There are a few things that are not covered in the Xbox series S commercials. This is, for example, 10 GB of RAM. Moreover, of these, 10 GB – 8 GB, 224 GB / s bandwidth and 2 GB – 54 GB / s. As for the old Xbox one X, it had 12 GB of RAM and at the same time the bandwidth was 336 GB / s. That is, the memory of the budget console is actually very slow and this affected its performance.
Below is an example of how low FPS can be for the same video card with different memory bandwidth.
The second problem with memory is its volume. It needs a lot for modern games. You can verify this by looking at the pictures below. And that’s just video memory. There’s also an operational one, and 8GB won’t be enough for most projects today.
Run at the start of the game with reduced settings on the console. So in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 60 FPS 800p with drops up to 720p in performance mode, in A Plague Tale: Requiem – 30-40 fps at 900p with drops up to 720p, in Control: Ultimate Edition – 60 fps at 900p You can get 30fps at 1080p with downsides up to 720p on The Medium – up to 900p with downsides. Accordingly, the overall performance of the console is at the RX 6400 level.
Finally, developers do not want to optimize games for Xbox series S. Problematic games include Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and others. Publishing two versions of games at the same time is a very expensive thing for many companies.
Source: Ferra
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