Xbox Series X|S - OFFICIAL News!

[Daz...]

I bet FH4 will look good, isn't that one of the games that's optimised to run at 4k120?

 

[DeeKay86]

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It made it!

QUESTION for experts, so probably you @DeeKay86 : The graphical improvements on Xbox One Games that everyone is talking about above... is that compared to a standard Xbox One, or would I see an improvement from an Xbox One X ?

Every comparison by tech reviewers has been between the Xbox One X and the Series X. Yes, you will see a difference - especially with “Optimised for Series X” games like Gears 5. Even games which are not “optimised for Series X” will all play better, load way faster, have very stable Frame rates and a lot of them will also now have HDR (Auto HDR), meaning they will look far superior on a HDR Display. I hope this helps.

I’ve had a fiddle with the picture settings and can’t really figure it. There’s definitely an improvement over my Xbox one S, but I wouldnt say i’m blown away. It does load up quickly though.

Make sure your TV is calibrated for the Series X. Go to your Series X settings, TV, and then pick the Calibrate TV option. After you have done that, go to ”Calibrate HDR”. Work your way through the calibration and you should notice a good difference. Sure the best way to calibrate a TV is to get it done professionally, BUT you can get very good results by using the built in Series X HDR/TV Calibration tool. Let me know how you get on.

 

[DeeKay86]

I’m doing a network transfer of almost a 1TB of data from my One X to the Series X lol. Transfer rate is flying at 600Mbps!

 

[Stay Puft]

Every comparison by tech reviewers has been between the Xbox One X and the Series X. Yes, you will see a difference - especially with “Optimised for Series X” games like Gears 5. Even games which are not “optimised for Series X” will all play better, load way faster, have very stable Frame rates and a lot of them will also now have HDR (Auto HDR), meaning they will look far superior on a HDR Display. I hope this helps.



Make sure your TV is calibrated for the Series X. Go to your Series X settings, TV, and then pick the Calibrate TV option. After you have done that, go to ”Calibrate HDR”. Work your way through the calibration and you should notice a good difference. Sure the best way to calibrate a TV is to get it done professionally, BUT you can get very good results by using the built in Series X HDR/TV Calibration tool. Let me know how you get on.

yeah I did that, definitely made a difference, but some of the things it mentions, I dont have. I also could never see the ‘closed eye’ on the brightness or contrast bit.

 

[jenic]

ALLM is absolutely bloody awesome, I use my Xbox to watch Sky to not having to manually switch the TV in and our of Game mode is just fantastic!

 

[DeeKay86]

yeah I did that, definitely made a difference, but some of the things it mentions, I dont have. I also could never see the ‘closed eye’ on the brightness or contrast bit.

That’ll be your black point / HDMI Black Level setting. Go back on Series X calibration, change the TV Black Point/HDMI Black Level setting and take it from there

 

[DeeKay86]

Xbox Celebration Stream has begun!

 

[Stay Puft]

That’ll be your black point / HDMI Black Level setting. Go back on Series X calibration, change the TV Black Point/HDMI Black Level setting and take it from there

i can’t see this on the xbox settings? Ive done the ‘calibrate HDR for games’ and ‘calibrate TV’ on xbox but that’s the bit I cant see the closed eye.

 

[DeeKay86]

i can’t see this on the xbox settings? Ive done the ‘calibrate HDR for games’ and ‘calibrate TV’ on xbox but that’s the bit I cant see the closed eye.

HDMI Black Level / Black Point (its either of those two) is part of your TV’s settings

 

[DeeKay86]

@Davyy if you can’t find the settings, let me know your TV model number and I’ll try to take a look.

 

[Stay Puft]

@Davyy if you can’t find the settings, let me know your TV model number and I’ll try to take a look.

Sorted it mate thank you. It was worded slightly differently iirc.

 

[Jason_E]

People ask me why I have all my old consoles I show them this s**t.

I had joked with friends I should be ready to play it some time next week, no longer a joke lol

If the PS5 makes me sit through less than 10 updates then Xbox is getting sold. And I’ve always preferred my Xbox. Then again PlayStation is probably the same. Sad you can’t play a game on launch day anymore!!

 

[N0ddie]

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People ask me why I have all my old consoles I show them this s**t.

I had joked with friends I should be ready to play it some time next week, no longer a joke lol

If the PS5 makes me sit through less than 10 updates then Xbox is getting sold. And I’ve always preferred my Xbox. Then again PlayStation is probably the same. Sad you can’t play a game on launch day anymore!!

Playstation will be worse. Their download speeds are terribly slow. Much slower than MS.

 

[Jason_E]

Playstation will be worse. Their download speeds are terribly slow. Much slower than MS.

It’s never been a fair fight as I use either for different games.

But the combination of COD and my Xbox actually takes the piss.

 

[Adamm.]

Going wired internet connection and not playing games while stuff downloads helps. Also noticed that if I'm connected to WiFi with phone it slows it down. Console download speeds are s**t though it seems.

 

[Jason_E]

Going wired internet connection and not playing games while stuff downloads helps. Also noticed that if I'm connected to WiFi with phone it slows it down. Console download speeds are s**t though it seems.

It’s not my network. The servers are just sweating as everyone fires up their new Xbox. The console is wired along with everything else other than phones in my house.

It’s managed to jump up to 60mbps, which is just fine. Spent a long time at about 4 though lol

 

[DeeKay86]

It’s not my network. The servers are just sweating as everyone fires up their new Xbox. The console is wired along with everything else other than phones in my house.

It’s managed to jump up to 60mbps, which is just fine. Spent a long time at about 4 though lol

Ah man, launch day server strain! Happens every time. Bare with it, I know its lame but this was to be expected. Glad to see its speeding up.

Good thing Microsoft owns Azure otherwise I am sure it would have all toppled over! LOL

EDIT: Just started a download on my Series X and its going at 300Mbps. Earlier it was definitely slower! Hopefully it’ll pick up for you too.

Also remember - lots of games have now been “Optimised” for Series X, so what you are downloading is large texture packs etc etc - hence the big download sizes.

 

[DeeKay86]

A 14 DAY FREE Trial came with my Elite Series 2 Controller.

it is for New GamePass Ultimate customers ONLY.

If anyone on here needs it, please send me a private message!!

 

[Stay Puft]

Going wired internet connection and not playing games while stuff downloads helps. Also noticed that if I'm connected to WiFi with phone it slows it down. Console download speeds are s**t though it seems.

I was getting 150mbs, then I noticed it dropped to 30mbs. All I had done was play the radio through Alexa. Turned it off and it instantly shot up again. I was shocked it made such a difference!

 

[Jason_E]

I was getting 150mbs, then I noticed it dropped to 30mbs. All I had done was play the radio through Alexa. Turned it off and it instantly shot up again. I was shocked it made such a difference!

Mine just picked up to usual speeds after about 10 minutes of gloom. I even went into my router and switched the Wi-fi off and it was still slow. Fine now though.

 

[jenic]

I was downloading fairly quickly earlier, now it's crawling, and I'm also struggling to sign in. I guess the yanks are home from work now and hammering the new consoles.

 

[DeeKay86]

I was downloading fairly quickly earlier, now it's crawling, and I'm also struggling to sign in. I guess the yanks are home from work now and hammering the new consoles.

Went down to 6.5Mbps for me for about 10 minutes, now back at 310Mbps! (I got the pic when it just dropped to 292Mbps lol - its up and down!)

 

[Jason_E]

Are they taking the f**king piss? Another one? 23GBs of textures?

Id put my left nut on that 30GB one before being a random update.

 

[Jason_E]

To be clear, I still haven’t played a game on my £449 black box.

 

[DeeKay86]

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Are they taking the f**king piss? Another one? 23GBs of textures?

Id put my left nut on that 30GB one before being a random update.

Man, COD is notorious for being HUGE for no good reason - that’s kinda insane!

May fast broadband speeds be with you!!

 

[Jason_E]

Man, COD is notorious for being HUGE for no good reason - that’s kinda insane!

May fast broadband speeds be with you!!

Cod updates will be 30gb and the patch notes will be like

“We’ve made the MP5 less powerful, and fixed a typo in the end game credits”.

Luckily I’ve always had my One’s set to download while they’re off so don’t have to endure them, always seen my mates moan in the chat though.

Today is the day it’s all coming to me now though. Sigh.

I remember getting my 360 at launch and playing PGR3 online within about 10 mins

 

[Craig]

I hate you all 😂. Ah well I'll wait till 2021

 

[dann2707]

The colour of the stand.

On the images I can't see a difference. Do you have any pics of the difference at all from doing your research mate? Tag me in the TV thread please

 

[Chris V6 255]

Just spotted Jedi Fallen Order is available on game pass!

Today just keeps getting better [emoji1303]


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[-Jamie-]

Just spotted Jedi Fallen Order is available on game pass!

Today just keeps getting better [emoji1303]


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Played an hour or so of it earlier definitely glad it's on game pass [emoji23]

 

[DeeKay86]

Just tried Gears 5 on Series X. HOLY HELL this game looks brand new! Wow!!

 

[Jason_E]

For reference, Ive gone from a One X to a Series X. They're both 4K and both enter HDR mode (Although, @DeeKay86 has mentioned the one x perhaps isnt actually HDR?)

Either way I can confirm: Yes, there is a marginal difference on the current COD. You do have to be a total nerd (like us) to notice maybe!

Excited to try properly optimised games for this now!

 

[RSRowe]

Just tried Gears 5 on Series X. HOLY HELL this game looks brand new! Wow!!

It was the first thing I downloaded. Even the missus said the picture looks good - though I’m certain that’s a bit of a placebo given my tv is 5 years old

 

[Jason_E]

Can anyone buy games using their app? Used to be able to but seems to not be a feature anymore.

 

[Jason_E]

Can anyone buy games using their app? Used to be able to but seems to not be a feature anymore.

Figured out theres a seperate game pass app!

 

[Stay Puft]

My internet has gone to s**t on the new Xbox playing cod.. constantly lagging, getting the poor connection sign on the screen. Any ideas?

 

[Jason_E]

My internet has gone to s**t on the new Xbox playing cod.. constantly lagging, getting the poor connection sign on the screen. Any ideas?

Wifi or wired?

 

[Stay Puft]

Wifi. Xbox says my NAT type is open, but on Cod it says moderate.

 

[Jason_E]

Wifi. Xbox says my NAT type is open, but on Cod it says moderate.

Wifi will always cause you trouble anyway!

You need to go into your routers settings and open up some ports to sort that issue out however. You may have already done this to get Xbox live "Open", but a lot of games use their own/additional ports. I just googled "Call of duty port forwarding" and got what I needed.

 

[Stay Puft]

Wifi will always cause you trouble anyway!

You need to go into your routers settings and open up some ports to sort that issue out however. You may have already done this to get Xbox live "Open", but a lot of games use their own/additional ports. I just googled "Call of duty port forwarding" and got what I needed.

Will give it a go tomorrow, ive rage quitted for today, thanks. Never had this issue with the old Xbox on Wifi.