Gears of War 4 Xbox One/PC Multiplayer/Horde Mode Analysis + Frame-Rate Test

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Mr Puggsly said:

Captain_Yuri said:

I am not a fan of that definition. My definition is that a good port must run at specs that makes sense. For example, a game should not require 970/390 in order to match x1's graphical settings.  A 390/970 should at a minimum, go beyond (to a certain degree) that with a smooth 60fps lock at 1080p.

Thats exactly what I do but I generally wait for a sale while I am at it or forget about it and skip it completely. And personally, I don't like that games require post patches in order to work the way it's meant to be at launch. Yes, that seems to be a thing these days on all platforms but it shouldn't be hence why I vote with my wallet.

All of MS's releases are playable with less than a 970 or a 390, those cards give performance and graphics well above X1 is doing.

If you're going to skip a game completely because the optimization isn't exactly where you want, then you probably didn't care about the game to begin with.

Waiting for price cuts its fine, especially when you consider most games tend to get better months after release.

They are certainly playable and there is no denying that. Its just not what I would call good optimization. Its 2016, we shouldn't just expect a game to be "playable" and give it a pass imo. And there have been several cases with several titles from MS where 970 and/or 390 had issues keeping up with a smooth 60fps at 1080p. Forza Horizon 3 for example. Fps can go down once a while sure, but it shouldn't go down that frequently.

I skip games generally cause if they aren't up to snuff by launch, by the time they are, a new game comes out that peaks my interest instead and its better optimized or exclusive to blah platform. Since I can't play two games at once, I just go with the better optimized one or exclusive.

True dat.