One of the biggest questions revolving around the next Xbox is whether or not you will need a 4K TV to take full advantage of it. Well, here's an answer.

First of all, when Project Scorpio launches, it will come with Shader Model 6 (SM6) and shader compiler improvements, not only for Scorpio, but for existing Xbox One models as well. SM6 is an API for creating shading, and the new version should bump up efficiency across the board, saving developers time and system resources.

Secondly, existing games that make use of dynamic scaling on Xbox One will achieve their target resolutions more frequently on Project Scorpio, without patches or updates. Project Scorpio will also lead to less dropped frames, meaning existing Xbox One games should look and run better on Project Scorpio, hitting their target frame rates more often.

Lastly, games that sport True 4K assets will also enjoy graphics enhancements on 1080p displays, thanks to the console's supersampling technology. There are many games on Xbox One that sacrifice anti-aliasing quality for performance in other areas, resulting in models with jagged edges. Anti-aliasing gives objects the appearance of smoother edges, at the cost of system resources.

For games that have 4K updates on Project Scorpio, 1080p sets will see improved image quality, because the otherwise wasted resolution will be used to provide smoother edges and shadows. Games such as Ghost Recon: Wildlands, which suffer heavily from jagged edges due to the game's huge draw distance, should see large benefits from this technology.

However, to get the full benefits of Project Scorpio, you will need a 4K TV. We can confirm that Project Scorpio will come with a 4K Blu-ray player, powered by HDMI 2.0a with Wide Color Gamut and HDR. We also received reliable information that Project Scorpio will see a sizeable lineup of its games, both first and third-party, hit a True 4K resolution for owners of compatible TVs and monitors.

http://www.windowscentral.com/project-scorpio-supersampling-for-1080p-tvs

Good to hear,

When they reveal Project Scorpio I would like to see the benifits of both playing on a 4K TV and 1080p TV. 

This is good :) E3 is too far !

Those games on xbox that are 720p-900p will "stay" at 900p, on scorpio.
Because its strong enough to never have to dynamically lower resolution of those older games.

>.< the title of this thread makes it sound alot better than it is lol.

I can vouch from my pro that supersampling is very nice on 1080p tvs. It isn't a gargantuan difference, but everything is much cleaner. 

EDIT: It should be noted, though, that only those games programmed for Scorpio will take advantage of it. The game has to be running at above 1080p to receive the benefit of supersampling. I'm sure Scorpio will have an impressive boost mode that will run games at better framerates (ie a game targeting 30 will run at a locked 30), however, just due to the extra speed of its components compared to either of the Xbox One models. 

So the same as ps4 pro (with boost mode) except with a 4k blu-ray player.

What I would like to know if is if you can play 4k blu-rays downsampled to hdmi 1.4 on a 1080p tv? That way I could switch to buying 4k blu-rays while waiting to upgrade my amp and tv until hdmi 2.1 is out. Does anyone with a XBox One S know if you can play 4k blu-rays on 1080p tvs?

Far more exciting will be when we know the CPU and GPU architectures, following the ryzen and vega tech is exciting. But I am quite sure the Xbox Scorpio will do a much better job at delivering for 1080P Televisions AT LAUNCH then the Pro did but Sony is doing a good job of making some software now.

I am excited as always altough I own a 4k Television myself its good everyone will get something but this product, like the ps4 pro, is mainly aimed at people with a new television, obviously

But phil said earlier developers can use the new specs for whatever they want so we might see some games like Nier where they target a chrisper 1080p instead of offering true 4K or an upscaled image.

From tests on the PC I have seen the 6Tflops in combination with more memory and a better CPU should be able to hit their 4k targets in many games tough

This isnt about that. This is about the performance boost, makeing it so dynamically scaleing resolution in games wont be needed.

Thus games that typically lower resolutions when demand is great on the Xbox One, wont do so on the scorpio.

Its not "enhanced" graphics, its graphics that arnt "lowered" like they are on the xbox one.

This is good, it means older Games without a patch, will be able to run at full 900p on the scorpio! and wont drop down in the 720p range.

After getting the Pro I did notice the games have a cleaner look. 

Almost every game that launched with Pro support featured supersampling, so I don't know what you mean by this. 

Oh I meen that the PS4 boost mode which was released this week will prob be ready for the scorpio at its launch, so older games not patches will run great right away