Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will support gaming at 120 Hz , up to 4K in the case of the most powerful console and up to 1440 p in the case of Series S. Obviously, this type of support will depend on the type of game and the complexity of its graphics: at launch only Gears 5 and DiRT 5 , among games with detailed graphics, will run at 120 fps.

Gears 5 on Xbox Series X will run at 120 Hz

On Twitter, the official page for Gears of War highlights the improvements that the Gears 5 development team has been able to reach thanks to 120 Hz , which in this game will only be available in the Versus multiplayer mode . They focus mainly on latency : thanks to such high refresh rates also on console it will be possible to have low latencies comparable to those of the world eSport on PC.

“We have reduced the latency of the input del 20% for the campaign and del 57% for Versus mode “ claim the developers of Gears 5. This will offer a much more responsive experience for players, in a context where every thousandth of a second has a meaning . They have posted a couple of screenshots showing how latency in Gears 5 goes from 86 ms Xbox One average ai 55 ms of Xbox Series X a 60 fps up to 37 ms of Xbox Series X a 120 fps.

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In a scenario where the millisecond is increasingly becoming the benchmark of performance, instead of frame rate, even consoles want to play their part. The HDMI 2.1 port present in both Series X and Series S is crucial in all this. in fact, they manage the stream at 120 Hz via HDMI and not DisplayPort , as in the PC environment. This means that to play 120 Hz you will need appropriate monitor , with at least HDMI 2.0 input. Finding a monitor with these specifications is not easy, to the point that this will become a topic in the discussion on the next-gen. merit.