Xbox Series X Gamers Will Get Optimized Games Automatically

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• madthinus

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  15 June, 2020 - 2:59 pm

  <p>This feature makes sense for generational games, but I also think it is just one half of the story. Lockheart will be cheaper. There is only so many places you can cut cost in the end. The Chipset die size is one. We don't know how AMD is delivering Ray-tracing. Is it dedicated hardware like nVidia or are they using the general shaders to calculate it like the CryEngine is doing. We don't know that. If you cut down the compute and graphics clusters of the chipset to deliver a cheaper console, you probably loose Ray-tracing in the process. </p><p><br></p><p>Now, when you use Ray-tracing, the textures needs a material layer to house reflective properties. If you using traditional baked lighting methods, you need shadow maps and light maps baked into the textures. These are two different set of textures. Currently we have huge game sizes because both sets of textures are download. What if Smart delivery is the tech where you get the game assets you require. Whether lower resolution because it is Xbox One or Lightmap based because it is Lockheart or Material based because you have an Series X. That SSD is expensive, and you don't want it to waste space with unnecessary files your console does not need. </p>

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• IanYates82

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  15 June, 2020 - 4:48 pm

  <p>Everyone's making a huge deal of this, but it's kind of obvious I'd have thought. The console that can use 4k assets – textures, videos, etc – downloads them and ignores the 1080p versions. Vice versa applies </p><p><br></p><p>Doesn't iOS encourage this kind of thing already where the same bundled "app" is delivered in different ways to ipad vs iPhone? </p><p><br></p><p>It's a great idea, just surprised it is getting so much coverage and promotion </p>

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