Back at the tail end of last week, we learned that the Fallout 4 next-gen update on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S was targeting 30/40FPS in "Quality" mode and 60FPS in "Performance" mode... but apparently that's no longer the case.
Despite what the patch notes say, Bethesda Game Studios has clarified this weekend that the next-gen update targets 4K, 60FPS across all modes on Xbox Series X, but the "Performance" mode lowers the visual settings more.
The reason there's still confusion is that firstly, the original patch notes didn't say anything about a 4K, 60FPS target for all modes on Xbox Series X, and secondly, the "Quality" mode doesn't seem to be working properly on Xbox right now.
So, if the Xbox Series X version of this update does indeed support 4K, 60FPS across all modes, that's great - but does that mean the references to 30FPS and 40FPS in the patch notes were meant for the Series S version alone? Also, what's going on with the bugged Quality mode? Hopefully we'll get some answers very soon.
How are you finding the Fallout 4 next-gen update so far? Tell us down in the comments section below.
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I'll most likely use performance mode when I give it a try soon, but it's not a good look for MS when the quality mode is working fine on PS!
Series X could do 4K60 Ultra with the mod anyway so maybe Performance and Quality don't differ because it doesn't have to drop quality at all.
Then again this is Bethesda we're talking about.
Tried quality mode last week and it does drop a few frames here and there - presumably DRS saves the day in Performance mode by lowering the resolution when things get busy.
I’m sticking with Performance mode - haven’t noticed a single stutter so far and perfectly sharp enough (presumably 4K apart from the odd drop when DRS kicks in).
Does anyone have an quality control anymore?
I'll go ahead and trust that Bethesda did in fact make the Xbox Series X version the best way to play by allowing Quality Mode to be 4K/60/Ultra and Performance Mode to be 4K/60/Standard.
Why were the patch notes even put out that way to cause both confusion for players as well create doubt that Bethesda is even telling the truth here?!
Someone had to look at those notes and say "Yup, seems right to me!" when, in fact, the patch notes weren't descriptive enough to single out the Series X version.
Quality mode does do something. Can't explain it but it looks flat in performance mode. I picked up some mouldy food and in performance mode if you zoom in and out on it in the inventory it looks jagged, but in quality mode it looks cleaner. I'm on Series S.
Bought on sale looking forward to this botched update... Likely will never install it now.
The update seems a nice visual improvement, but I can only play it on Game Pass through the cloud. Every single time I tried to play it from the hard drive of my Series X the game would hard crash to the dashboard within three seconds if any mods were loaded at all. Wish this silly issue would get acknowledged, let alone fixed at some point.
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