[Digital Foundry] COD Black Ops Cold War: PS5 vs Xbox Series X - Ray Tracing, 120Hz Mode Tests + Series S Analysis!

ray tracing in this game is nonexistient. i did comparisons it was barely noticeable and the implementation was not good

let us also keep in mind that the ps5 has the dualsense, and playstation exclusive content for this game.
 
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Thats not a gameplay that's cutscene . Once game starts it goes back to 60
 
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.

yep, i think that was to be expected on the ray-tracing front, i remember people saying this months ago, that xbox should be better in that department.
 
In the video they say the drop on the x in 120 mode is only during one scene.

Yes, very slight edge for PS5, overall I think Series X runs this game a bit better, but both perform well enough that nobody will actually care.

I hesitate to say it's a W for team green, more like a W for gamers.
 
Yes, very slight edge for PS5, overall I think Series X runs this game a bit better, but both perform well enough that nobody will actually care.

I hesitate to say it's a W for team green, more like a W for gamers.

are you not going to put this thread on ignore like the last one and do a dash?
 
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
3 different scenes, all of them gameplay where the PS5 drops massively, while the Series X is solid 60fps.
 
Sounds like a win for both consoles. One does better in one area the other does better in another. Parity is what people asked for and pretty much got.
 
Yes, very slight edge for PS5, overall I think Series X runs this game a bit better, but both perform well enough that nobody will actually care.

I hesitate to say it's a W for team green, more like a W for gamers.


its no edge at all for ps if its a single drop in one scene. Thats nothing. Its esentially the same at 120 but xbox has a giant lead in Rt. Seems like a slam dunk for xbox on this one
 
Yes, very slight edge for PS5, overall I think Series X runs this game a bit better, but both perform well enough that nobody will actually care.

I hesitate to say it's a W for team green, more like a W for gamers.
The performance on XSX is in general better. They actually say that on the video.
 
Sex better at 60fps + RT
PS5 better at 120fps

Pretty interesting results.

Series S continues being an embarrassment as a next-gen console. They even said again that all the talk about it being able to output games similarly to the sex but only at a lower resolution is bullcrap.
 
Interesting i think we all know that due to extra cu on series x it would so well for raytracing and considering ps5 only has 32cu and only drops to around 40fps mark thats still quite remarkable! And with 120fps mode ps5 pretty much shines on this one. So to me id call this a draw
 
Interesting. Though I know nothing about game engines.


It lacks RT. XSX has RT on the right, S - doesn't.

Yeah, I do see that. It's still respectable for a €300 machine, IMO. It's not a console I'd buy for myself, but for someone who can't spend €500 on a high end console, it's a good option.
 
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.


That's cause Switch is being sold as a portable first, home console second

The Series S is pretty much an Xbox One X with a SSD and locked to 1440p
 
Interesting i think we all know that due to extra cu on series x it would so well for raytracing and considering ps5 only has 32cu and only drops to around 40fps mark thats still quite remarkable! And with 120fps mode ps5 pretty much shines on this one. So to me id call this a draw
Now we are applying handicaps to these comparisons lol
 
Resolution - Both use a dynamic resolution. 3840x2160 and can drop all the way down to 1800p. Horizontal res can chop in half sometimes when things are really taxing.
RT Enabled - Xbox Series X holds a consistent 60fps. Playstation 5 only dips during a few select scenes.
120HZ Enabled - PlayStation 5 has more consistent frame-rate.
 
Mind you this scene has been mentioned by vgtech a probably bug but listen here we already started to say it's because series X is more powerful. Ok.
Watch the video. They say that both machines are almost identical in performance in 120 mode with the exception of one scene where the xbox dives. In Contrast with 60 fps RT mode they are the same about 95% of the time with the PS5 suffering drops the other 5%. Substantial... no, but more than one occurrence.
 
It is not the dead narrative. I mean it wasn't dead last week, suddenly after weekend when XSX started to run games better - the narrative is dead? LMAO But it seems XSX really have some issues with 120hz mode.

It's a dead narrative because the Dirt 5 dev literally debunked that nonsense on stream.
 
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Some people (almost Sony Fanboys) forgot about their Hobby = Gaming. Sry when Pixel and framerates to hate another console than you need another hobby. Be a Gamer👍
 
Lol Sony fans breaking down on this one
I don't think folks that play on PS should be upset at all. They were told they were going to get smoked and it hasn't happened yet. If I played primarily on a console it would be the PS5 just for the controller.
 
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