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Xbox One X’s 4K Resolution Has No Impact on CPU, GPU Allowed Increased LOD And More Objects – Dev

World of Tanks technical director offers his thoughts on the console's CPU.

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4Sh0w2401d ago

Better Optimization is always welcomed:

“We’ve actually found the CPU and GPU improvements to complement each other quite well. Increasing the resolution from 1080p to 4K uses much of the additional power of the GPU but has basically no effect on the CPU. With those extra pixels available to display fine detail, though, we’ve chosen to extend our LOD ranges so that more objects render in the distance. That kind of change has CPU cost that is a good fit for the improved hardware there.”

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Asuka2401d ago

well no duh. upping the resolution to 4k will put stress on the GPU not the CPU. If you wanted to tax the CPU try playing your games at lower resolutions such as 1080p or 720p. GPU spits out frames faster than the CPU can call for the next one xD.

Rude-ro2401d ago

So this for non taxing CPU games then right?
I mean, there are already confirmed dynamic resolution games, most of them are bigger AAA games... so what about those games? What stops the native 4k resolution?

Babadook72400d ago

Yup. I said this for years. Resolution is determined by gpu not CPU. That's why the new consoles feature impovents to resolution as the main focus. Frame rates are far less common as they require cpu also.

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AizenSosuke2401d ago

Good optimization = better games

_LarZen_2401d ago

Image how games could look on PC if developers optimized just as much as some devs do for console games. Instead it's just raw power and sloppy code in most cases.

B1uBurneR2401d ago

Buy but but my Gtx 1080ti eats blah blah blah ..closed system biatch

spreadlove2401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

I wouldn't call that sloppy code. Would you like to optimize for the myriad of CPU types out there?

It is a matter of not practically possible. The price for freedom on PC for the hardware is lack of optimization.

Darkwatchman2401d ago

Developers simply can not optimize for PC on the same level that they can on consoles. Even if pc's were all that existed instead of consoles, the multitude of GPU and CPU configurations(including the same GPU but one has more or less ram which is not something to be taken lightly) would make it incredibly unviable to optimize for specific hardware configurations.

rainslacker2401d ago

On PC the dev doesn't write directly to the hardware. Even with the new low level API's in Vulkan or DX12 they still write to a software layer which then communicates what is needed to the hardware.

While it is possible to optimize this code, it isn't the same as optimizing the code to the hardware itself. Basically, there is only so much that can be done because the API that handles hardware calls at a software level can't be bypassed enough to really get to the meat of the optimization.

This is why PC's can sometimes seem less efficient. There is really no way around this on a system with an operating system which doesn't allow direct access to the hardware due to the need to keep everything stabe within the operating system itself.

Back before DirectX, writing directly to hardware, or writing specific drivers for the hardware on various systems wasn't uncommon. But it was just a mess in terms of compatibility, and took a lot of time which kept the optimization process to a minimum because the more optimization that was done, the fewer systems that could run the code itself.

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_LarZen_2400d ago

Yeah sloppy was not the best word to use in this case. Unoptimized.

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cellfluid2401d ago

If thats the case then why do frames drop with higher resolution?? Lol

WilliamSheridan2401d ago

No disrespect, but this question answered itself. The answer is because GPUs have limits...

bluefox7552401d ago

The CPU in Xbox One X maxes out long before the GPU does, this is what's called a bottleneck. This absolutely impacts performance.

Christopher2400d ago

Memory is usually the issue of frame drops on the GPU, not the ability for the GPU to process it fast enough.

As far as CPU, there are physics processing that is increased in detail as resolution increases, otherwise you get blocky particle effects. Those would affect frame rate from the CPU if it isn't GPU bound.

Cobra9512400d ago

True, but the CPU still needs to figure into feeding the GPU the data. Even with direct system-memory access from the GPU, the CPU is going to have to do some significant work in setting up buffers, decompressing assets from the game image on the fly (no sizeable game's graphics fit in RAM all at once), and probably even some side stuff related to rendering. (Your mentioned particles, as a possible example.) Quadrupling that load will impact performance to some degree--has to.

Still, I do agree that increasing GPU performance and memory to match the increase in resolution will go a long way in handling the extra load transparently.

Einhander19712401d ago

Totally agree if PC games were optimised as much as consoles games, PC gamers would be happier but yes raw power sloppy coding.

OpenGL2401d ago

Not really true anymore with modern games. Forza 7's demo generally runs better on PC in DX12 than equivalent Xbox One X hardware.

Fishy Fingers2401d ago (Edited 2401d ago )

You know you s*** better than me, no denying that. But not sure I agree with you. It’s much better admittedly (than it was and improving). But when you consider what they can still squeeze out of the OG (and updated) consoles it be hard to see matching anything like that price/performance (optimisation) with your PC.

But me personally, I’m happy to pay a (pretty big) bit more too get a bit more.

zerocarnage2401d ago

Impossible, optimisation is always better. That's why these asset demanding games are running bad on even the highest quality pc's because they are free no optimisation and pc can utilise the power, that is not calling games running better, looking better yes..

ProjectVulcan2400d ago (Edited 2400d ago )

They won't believe you but you can genuinely get 4K 60FPS with ultra settings AND MSAA on a GTX1060 in the Forza 7 demo.

That's a midrange video card that is like 14 months old.

I said several months ago when Forza 7 tech was shown on X1X that this would be the case and nobody believed me. Well sorry, but I'm right again.....

NXFather2401d ago

Well, that is only because big companies are not primarily or even hardly putting the hollywood budgets on pc exclusives or even timed exclusives.

Cobra9512400d ago

In a perfect world, you would be correct. Console games can be optimized to the metal--directly to the fixed hardware spec. But are they? They used to be, when the hardware was more primitive. Now that consoles are basically PCs dedicated to closed-environment gaming, I doubt it. They run through an (optimized, but still present) abstraction layer, like DirectX or Vulkan. Economics have to figure into maintaining the code as portable as possible.

I'd be very curious to find out exactly how much more efficient the console HAL code is, compared to the more hardware-flexible equivalent on PC.

ziggurcat2401d ago

"Xbox One X’s 4K Resolution Has No Impact on CPU..."
- Captain Obvious

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GPU handles resolution to begin with, so I don't see how the CPU would affect anything like this anyway.

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jznrpg1d 13h ago

How long until they get sued and it gets taken down? I say a month or 2

PRIMORDUS1d 12h ago

Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣

NotoriousWhiz1d 10h ago

As long as it isn't emulating the Switch, it'll be fine.

RonnySins1d 10h ago

Naaah! Don't want to waste time emulating on iPhone.

Knightofelemia1d 9h ago

Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.