the way. Gears 5 according to john linneman still uses dynamic resolution scaling on xbox series x but according to. Gears 5 next gen upgrade reduces load times by 80. As far as the xbox series x enhanced games are concerned he mentions that ark survival evolved gears 5 and forza horizon 4 are the only ones that show up as enhanced for the console.