Soapbox: FPS Boost Is The Most Underrated Xbox Series X|S Feature

I completely agree. FPS Boost and AutoHDR have really opened up some games for folk. Assassins Creed Unity looks - and finally plays - amazing with the boost.

I agree honestly

60fps Sonic Unleashed has been a blessing

FPS boost has been amazing, and i legitimately am starting to find it annoying to play any games at 30 FPS now. i just need it Ubisoft or whomever to add it to Origins lol

Totally disagree. You want to talk transformative? Player engagement? All the other buzzwords? Then the most under rated Xbox feature has to be Xbox rewards system. It’s a true game changer that’s often over looked but one that all other platforms should be looking to adopt. For it 100% does lead to more player engagement. It 100% transforms the way you view your entertainment. More importantly though it benefits all gamers of Xbox and gamepass that engage in it.

Since Christmas, so not even 4 months as of writing, I’ve earned nearly 20,000 points…so about £19 by doing very little. It’s a feature everyone should be taking advantage of…and, more so than quick resume/VRR/backward compat ect, it’s the feature I miss the advantages of most when moving back to my ps5.

@Bleachedsmiles not so much of a good feature when only a couple of countries have it. I prefer the features I can use on my Xbox everywhere like back-compat and Quick Resume

I've always preferred fidelity over FPS. I've never ever once in any game that offers either FPS or Fidelity picked FPS, I've always picked fidelity.

I've never even really noticed FPS in games. People say that 30 FPS for example is bad and that 60 FPS is much better, I've never even noticed myself? It's the same to me.

@Zucaritas It’s a great feature - for reasons stated above, it’s just not available to you. Hopefully Microsoft will fix that, and you won’t have to miss out for much longer.

@Snake_V5 60fps over 30fps should be noticeable to you to be honest. It’s often not that subtle as it directly effects gameplay. I think you’d find the difference if you play in 60 for a bit and then switch back to 30…rather than quickly switching between them to test, if you’re having trouble noticing.
Some games like FH use techniques to still feel decent and responsive in 30fps though.

@Bleachedsmiles It's just something I've never thought about, I've never played games and thought about the FPS with the game. Plus I'd rather have my games looking the best they can be, I'm the same with movie and anime and have them the best quality.

FPS boost is amazing. It makes games that were meh completely new. Even OG Xbox games.

Just wish it was available on more games.

@Snake_V5 Fluidity of the game is literally part of the appearance. 😂

I'm not being facetious, but if you can't tell the difference between 30 and 60 fps you have an ocular or neurological issue. 60fps literally gives you 2x the visual informer ion of 30fps.

This ignoring the fact that higher frame rates are objectively healthier for your eyes.

@InterceptorAlpha I can't say I've ever noticed a difference... And don't forget with games that give you the option, you can't have both. If you pick 4K you can't have the 60 FPS either. And guess what that means, to have 60 FPS the graphics are lowered so the game looks worse.

@Medic_Alert heh I’m confused about what you don’t agree on? As you say you notice an immediate difference?

But yeah, certain games/game genres benefit more so from 60 over 30. In an ideal world these new consoles wouldn’t have to make such compromises…especially when the vast majority of games are cross gen at the moment.

@Snake_V5 Dropping from 60fps to 30fps literally cuts the image quality by 50%.

The resolution drop, or really any other feature drop to have higher FPS is generally less than a 50% reduction.

I dunno what's more underrated:

-Smart Delivery
-Quick Resume
-FPS Boost
-Backwards Compatible
-XScreen (not a feature but let's make it one!)

@InterceptorAlpha What lowers graphics is having the higher FPS because you have to choose it over fidelity. I think the graphics is a big drop between 30 and 60 FPS.

@Medic_Alert I never said you couldn’t feel an immediate difference. I was replying to him not being able to feel any difference between 30 and 60…

It’s a huge blessing for me as ever since I got a Series X and PS5, it’s really hard to play games that are 30 FPS. Gotta say the games I’m most happy at getting the boost are the Sonic games, especially Sonic All-Star Racing Transformed (my favorite kart racer of all time).

@Snake_V5 There’s only a handful of games that require you to have a reduced resolution with FPS Boost. It’s not all of them.

If I’m counting correctly, only 22 of the 140 games with FPS boost have reduced resolution.

Free and enhanced backwards compatibility, FPS Boost, Play Anywhere (cross-buy), Smart Delivery (free upgrades), free cloud save (cross-save)... Is there still a doubt why Xbox is best?

@awp69 I'm not referring to FPS Boost. I'm talking about any game that allows you to choose either FPS or fidelity, I mean in general. I won't pick FPS because of the graphics being lowered.

Agreed 100%.

I mean, I absolutely love quick resume as it gives me functionality beyond even my PC with RTX 3070, but ultimately yes FPS Boost is the most transformative of all.

Far Cry 3 is a good example. I also love that game, but had to stop playing it on the 360 as like you said it runs at 20fps making it basically unplayable. I started playing the PC version instead and the difference was night and day, a rock solid 60fps gave the game the framerate it deserved and completely transformed the experience for the better.

So yes it is an astounding feature - retroactively improving games and turning many games from unplayable to perfectly playable.

@Snake_V5 And having 60 fps over 30fps makes the game 2x as clear, reduces motion blur(something extremely damaging to graphics) and reduces input latency. Both a graphical improvement and a gameplay improvement.

It sounds almost like you're trying to say FPS isn't every bit an attribute to graphics that say, resolution is. That's wholly incorrect.

@InterceptorAlpha FPS and graphics are two seperate things. FPS is just the fluidity of motion and performance so to speak.

My favorite is the SSD hard drives with quick loading. Crazy just jumping between games and with quick resume it can be amazing. I always figured with bigger games that loading would be an issue like red dead redemption. Some games don’t work well with quick resume but it’s still a great feature.

FPS is part of gameplay, and low FPS does affect how well I play a game. I also go for graphics over FPS as long as the performance is stable and doesn't run like a slideshow.

@awp69 I also counted 22 games that drop resolution as well. Thing is there is only 43 One X enhanced games on the list, so really just over half the X enhanced games loose their higher resolution and graphic settings. That is actually quite a few

If we’re dreaming, give me the PS5 controller + Nintendo games running on Xbox Series X lol..
That being said, FPS boost blows my mind with some of these older titles.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/list-of-xbox-fps-boost-games-on-xbox-series-x-and-xbox-series-s

This is a good list, says if the game has One X enhancements and if it gets to keep them with FPS boost

some games are amazing prey for example used to run at 1080p 30fps now runs at 1440p 60 fps and with the very fast loading is now the game it was ment to be

@trev666 Yeah, Prey is awesome on XSX. Probably the most transformed game in the fps boost lineup

@Bleachedsmiles totally agree with the rewards system! I have currently £40 saved up to purchase Lego Star Wars AND when I do that, I will get 6000 (~£5) back due to a current punch card!
Now to start saving again for Hogwarts!

FPS boost is the best feature on Xbox.

30 to 60 fps is a massive jump. It's hard for me to believe that people can't tell the difference. Do people's eyes have different refresh rates? Honest question. Even if you couldn't see it, you should be able to feel the difference in response time. Going from 60 to 120 fps also looks and feels significantly better.

Lower fps, by definition, means more blur (or choppiness) in motion, so unless you're playing a visual novel, frames are more important than resolution in my opinion.

I've been a fan of Xbox since the beginning. Got the OG Xbox the day it released, same with the Xbox 360 & Xbox one. That being said, after 6 months with the Xbox one I gave the console to my little brother & switched to PlayStation full time. Fast forward to January 2022 when I got the Xbox series S (first Xbox in 9 years) and I can honestly say it's been nothing but revolutionary for me. This tiny little box is an amazing powerhouse! I was under the impression that it was going to be a lackluster experience, I truly thought it's performance would be similar to PS4 pro. I'm so glad I was wrong, this thing is way faster than the PS4 pro thanks to it's amazing Zen 2 CPU

I feel like I am a 30fps person myself

I've just saved that list. When I get an X later this year, I may finally give assassin's Creed 3 another shot if it will make the game better. I've already put Fable 1 on hold for it. I may do a replay of the Gears games too.