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Tom and D dark10x team up break down the latest CoD release, this one on NG consoles.



From DF YT:

Black Ops Cold War ranks among the best ways to showcase the next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X hardware at launch. A strong performing 120Hz mode and ray-traced shadows both feature - in a package that's all round surprising for its polish in its frame-rate delivery. Tom and John team up to pick out the advantages of each console release - and also the fate of the Series S version.

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Summary incoming:

Praise for the RT shadows, overall very good looking launch COD game and runs/looks great on both consoles
4k/60/RT mode seems to favor the XsX
120fps mode seems to favor PS5, seems to hover around 1200p on both consoles in this mode


If someone posts in depth summary I will quote you here, I am having some technical difficulties at the moment

 

[Shambala]

You already know what time it is

 

[sircaw]

ITS SHOWTIME

After Seeing Dark post today on twitter, is it a good idea to be giving him a game with guns.

 

[OverHeat]

COD main platform is PlayStation so...

 

[Agnostic2020]

They r close but still Another one for ps5

 

[BlueXImpulse]

Did PS5 win again?

 

[DarkParadise]

 

[Dodkrake]

Watching now. Have the tools arrived, or is this another tale of lazy Devs / Sony bribing Devs / covid only affecting MS aka PS5 wins again against the box of power? Just checking.

 

[iHaunter]

POWER YOUR DROPPED FRAME RATES!

Edit: FYI XSX is more stable at 60/RT. PS5 more stable at 120.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

They r close but still Another one for ps5

Motherfucker this ISN'T THE SAME SCENE. If half the screen is covered by a shity wall texture in one but no the other of course there could be a performance difference.

*runs away before I get owned*

 

[KAL2006]

Guys need to chill Microsoft just waiting for the tools. Xbox gamers were waiting for exclusives now they waiting for exclusives and tools. Everything is coming later.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

 

[TTOOLL]

Watching right now! Have the tools arrived??

 

[Tajaz2426]

I’m glad they both run well. Now we can move onto games. Anybody?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Did PS5 win again?

I am still watching the vid.

I’m glad they both run well. Now we can move onto games. Anybody?

Both consoles kicking ass, for sure.

 

[Barakov]

PS5 has the better toolbox it seems.

 

[mejin]

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

So just going to ignore how the PS5 drops to near 30 fps in raytracing, 60fps mode but the XsX has zero issues?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Watching right now! Have the tools arrived??

I dunno about tools but TTOOLL has arrived, and that’s good enough for me

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Hendrick's]

So just going to ignore how the PS5 drops to near 30 fps in raytracing, 60fps mode but the XsX has zero issues?

Yeah, I don't care about 120hz mode. Who won 60hz?

 

[THEAP99]

Please please tell me they mentioned how good the dualsense is for this game..

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I always marvel at dynamic resolution. I remember times when changes the resolution in the settings was a big deal and you even needed to restart the game. Now, games able to do that on the fly...Amazin

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

What's the TL;DR?

 

[sircaw]

Seems like it might be about equal, xbox does better in the 60 fps mode with raytracing but the 120 mode its ps5 that comes out ahead.


All in all a very good game on both.
So yer again kinda like parity, and they say the dual sense is very special.

I would probably say on evidence and just some of the better features that ps5 offers, any form of performance parity is a loss for Xbox.

this is another win for the Ps5. although closer.

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

Yeah, I don't care about 120hz mode. Who won 60hz?

PS5 Also dropped down to almost 100 FPS in those same scenes.

 

[Interfectum]

Please please tell me they mentioned how good the dualsense is for this game..

They did and it's essentially the tie breaker here. Performance is very close on this title and DS pushes PS5 over the edge. Sorry xfans, maybe once the GDK tools make a more interesting controller you'll finally have a win.

 

[kretos]

 

[AnotherOne]

Xsx holds better fps at 60 ps5 holds 120 better

 

[Patrick S.]

I'm a bit weirded out that this game runs so much better than it does on my PC with an RTX 3080 :/ (running from SSD)

At the start of the Da Nang mission, at the heli landing zone, my framerates are between 45-58 FPS all the time, no matter if I have DLSS on or off, no matter if I lower all the settings to medium... But my CPU and GPU are both bored, at like 40% usage. Does the PC port run on the Arma engine or what?

Edit: Oh wait, it drops to like 30 FPS with RT on? Ok, 3080 purchase validated xD

 

[urmie]

Game looks amazing on both consoles. Most of us don't have the latest TVs for 120, so 4K/60 over a lower resolution/less detail/120 all day. Thanks DF!

I am a bit disappointed on how DF treats the Series S. Whenever Switch multiplats underperformed, you always heard "well it's impressive for a portable". Well for the price of entry, the Series S is still "impressive for the price", can run these latest games decently enough.

 

[Certinty]

Even more confirmation that when Phil Spencer sleeps at night his dreams are full of screen tearing and dropped frames.

 

[Interfectum]

Game looks amazing on both consoles. Most of us don't have the latest TVs for 120 ,so 4K/60 over a lower resolution/less detail/120 all day. Thanks DF!

I am a bit disappointed on how DF treats the Series S. Whenever Switch multiplats underperformed, you always heard "well it's impressive for a portable". Well for the price of entry, the Series S is still "impressive for the price", can run these latest games decently enough.

It's not. For $100 more you can get a PS5. Series S is a useless device and will hopefully be gone in a couple years.

 

[mansoor1980]

xsx version has consistent fps with RT enabled

 

[Entroyp]

So another multiplat better on PS5? Damn who would have thought!!

 

[NoMoChokeSJ]

They r close but still Another one for ps5

Why not post the pictures of the PS5 fps dropping down into the 40s in RT mod when the X stays a constant 60?

 

[Neko Mimi Mode]

Great performance on both. Edge to Series X on 60fps with RT, edge to PS5 on 120hz. Overall a good result for both and I can't see how anyone can use this for console warring...oh.

 

[TheDreadLord]

Well, I have just watched the video and the performance on XSX is better. What happened with all the Cerny’s secret sauce?

 

[Mokus]

Nobel prize for Mark Cerny!

 

[Hendrick's]

So another multiplat better on PS5? Damn who would have thought!!

PS5 lost the most important mode this time. Sorry chap.

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

So just going to ignore how the PS5 drops to near 30 fps in raytracing, 60fps mode but the XsX has zero issues?

For whatever reason 120fps is now super important (which maybe will end up only being used by 10% or lower of the entire userbase lol)

 

[FunkMiller]

Even stevens on this one. Each box is better in different aspects. This will not be good ammunition for the console war.

 

[aries_71]

I always marvel at dynamic resolution. I remember times when changes the resolution in the settings was a big deal and you even needed to restart the game. Now, games able to do that on the fly...Amazin

It’s not exactly the same. They change the internal resolution buffer, but the screen doesn’t change resolution.

 

[NoMoChokeSJ]

Great performance on both. Edge to Series X on 60fps with RT, edge to PS5 on 120hz. Overall a good result for both and I can't see how anyone can use this for console warring...oh.

In the video they say the drop on the x in 120 mode is only during one scene.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

LMAO, even with toolkit issues XSX runs better with RT enabled than PS5. Guess when they finalized it, the true console war will start.

 

[Agnostic2020]

Why not post the pictures of the PS5 fps dropping down into the 40s in RT mod when the X stays a constant 60?

We could but that's not a gameplay. Thats a set piece and a cutscene where xsx gpu pulls ahead of ps5 for 1 second.

It seems to me Xsx does gpu related tasks better while ps5 does cpu related tasks better

 

[NoMoChokeSJ]

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Seems like it might be about equal, xbox does better in the 60 fps mode with raytracing but the 120 mode its ps5 that comes out ahead.

Starting to see a trend there, at least for early games.

It seems whenever raytracing is involved, xbox does a little better. If the game has no raytracing, ps5 does a little better.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

XSX is better at 60fps + RT
PS5 is little better at 120fps

 

[mansoor1980]

i my opinion this one is a win for xsx