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Weird Xbox Series X Issue Allegedly Making Games Run Slower

An Xbox Series X owner finds that their console is running 5% slower than expected after discovering a strange issue with the system clock.

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Despite its improved performance, one Xbox Series X owner has uncovered a strange glitch that sees it unable to play the new games available on the Series X at peak performance. Posting their findings to Reddit, vzplan explained that when testing the performance between their two Xbox Series X consoles, one was slower than the other by 5%.

This is allegedly a problem caused by the system clock timing being off on one of the consoles, which causes a problem with its overall performance. Explaining the issue further, vzplan said that one of their consoles was slower than the normal console by 2 minutes in 40 minutes. When resetting both Xbox Series X consoles to 10:00 AM, by 10:20 the slower console was reading 10:19, and by 10:40, the slower read 10:38. Frames were an issue as well, with the slower console having noticeable differences in FPS counts and slower animations.

Though it seems that very few have had this issue besides vzplan, many gamers without two Xbox Series X consoles to compare may have a slower system clock without realizing it. Comments in the Reddit post suggested that the user contact Microsoft support, who could assess whether the issue is one with the hardware of the Xbox Series X or if it is something more widespread. Many Xbox users were impressed by vzplan's research and scared by the possibility of this issue being widespread, which would mean there could be another major issue with the next-gen consoles besides scalpers.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Whatever it is just please don't be RROD 2.0

 

[onQ123]

Variable Clock Rates , PlayStation 5 just lost another exclusive.

 

[Die Namek Ability]

Would actually be hilarious if DFs XsX was having this issue and has resulted in the narrative that the PS5 is the better performing console in some games.


Edit: Because i dont think folks get it and are assuming im a MS warrior for this post.... obviously this isnt the case, i just think it would be hilarious if it was the case. Didnt think i needed to explain this but here we are

 

[lh032]

Perhaps the 12TF not utilized fully?

 

[StateofMajora]

Would actually be hilarious if DFs XsX was having this issue and has resulted in the narrative that the PS5 is the better performing console in some games.

Oh dear lol

 

[adamsapple]

12 pages of concern and FUD incoming.

 

[cormack12]

Even the console want this gen to last longer

 

[The_Mike]

Bullet time is awesome it's nice to have that feature on a OS level.

 

[sircaw]

Now I understand the VRR obsession.

 

[Die Namek Ability]

12 pages of concern and FUD incoming.

Its really concerning that i am concerned about being concerned.

Spoiler: SPOILER

Concern

 

[Captain Toad]

12 pages of concern and FUD incoming.

12 pages of Nothing to See Here

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Elden Ring is having shitty load times on my XSX. Now I know why…or maybe the game isn’t as optimized as it could be.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Would actually be hilarious if DFs XsX was having this issue and has resulted in the narrative that the PS5 is the better performing console in some games.

I'm sure they have more than one XsX...

 

[STARSBarry]

I mean this is hardly a surprise...

It's why Clock speed is so important in the PC space.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Looks like I have a normal XSX, according to the testufo.com thingy.

 

[Die Namek Ability]

I'm sure they have more than one XsX...

Obviously

 

[Insane Metal]

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Would actually be hilarious if DFs XsX was having this issue and has resulted in the narrative that the PS5 is the better performing console in some games.

If DF had one of these consoles and wasn't even able to tell that in itself would say a whole lot about them and anyone who never shuts up about 60fps and performance.

 

[FrankWza]

.

 

[ParaSeoul]

They need better quality control.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Elden Ring is having shitty load times on my XSX. Now I know why…or maybe the game isn’t as optimized as it could be.

Could be both.

 

[Die Namek Ability]

Could be both.

Or could be neither

 

[recursive]

Nothing a little VRR can't fix. Buy a new TV.

 

[kingpotato]

Would actually be hilarious if DFs XsX was having this issue and has resulted in the narrative that the PS5 is the better performing console in some games.

The prayer of a console warrior:

Dear {insert current CEO/president of platform},
Please give me the strength not to accept reality,
That my console warring is meaningless,
I beg that you protect and uplift {insert console},
Deny others from enjoying themselves,
Interject when others express positive words for mine enemies,
In this I pray - Amen {insert console boot chime}

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

The second secret GPU probably takes too much power for the clock at times.

 

[fart town usa]

Interesting. I feel like most people would notice if their XBOX clocks were always off by a few minutes every few hours. Hopefully it's nothing widespread.

Reminds me of bootleg/reject Tag Heuer watches in Thailand, they look legit but that shit is gonna off by a few minutes at some point, lol.

 

[cormack12]

I would have thought there was some sort of security requirement on time syncing when signing in to be honest?

 

[intbal]

Microsoft cheaped out on their crystals.
Shame.

 

[kingfey]

Its really concerning that i am concerned about being concerned.

Spoiler: SPOILER

Concern

I miss that guy. He was hilarious. 1 week left, until he comes back.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Nothing a little VRR won't fix!

 

[Topher]

12 pages of concern and FUD incoming.

We need a crack investigative reporter on the case....

 

[Plantoid]

Mine's ok, next

 

[kingfey]

We need a crack investigative reporter on the case....

Austin be like

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Mine's ok, next

Yeah, I wonder if anyone can reproduce this. Didn't happen in that Reddit thread.

 

[DJ12]

Whatever it is just please don't be RROD 2.0

I just hope DF hear of this and retest all head to heads with a series X that's 5% faster to even up performance issues.

 

[intbal]

Maybe the Series X (and S if anyone wants to check those) is getting confused whenever a game uses single-threaded mode on the CPU. That's a 5.55% difference in clock speed.

 

[skit_data]

Ha, variable clocks!

 

[RaZoR No1]

Can this happen, if the console is plugged into a different power socket?
Maybe it is an issue with the power brick and the console doesn't get the correct power frequenzy.
Afaik there are systems which have their time connected to or effected by the PSU

 

[93xfan]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is just one Console so far having this issue, correct?

 

[Swift_Star]

Sounds like BS.

 

[Topher]

"My normal XSX shows 60 FPS and 60Hz. My slower XSX shows 63 FPS and 63Hz. This is consistent with a slow clock. The function to calculate FPS will count more frames if time runs slower."

I'm getting FPS between 54 and 60 and a stutter warning.

Edge is the only thing I have open so don't know what that is all about. Games have been running completely fine though.

 

[DJ12]

"My normal XSX shows 60 FPS and 60Hz. My slower XSX shows 63 FPS and 63Hz. This is consistent with a slow clock. The function to calculate FPS will count more frames if time runs slower."

I'm getting FPS between 54 and 60 and a stutter warning.

Edge is the only thing I have open so don't know what that is all about. Games have been running completely fine though.

If you have less than 60 fps, the science suggests your series x|s is even faster. Sell it on ebay for a profit, and buy another before it's proven this isn't really a thing.

 

[Riky]

Just tested my main Series X and it's fine, I'll try the other one later.

 

[Lognor]

Mine works perfectly, as expected

 

[StormCell]

Seemed to me the only way to notice if you have only one XSX is to start playing a game and then look back at the clock later and see that it matches with your cell phone. I have no idea if that even works becuase, hello, I'm always connected to the internet. Maybe if I disconnected from the network and then left it running for a while I might see a drift...

Until or unless I see a significant segment of Xbox owners discovering this issue, I'm going to assume it's not widespread enough to care. It did, however, get my attention because I had noticed several months ago while playing Skyrim that my button presses tended to cause me to double consume items instead of just consume one...

 

[Antwix]

"My normal XSX shows 60 FPS and 60Hz. My slower XSX shows 63 FPS and 63Hz. This is consistent with a slow clock. The function to calculate FPS will count more frames if time runs slower."

I'm getting FPS between 54 and 60 and a stutter warning.

Edge is the only thing I have open so don't know what that is all about. Games have been running completely fine though.

I get the same. Also something about vsync error flashed for a second.

 

[Topher]

I get the same. Also something about vsync error flashed for a second.

Yeah.....this....

Strange

 

[DJ12]

Yeah.....this....

Strange

Do you have vrr enabled?

 

[Antwix]

Yeah.....this....

Strange

"My normal XSX shows 60 FPS and 60Hz. My slower XSX shows 63 FPS and 63Hz. This is consistent with a slow clock. The function to calculate FPS will count more frames if time runs slower."

We must have the Series X Pro since we're obviously at higher clock speeds