Xbox Series X: The Most Powerful and Compatible Next Gen System

[SvennoJ]

hinch said:

Mr Puggsly said:

A video showed Gears Ultimate apparently running at 4K on BC. That would simply be 1080p at 2x scale.

If they applied that to all games, even the 720p games would suddenly become 1440p. Nothing is confirmed yet, but that showed it could be done.

4k is like four times the resolution of 1080p. Older titles should be easily be able to be emulated to 4k from 720p (360 era) one I would hope.

1080p to 4K is doubling each axis
720p to 4K is tripling each axis

Hence 720p looks better on a 4K tv than on a 1080p tv (where every 2 pixels become 3)
Doubling 720p to 1440p to then upscale to 4K will look worse. (double then scale every 2 pixels to 3 again)

Of course all it does is get cleaner lines and sharper textures in the distance. Detail is still made for 720p and 1080p. Same with adding HDR, higher contrast range but you won't get more detail in the bright and dark areas.

It will look better than having the TV do the upscale and adding HDR yet results will vary greatly by game. PC has the options to increase detail levels and effects, BC doesn't have those options or very limited unless the game is remastered.

The biggest improvement will come from higher, stable fps.