So how did the console graphics update go? Impressed?

Ohnooze

I have a PS5 and bought the whole game package including black wood but haven't played it yet. I just could not deal with the graphics and the horrid frame rate after playing on PC.

How does it compare to pc now, big improvement over the previous version?

jackiemanuel

I'm playing on Xbox Series X. Fidelity mode looks gorgeous but the frame rate chugs a bit more than last gen. Performance mode is smooth as butter at 1440/60. In some situations it looks janky but overall it looks fine and more importantly plays great. I'm pleased but certainly would've loved to see 4k/60.

Ohnooze

Interesting.
Anyone playing on PS5?

Ohnooze

jackiemanuel wrote: »

I'm playing on Xbox Series X. Fidelity mode looks gorgeous but the frame rate chugs a bit more than last gen. Performance mode is smooth as butter at 1440/60. In some situations it looks janky but overall it looks fine and more importantly plays great. I'm pleased but certainly would've loved to see 4k/60.

Do you see the graphical improvements?

jackiemanuel

Ohnooze wrote: »

jackiemanuel wrote: »

I'm playing on Xbox Series X. Fidelity mode looks gorgeous but the frame rate chugs a bit more than last gen. Performance mode is smooth as butter at 1440/60. In some situations it looks janky but overall it looks fine and more importantly plays great. I'm pleased but certainly would've loved to see 4k/60.

Do you see the graphical improvements?

Yes, on fidelity mode. Performance seems to look better to me as well, but i'm not a great judge of what settings are/aren't turned on in various modes. The 60fps is what i wanted, and it's great. And it doesn't sacrifice enough graphically to make me consider going back to 30fps.

itscompton

Performance mode all the way. The 1440P image upscales so well it's hard to tell the difference between that and native 4K when I switch back and forth between modes on my 55" LG OLED. The 60fps mode does more to make the world "pop" than what I see as subtle shading improvements and slightly increased draw distances in Fidelity mode and you get all the other graphical goodies such as improved water reflections still.

Have to mention too, the loading times are amazing, 4 seconds to change zones!

To compare I have both PC and the enhanced PS5 versions. My gaming PC has an OC'ed 3080 and gets well over 100fps with everything set at maximum (so as good as it can look without mods) and in my estimation Performance mode on PS5 can't quite match that visually but still represents a very big jump over the PS4 version. If Fidelity ran at 60fps it might equal the highest PC image quality but at 30fps it lacks the sharpness/distinctiveness everything seems to have when I see it at the higher fps.

I just hope they fix the issue with combat text all being pushed to the left side of the screen instead of being over each target like it's supposed to be when in Performance.

Edit: saw a reply from Gina that a fix for Combat text will be released in an incremental patch, so soon Performance mode will be nearly perfect.

OutLaw_Nynx

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

Goregrinder

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

Ohnooze

To me it was unplayable before so anything would be good.

OutLaw_Nynx

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

Ohnooze

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

gronoxvx

Loving performance mode on the series x. So smooth. For some reason im experiencing little lag in both pve and pvp. So this is one of the first times im giving props to zos after many years of bashing them.

cynicalbutterfly

Ohnooze wrote: »

Interesting.
Anyone playing on PS5?

Yea. Huge difference in Performance mode. I honestly don't notice anything better in Fidelity over Performance. But yea, everything is so crystal clear. There's freaking details on stuff we never got to see before. And there's so much less lag. I mean the lag and loading issues were great on the PS5 to start with but it's so much better now.

Ohnooze wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

I got dizzy from the 60 fps too. Actually kind of made me sea sick at first. Takes some getting used to. I actually had to take breaks between sessions to adjust to the new mode.

Andyhunter21

Framrerate in Fidelity is bad and in performance is VERY unstable during trials. In fact its downright annoying!

Andyhunter21

itscompton wrote: »

Edit: saw a reply from Gina that a fix for Combat text will be released in an incremental patch, so soon Performance mode will be nearly perfect.

yay!

B0SSzombie

Honestly the upgrade to 60 fps and a much better draw distance are huge for me.

The texture quality difference isn't all the notable. You can only polish mud so much...

Ohnooze

cynicalbutterfly wrote: »

Ohnooze wrote: »

Interesting.
Anyone playing on PS5?

Yea. Huge difference in Performance mode. I honestly don't notice anything better in Fidelity over Performance. But yea, everything is so crystal clear. There's freaking details on stuff we never got to see before. And there's so much less lag. I mean the lag and loading issues were great on the PS5 to start with but it's so much better now.

Ohnooze wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

I got dizzy from the 60 fps too. Actually kind of made me sea sick at first. Takes some getting used to. I actually had to take breaks between sessions to adjust to the new mode.

That's not what he was saying though. He was saying 60 fps is too low.

AuraStorm43

60 FPS in performance mode is quite a noticable upgrade, still crashed using it tho

Fidelity mode is completely broken, i had more crashes using it than the past several months combined

KeiRaikon

After a couple days its been an enjoyable but definitely mixed bag.

Fidelity has become completely unplayable for me.
Cons:
- Pretty frequent crashes
- Constant frame drops with thing like dolmens even going down to single digit frames
- The lack of 60FPS has quickly become a huge draw back
- Pretty much no noticeable graphics improvements from Performance.
Pros:
- None when compared to Performance mode.

Performance is actually pretty great and with some fixes will be amazing.
Cons:
- Some crashing (but pretty infrequent, nothing like Fidelity mode)
- Sometimes the frame rate does drop but in the worst case its been to ~30fps and they are defiantly less frequent then Fidelity mode.
- The combat text is messed up (But this is going to be fixed in a coming patch)
Pros:
- Beautiful 60FPS around 90%-95% of the time.
- Pretty much all the things they said would come. The graphics (especially the lighting when in dark places) are better and the load times are improved as well (not as much as I hoped but still enough to be noticeable).

Overall thoughts, with a few patches to help iron out the problems I think Console Enhanced will be amazing at least when it comes to the Performance mode. Fidelity mode definitely needs more work and even if they get it working perfectly I don't think I would give up the 60FPS for it.

Uberkull

B0SSzombie wrote: »

Honestly the upgrade to 60 fps and a much better draw distance are huge for me.

The texture quality difference isn't all the notable. You can only polish mud so much...

There is no quality difference between Fidelity and Performance, just resolution and fps.

Performance
Xbox Series X & PlayStation 5
Native 1440p resolution
60 FPS
Shadow settings at Ultra
Texture settings at High
Increased View Distance
Ambient Occlusion with LSAO and SSGI
Antialiasing with TAA
Planar Reflections at Medium
Circular Bokeh Depth of Field

Fidelity
Xbox Series X & PlayStation 5
Native 4k resolution
30 FPS
Shadow settings at Ultra
Texture settings at High
Increased View Distance
Ambient Occlusion with LSAO and SSGI
Antialiasing with TAA
Planar Reflections at Medium
Circular Bokeh Depth of Field

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/59985

ArchMikem

I'll let you know when I can finally get an Xbox.

jackiemanuel wrote: »

Performance mode is smooth as butter at 1440/60.

Good to hear, I'll be playing at 1440p anyway.

Andyhunter21

KeiRaikon wrote: »

After a couple days its been an enjoyable but definitely mixed bag.


Pros:
- Beautiful 60FPS around 90%-95% of the time.

Clearly you havent done the new trial on performance mode. Its a disaster.

Ohnooze

So for those who play on PC as well, how does it compare?

Sandman929

At first I wasn't too impressed. But the more I play the more I see improvements. I play on a fairly large, but older screen, so no 4k, but everything looks cleaner, better reflections...in firelight it's pretty incredible.
I play in performance mode, and the fps increase made me a little dizzy at first...

Goregrinder

Ohnooze wrote: »

cynicalbutterfly wrote: »

Ohnooze wrote: »

Interesting.
Anyone playing on PS5?

Yea. Huge difference in Performance mode. I honestly don't notice anything better in Fidelity over Performance. But yea, everything is so crystal clear. There's freaking details on stuff we never got to see before. And there's so much less lag. I mean the lag and loading issues were great on the PS5 to start with but it's so much better now.

Ohnooze wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

I got dizzy from the 60 fps too. Actually kind of made me sea sick at first. Takes some getting used to. I actually had to take breaks between sessions to adjust to the new mode.

That's not what he was saying though. He was saying 60 fps is too low.

OutlawNyx said he felt like he was zooming at 60fps. I said wait until you go even higher with a high refresh rate monitor....it gets even better.

OutLaw_Nynx

Ohnooze wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

@Ohnooze

Considering that I don’t often play games at 60fps. Back off lol.

I’m not use to how fast I’m moving around now.

Ohnooze

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Ohnooze wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

Goregrinder wrote: »

OutLaw_Nynx wrote: »

I feel like I’m zooming when I use 60fps 😵‍💫

It's mind blowing right? Constant 60 fps is something, I tell ya. But wait until you go beyond that, it's like walking into a whole other dimension.

@Goregrinder

I honestly don’t think I could handle it. I get dizzy with just 60fps

OMG that's ridiculous. 60fps is more than smooth...there is something wrong with you if 60 makes you dizzy.

@Ohnooze

Considering that I don’t often play games at 60fps. Back off lol.

I’m not use to how fast I’m moving around now.

I misunderstood what you were saying, my bad.
I thought you were saying 60 is too slow.
My apologies.

KeiRaikon

Andyhunter21 wrote: »

KeiRaikon wrote: »

After a couple days its been an enjoyable but definitely mixed bag.


Pros:
- Beautiful 60FPS around 90%-95% of the time.

Clearly you havent done the new trial on performance mode. Its a disaster.

Thats why I didn't say 100% of the time. I would say trials fall into the 5-10% of the time fps is bad because most of the time the player base isn't doing trails.