Halo Infinite: PC vs Xbox Series X Performance Review

[@jebbekillen]

Best reviewer you’ve had for a long time IGN. Give that guy a promotion

[@srigirirajendran500]

Are you a friend of him?

[@SynchronicitySequence]

@@srigirirajendran500 this is the Reviewers Alt youtube account lol. Still not wrong though.

[@glitch720]

Yeah this is a really meh overview. Sounds like he just took notes drom Digital Foundry.

[@Takemura76]

@@glitch720 lol riiiight

[@santhoshsridhar5887]

@@Takemura76 Actually, he mentioned stuff even DF didn’t exactly cover

[@leviticus6105]

Ign actually has a great tech review! Give this man a raise

[@TheDecree93]

Absolutely fantastic technical review

[@Pensive_117]

@Max Gaming Ok

[@BerryZitoo]

been jumping from Series X to PC to One X. Having a blast playing this game on all 3, Cloud saves for the win !

[@The-Azure-Knight]

Why are you jumping around like that?

[@Pensive_117]

Are you a madman?

[@GruelingFive8]

I've taken how well Xbox does cloud saves for granted, though they're not perfect yet

[@justinw7323]

Thats one thing Sony ponys won't have 😂

[@mikem2253]

Great analysis as always Michael. I’m really enjoying this game and i’m not much of a halo fan at all.

[@towel9646]

This game needs optimizing

[@lSeKToRl]

runs like butter on my 3080.

[@Furrazii]

@@lSeKToRl on my 3090 it runs like America runs on dunkin

[@alm31]

@@Furrazii on my 3070ti is runs like Usain bolt

[@isaacfairburne9981]

Me: "Crying with my rx580"😭

[@lSeKToRl]

@@Furrazii so you mean like watered down coffee in massive cups?

[@kingunnz7342]

Best release by 343 to date. The campaign can fall a little flat but otherwise this game is close to a masterpiece well done 👏🏽

[@DarkownerMinimalist]

wtf how can the campaign be flat? and a masterpiece? are you a leftist?

[@kingunnz7342]

@@DarkownerMinimalist personal opinion mate 👍

[@chrish4052]

@@DarkownerMinimalist was thinking the same.

[@thiccortreat4457]

@@DarkownerMinimalist it’s an opinion Karen calm down

[@socksleeve]

@@DarkownerMinimalist "are you a leftist" oh look it's baby's first political insult.

[@GeneticXIV]

Can’t wait for the ray tracing update!

[@ohheyhi8626]

When's that?

[@gravy7944]

@@ohheyhi8626 after they announce it

[@zelicanth1927]

PC performance is abysmal even in multiplayer

[@ericanderson5195]

Looks like you need to upgrade that dinosaur guy

[@michaeljakeem5009]

@@ericanderson5195 nah its badly optimized

[@raresmacovei8382]

5700 XT: For 120 fps locked in MP, I'm playing on Medium at 900p, lol. Maxed out 1080p, it's 85-105.

[@grim86]

@@raresmacovei8382 you act like thats a new card lol

[@CadillacDeVilledElegance]

@@michaeljakeem5009 Free up storage Free up active apps Fix ur settings Uninstall the HD texture pack Make sure ur cables are connected properly Fixed ur game for ya bud

[@oneandonlyjark]

3:00 - the general development speculation states that it was dumbed down for XB1, not so much that it was scaled up for Series. As a general rule of thumb, it is easier to scale back than it is to buff up (although when you're making gameplay tweaks, like in MMOs or competitive games, an old piece of advice was "always buff up," lol).

[@Manac0r3]

Not PC ready...

[@alvzcizzler]

Hopefully the promised Ray Tracing support update comes soon, they mentioned it last year

[@tylerplayzz8697]

Looking forward to see how it looks on my PC with my RTX 3070

[@cartervavra7437]

Awesome technical review. Glad that during the review process that the game save wipe wasn't encountered.

[@russlynch1131]

Whatever happened to gameplay over shadowing graphics???

[@ShindlerReal]

Is it an old engine? Microsoft announced it using a new engine (Slipspace)

[@aidendenton480]

Same engine but heavily updated apparently

[@NemaCyyst]

You got some serious stick drift there

[@ianhodyno2331]

Wow , remember when it was easy as " How many bits is it? "

[@staggerlee1869]

It would be nice to see a comparison with a newer GPU.

[@Luiko0406]

no need xsx gpu is already 4 years old pc gpu equivalent check gamer nexus review

[@hamoudy98productions]

@@Luiko0406 gamers Nexus were wrong about that, xbox series x is equivalent to 3060ti performance and the same goes for PS5

[@theomazingomar357]

im playing it on a gtx 1650 and it's amazing

[@Xilent1]

So everyone that didn’t like last years showing, are we fine with this launch?

[@qwertmom]

Not really

[@slurp3194]

Nope disappointing and sad for a “next gen game” it looks so visually outdated especially the out door sections like tf compare it to horizon zero dawn lmfao this is sad. But game play was done really well and overall people are happy with the result they got

[@MrAustyn88]

I'm fine with it looks visually. I'd say if it wasn't missing so much content and wasn't structured around a free to play model it would be the best Halo in a decade

[@oror3751]

@@slurp3194 It's not next gen game..., Horizon zero dawn wouldn't be either

[@xay6460]

@@slurp3194 yea it’s not a next gen game last gen consoles are still holding everyone back so until those go away nobody will push the next gen consoles lol

[@leedudgeon5861]

It's got micro stutters on series x 60hz mode for me, play in 120hz mode instead

[@FirefighterAliveJC]

Where do you find this in settings??

[@711MetallicaFan]

Do they have a 120fps mode in multiplayer on series x?

[@Andrew-wb2zq]

I've noticed this too. Quality mode doesn't seem as smooth on my TV as it does here.

[@allenb.6367]

@@711MetallicaFan they do you can switch from quality to performance

[@FALLEN9336]

Maybe it’s cuz I’ve got a Sony x85j tv but it’s smooth as butter for me.

[@noctis3228]

Runs like crap on Polaris cards. Sad that gaming magazines always just test high end specs.

[@jeremydukes4228]

It's a new release, they're testing it on modern hardware. Of course if your hardware is outdated, it's not going to keep up with a modern release.

[@stealthhunter6998]

The performance on PC is actually sad. It’s really badly optimised.

[@MT_Real_]

That's why we have consoles

[@moha1911]

This guy is amazing does he have his own channel ?

[@RetroniOS]

NX Gamer.

[@humphreybrogart8392]

Runs really well on my 3070, game is pretty CPU bound though. Playing at 1440p.

[@SuperFlawless9]

What FPS are you getting in the open world at high settings? I'm thinking about getting an rtx 3070.

[@elliotdorman6203]

@@SuperFlawless9 I’m getting about 70-80 average with a 5600x, 3070 and 16gb of RAM at 1440p. Frames increase massively when on missions that load you into an indoor environment and multiplayer though

[@Individuallll]

@@elliotdorman6203well that's because when ur doing a mission it doesn't load all the open world textures

[@humphreybrogart8392]

@@elliotdorman6203 Yeah, same framerate for me. Indoor areas sometimes give me like 140 fps, if there are no enemies.

[@MrDeerz]

@@humphreybrogart8392 @StealthHunter the proformence is horrible compared to how it looks ngl he isnt gonna get that much at 1440p with a rtx 3070 cus vram limitions it runs pretty bad

[@barn79]

13:50, thought my pc froze and an error message popped up... *mini heart attack*

[@Manac0r3]

Frame pacing is off, not smooth and very jittery.

[@raresmacovei8382]

Played with 5700 XT and an RTX 2060 mobile. Perfect frame pacing (in MP) on both.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

why not compare it to the Series S as well? don't more people own an S at this point?

[@daehansolo7720]

Xbox s js basically the Xbox one

[@oror3751]

More people own the Series S...

[@slurp3194]

@@daehansolo7720 nope it isnt the series s performances close to the series x and holds 60 frame very well.

[@nonnygb]

I'm playing across both Series S and X. Series S is pretty great on performance mode which is 1080p60 but It's horrific in quality mode as it's stuck at 30fps. Series X = Quality Mode Series S = Performance Mode

[@sageen]

@@nonnygb You sir, settle to easy. Quality mode on X, rather play on a calculator.. Performance is the only way to go, 60fps4k feels laggy..

[@oneandonlyjark]

11:00 - FYI viewers: VRR tech currently does NOT work for Halo Infinite, so the 120 fps variance is also a problem for Series X. (Series S does not even offer 120 performance at all for this game anyway).

[@cigisilk]

Any sources for this?

[@ScarthyUK]

This is still broken…

[@cyjoker333]

I've noticed those same issues on Series X.

[@DarkZeroInside]

That's why you're not a tech analyst.

[@crispyflix]

@@DarkZeroInside and that’s why you are not an English teacher because clearly you couldn’t read his comment very well.

[@subterraa]

why cant they release games that just work like they used to back in the day

[@DoktorSprite]

Because someone started a race to be the best and everyone’s trying to compete

[@MrMnvikingsfan]

This game literally does just work.... It's honestly pretty amazing how well this game runs across so many different hardware platforms with varying degrees of power. Being able to reliably run a game at 4k 60fps or 1440 120fps on a console on launch day is nothing short of amazing

[@tobyfoster7341]

@@MrMnvikingsfan maybe for console, but for PC? Easily the worst performance to quality ratio I’ve seen on a game.

[@arunadayananda3551]

Great analysis. Chock full on information - didn't feel the 15 minutes going by at all!

[@rohaanmanzoor3268]

playing on a 3070 laptop and quite disappointed. The game does not look as beautiful as it performs

[@primecalibur]

Anyone else quit cause your save file got borked and can't load - gonna just wait around for May coop at this point and hope they fix it by then.

[@XiLock_Alotx]

Having an absolute blast on PC with this. With a i9-10900k and 3070 this game is very pleasant to play.

[@mahedihasan3146]

What happened from 13:51 - 14:00 ??👀👀

[@Mixxor454]

My I7 7700k really suffers in this game, doesn't even get a solid 60fps in 1080p. Thinking of either going Alder Lake or waiting for a patch, but shelling out that much money just to play one unoptimized game seems like a far stretch (:

[@kewlztertc5386]

This is the first game my PC really can't play. I'm getting high 30s fps @1080 low. I'm just going to buy a new barebones PC, but I'm going AMD. I'll wait for an Nvidia card tho

[@GraceLifeMinistries]

@@kewlztertc5386 or you could save a bunch of money and get an Xbox and get better performance.

[@dom4591]

My series x runs it it 4k 60fps.

[@tq4142]

So you need a 2080 ti to get series x performance.

[@xay6460]

you need like a 3070 basically if u want decent frames in the open world lol might as well just spend way less for a series x

[@kylelochner5686]

Nah digital foundry got the same performance on a 2070 super

[@marioluigi1523]

My 2080 ti gets max settings 4K 60 fps locked looks and plays better then series x

[@joe4401]

TLDR version?

[@XxAznChrizxX]

did you download the hd texture packs for pc?

[@jshizzle777]

Got a 3060 and a 5600h and the campaign is horribly optimized..... Stuttering and constant frame drops

[@Tee_B]

You're surprised? Your GPU is worse than a 1070ti.

[@Pelayum]

@@Tee_B ?

[@arthurmorgan7045]

@@Tee_B no it aint

[@Tee_B]

@@arthurmorgan7045 Yes it is.

[@chrismccombe6961]

Need to get this guy a up to date pc

[@beedeeuniko]

First game in years that scales so poor on older hardware that it’s just unplayable even with lowest settings

[@Greektown91]

Anyone else feel this game was unfinished/rushed? Feel like they had to pull back their original plans because they bit off more than they could chew with this open world style of game. The campaign is basically going around camps and disabling/blowing up security cores

[@TheTOShow1]

Seeing how beautiful and smooth Halo Infinite on Xbox Series X is makes me question why they couldn't optimize Starfield to hit 60 fps on XSX.

[@lancers7]

ngl this paints a false image. a 2070 is no where near a 3080 or 3080 ti in terms of performance.

[@alexfla123]

The 3080 is a $700 at MSRP which is almost impossible to find. The 3080 ti is $1,200 at MSRP and even at that price again it's almost impossible to find. Both those GPUs sell for much higher than MSRP because there is such high demand and the chip shortage. Of course they will be stronger than a $500 console.

[@than0zZ]

8:35 This darn tree can't stay still!!! 10:04 11:22 😂😂😂

[@kevinvandorst]

Series X is the best version by far, and it's amazing!

[@victorm777ify]

Take a look of the 3090 pc versión

[@andreas2145]

@@victorm777ify Take a look on prices of rtx and series x :D

[@quinsey9211]

@@andreas2145 price doesnt make it worse? so whats your point. thats like saying the xbox one version is the best version since an x1 is much cheaper.

[@andreas2145]

@@quinsey9211 Pc is not vfm anymore, for a casual gamer console is the only way.. the difference of price is huge, we are not talking about 200-300€ difference but 2000-3000€... pc will be always the king but not for everyone.

[@GruelingFive8]

@@quinsey9211 in regards to price to performance tho

[@MrBaller4Life14]

This game is sooooo poorly optimized on PC. Frames are just not stable.

[@sea2229]

Can we get one of these in basic ape English please

[@eddienlynn1]

How is my 3060 running this game at 110 frames minimum outside some times going down to 88 no lower, indoors 146 frames at 1440p

[@RevanPorkins]

1440p is why 3060 is a powerful card

[@Nedry92]

They need to fix the Series S version, how is it possible that the ONE X looks and feels better and smoother than a 2020 console? what's the point to upgrade then?

[@orgrimdominator3246]

One x have better vram and more powerful gpu But on one x more fps drops

[@SuperScarab]

Series s and one x are almost same in terms of hardware, so the performance is almost same in both of them, digital foundry themselves said that, what are you into ??

[@iamabot607]

@@SuperScarab he said the one x not the series x.

[@SuperScarab]

@@iamabot607 yeah l know, that's what l said

[@SuperScarab]

@@iamabot607 series x and series s have way different hardwares bro, even l know that 🤣🤣

[@frankyjrod5868]

Where the homies at that played it on the Xbox One and still got pretty clean performance in their campaign run?

[@dilibau]

IGN, tryna pull off a Digital Foundry 😏

[@Gamerzguy2468]

We deserve DLSS on PC!

[@ssaini5028]

nah we dont want any Nvidia crap

[@warumsindalleso]

The textures if this game are really next gen

[@archetypalhero7408]

This game crashes so much on my pc. It’s ridiculous.

[@ProjectGamerYT]

13:53 you got me there

[@krazyroach2112]

Rtx 3080 ti still get drops in 40s at 4k in the open world.

[@GraceLifeMinistries]

Probably your cpu not GPU.

[@davidtmedia3866]

Halo Infinite won players choice goty!

[@chanulajayasekara3926]

hello friend👋

[@frankvandermerwe1487]

Before anyone even had a chance to play the campaign...... mmmmmmmmmmm not at all suspicious. Not at all.

[@bjrnargreaker97]

@@frankvandermerwe1487Salty Sony fanboy go cry

[@davidtmedia3866]

@@frankvandermerwe1487 it was based off the multiplayer, salty pony.

[@frankvandermerwe1487]

@@bjrnargreaker97 mmmm over Halo infinite? Don't think so, trust me, I'll save my tears for another day, when xbox gets something worthwhile according to my tastes.

[@mickle1211]

the cpu is not the bottleneck, the gpu is, it is always in the high 90% usage where the cpu is in the 50s -> 60s

[@balgoth18]

Even if a CPU is at 50-60% it can still be the bottleneck. The game is likely only using a few cores, or has one pegged at 100% while the rest are doing far less, bringing the total cpu usage down to 50%. Of course, resolution is another factor.

[@HiCZoK]

The gradient banding in this game. wtf... Simple film grain would fix that (dithering). Or no motion blur? cmon.... 80fps feels way lower.

[@jesusjhoh3166]

Please don’t tell me that’s a ryzen 2700x cpu

[@oneandonlyjark]

14:00 - See, that's just it. That's a freakin' *great* character model render of Escharum. No low-res or low-poly count remarks that I'd make. So I'd argue that this game does have beauty. (There's an obvious corner cut with the undersuit section around his armpits, but who gd cares about that).

[@campocalypse]

"PC vs Xbox Series X"? There's almost as much "Series X vs last gen" and "Series X vs itself in different graphic settings" than there was comparing against PC...

[@campocalypse]

And why benchmark on a 2070? That card came out over 2.5 years ago

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

@@campocalypse 2070 is fine to test, not everyone can get there hands on a 3000 card.

[@cmdrflint9115]

@@campocalypse well, the series x (and ps5) are supposed to sit somewhere between a 2070 and 2080 in performance terms, so it kind of makes sense.

[@jasephase2k933]

Better knowledged review than digital foundry

[@ICESTORMSx]

Series x and s both run awesome

[@ohboy6738]

Can anybody tell me why the hell they decided to use a RTX 2070 in comparison to a series X? Imo a more fair comparison would have been the RTX 3060.

[@BRUH-fe8wz]

Nah the 3060 demolishes

[@chanulajayasekara3926]

best fps game hands down!!🙌

[@rodrigogrover3322]

That's a little exaggerated since Doom Eternal exists...

[@rodrigogrover3322]

...but it is a great game still.

[@jasonsmith530]

@Max Gaming stop eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew! Help is in the way

[@baconator953]

no.

[@Lurowene]

terrible netcode, huge desync, massive server issues. Far from making a top ten best FPS for this year alone

[@PhilipMcCrotch]

What about PS5??

[@businessclown445]

I've got some bad news for you...

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

@@businessclown445 you missed the joke

[@businessclown445]

@@Jojo-nq3bp no.

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

@@businessclown445 wym no? the ps5 thing was supposed to be satire lol

[@lSeKToRl]

Ran like butter at 1440p on Ultra with 3080. Game looks and plays phenominal. Only issue is 30fps character animation.

[@uh_ant]

That’s like my only issue is the animation refresh rate for characters, guns, and camera movements

[@lSeKToRl]

@@uh_ant it's a bug they are aware and is fixing it

[@frankvandermerwe1487]

It looks last gen at best.

[@lSeKToRl]

@@frankvandermerwe1487 Did you even play it? Definitely not last gen.

[@SpureGaming]

@@lSeKToRl of course he didn't play it, he has a Playstation lol.

[@Eddieistheillest]

Wait this wasn’t digital foundry

[@jr8028]

The comparison with xbox one didn’t show a big difference

[@fvkijay]

It's an open world game, so a lot of the dips would be CPU limited.

[@silly-xd8uq]

@Alice Tremblay 🗿

[@andrebark]

Great OST

[@dnah02]

I'll limit the campaign to 60 to 70 fps I'm getting quite a bit of lag

[@BrunoLiraArraisMaia]

Terrible optimization

[@xavierjasso]

No tengo Series X, menos una Ultra PC, pero si puedo decir que lo estoy disfrutando mucho en mi Xbox One S, un Halo bastante adictivo a decir verdad

[@doogie1350]

So yet another developer cutting corners and releasing half-baked crap, pretending like the game turning into minecraft every once in a while is a feature and somehow okay. Seems to be status quo for game developers nowadays.

[@SocialMoney595]

Would be great to have a comparison between Series S and some PC GPUs like 1650 super so people can have an idea on Series S performance

[@Tofi_DV]

Great review but it would be great that Steam will let me play the game😅

[@FPSInsights]

PC vs Xbox Series S pliss !!

[@Brewbuu]

My pc can’t optimize halo infinite

[@orgrimdominator3246]

Series x have same power gpu like 2070?) That's a shame..( Bloggers telling gpu series x close to 2080 super

[@sayakroy9070]

Well here It's performing better than a 2070.

[@oror3751]

Obviously not...more like around 2080( +-,not the super) we have seen it in multiple titles

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

It is more like a 2080 in most games

[@PrinceAdenXI]

Where's the comparison for ps5?

[@BRUH-fe8wz]

It’s halo and they use the same hardware

[@stardrifter6632]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ShaneDanger42069]

The t is silent in often

[@JimIBobIJones]

You would think IGN could have gotten hold of a better card than the 2070 to demo the PC settings.

[@TechOrigami]

That's not the point They are using the 2070 since performance-wise it is close to the Series X.

[@kasigaguagamemax5629]

@@TechOrigami no offense but is not the game on console is running in medium to hit the 60 120 frame rate you can run high or max setting with a 2070 and still getting more than 60 frames yes it is impressive that a 500 console can do this but there is more on a pc than just the 2070

[@TechOrigami]

@@kasigaguagamemax5629 true, but since they're checking the graphical capabilities. They are using a comparable graphics card. And the argument regarding "there is more in the pc than just the 2070", then that is just an age old statement. And , to be fair, the PC does a lot more than what the console can. In gaming and outside of it.

[@pedroreisdealmeida6911]

The old cpu used here is also holding the 2070

[@oror3751]

@@TechOrigami 2070 is more in line with the PS5...

[@dnzlwshnktn2092]

Dude...This looks like Unreal Tournament 2004...

[@bromo-dragonfly9863]

Dude...You're blind...

[@SuperScarab]

So why does rtx 2070 is having problem running it ??

[@-1nterruption-960]

Damn. Gets your eyes checked kid

[@justinTime077]

You haff 2 up date windoze!! Reawwyyy!?? Some of you are like the grannies that call me for tech support

[@alfredo101109]

IGN still a joke, comparing the worst console to a PC? LMAO

[@davidgaskey2768]

chief dies at the end

[@toddhoward1133]

Not only does he die, but he absolutely does not in fact die.

[@amd098]

Well yes but only internally as he gets sent the bill for repairing his armor.

[@-1nterruption-960]

And you put this there why

[@davidgaskey2768]

@@-1nterruption-960 because people are dumb dumb

[@-1nterruption-960]

@@davidgaskey2768 because you thought it was funny that's why. Grow tf up kid

[@angryjoe1084]

What about my Xbox one 🤔,

[@yoRyann27]

My Xbox SX and SS make my XB1 look like Timmy from South Park 😭😭😭

[@glitch720]

Digital Foundry did this better in every way. Stay in your lane IGN or at least don't just go watch a Digital Foundry episode and use the cliff notes for a video.

[@JKERNS0824]

5600x 6800xt

[@UTube4588]

Halo 5 on Xbox series S looks better than Halo infinite

[@NewCandyCane]

So its a 9/10? jk

[@BTMaverick707]

Pc needs Nvidia dlss

[@sagonz0001]

Excellent

[@njplayz42]

Hi ign