Halo 5 Beta is 720p 60FPS

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-11-halo-5-guardians-multiplayer-beta-is-720p-60fps

Uh oh, Spaghettios

lmao consoles

It's a beta.

OP is a beta

Great, the funnest FPS game will look better than all the there Halo's before it. Weren't they all 30 fps? 60 is great.

And? The game is over a year away from launch. It's clearly a beta test at this point. 720p at 60 fps. The key is to keep it at 60fps as that's what the game is going to be at when it launches. 1080p was probably not stable enough at 60 fps and they probably didn't want to bother trying to find some intermediate resolution that would be stable at 60 fps as it's just a beta.

They'll hit 1080p60 for the launch. They already set themselves to it. They'll mold the renderer around 1080p60 and will take a detail hit to hit that mark. For the early beta it doesn't matter.

I can't run Star Citizen at 1080p60 stable all of the time either even on my GTX 780. Is that's a problem of the consoles or the game as well? Hell no, it's still being developed.

I would only be concerned with Halo 5 if it was 2-3 months until launch and they weren't hitting their graphic marks.

Did anyone say it's a beta yet?

They will probably hit 900p like the rest of the games coming out. /maybe

They said they'll be at 1080p60 a long time ago. They'll hit that. 343 are damn good at graphics. Halo 4 was some how 720p30 despite being one of the best looking console games of last gen. If any dev on the Xbox front of things can do 1080p60, it's 343.

I hear ya.. They definitely don't lack the resources. That's for sure.

They will push the limits... If anyone can.

Should be great to see where they end up next Nov. .

Too early to to judge the final product is more than a full year away from now so cows should hold their horses,.

lmao @ creating a thread to bash a Beta.

Didnt think this through did you TC?

This beta is happening a whole year before the release of the game.

Its a shooter and as we all know FPS is king with regards to shooters. The 720p is irrelevant as others have already said....BETA.

This thread is a prime example of how damaging 1080 wars can be, pretty soon we will be funding and industry that cant even release BETA versions without fear of backlash. Play games people not resolution.

TitanFall devs said the same thing, but yeah they only got to 792p. Whoever expecting 1080/60 for final is in for a HUGE disappointment. Give XBone 50% more gpu power and some faster ram maybe it would hit 1080p.

plus the actual games is at least a year away.

Halo 4 in 720p at 30fps must have been a miracle in your eyes.

See this is not some pr "beta" (read demo) but an actual beta test prioritizing actually testing gameplay, net code and such. There is PLENTY of time for visual refinements and optimization. Most visual assets at this point are likely placeholders. Game is a long ways away from dropping; A LOT can get done in one year. If they truly wanted to show off gfx they would have done so much closer to completion.

Lol "its a beta" heard that one plenty of times

Sucks, but i'm happy to see them put 60fps above all else. Final game will probably be 900p.

Meh, i'll take 60fps over resolution. Thankfully, has a pc gamer, i don't have to compromise

It's a yearaway from launch, and it's a beta.

This thread is proof that the Cows have nothing to hang their hat on gaming wise. All we EVER hear from them is resolution this and resolution that! Don't be mad because the X1 has all of the best games and the PS4 has...??? Well....????

This thread just sums up how STUPID this resolution warz shit is.

Nice work OP

So even 900p is to much for Xboner...hah

you won't have to compromise cause it's not on PC LOL

I agree with Wasdie, Halo 4 might not of been the best halo game but 343 know how to push a system to its limits in the graphics departure.

i meant for other games. In a general sense.

ut like i said, 720p, 900p, etc don't bother me if the game is a rock solid 60fps, even in campaign. Because, you know, consoles work via compromise.

lol Solid

Seconded, jeeezzz people, get a grip.

So when the beta is on PS4 and has frames problems that is indicative how bad frames will be like on Evolve.? But when the beta is on xbox one and is 720p some how that isn't a sign of bad things.?

Not one of the Halo remakes is 60FPS lock some are not even 1080p,Halo 5 is suppose to look better because it build from ground up for xbox one,so if they chose great looking graphics what make any of you think that it will be 1080p 60FPS.?

Now i am not saying it will be 720p but man depending on what 343 is targeting you should not spec 1080p 60FPS.

You know when a game passes its Alpha stage and reaches Beta stage usually it means it has finished all its features, so whatever left is bug fixing and balancing. If you're expecting a massive resolution bump it's pretty much impossible since they have to reprogram the engine or cut down on other graphical effects, the former takes hellava long time and the latter makes the res bump redundant. I believe 900p is out of reach, the best you can hope for is 792p. Lots of console games hit beta a year before release or earlier but never got a 40% resolution bump in the end. Sorry to break it to you lemmings.

Titanfall was made a a time when all the games were struggling around 720p. Also what will a 50% more powerful GPU and faster ram do? It'll still be shit hardware. While consoles struggle above 30fps, lets not pretend they're powerful.

ok its 720p/60. why do you care its a beta of a game with a year left b4 it comes out....enjoy the gameplay

@gpuking: @tormentos:

Over a year left before the game launches, Cmon mang... Keep the dream alive fellas, you can wish in one hand and poo in the other and tell me which hand fill up first. :P

Few games on launch of the xbox one were 720p.

Ghost.

BF4 and Killer Instinct that i know off the res were 900p or higher.

So not even close to all games.

And you ask what 50% more power will do.? Allow for higher res or faster frames or both.

Dude i am not saying it will be 720p but lemming were saying the PS4 version of Evolve which is months away would carry frame problems because of a beta..

720p is to distant from 1080p even on this stage,i think the game will be at most 1360x1080p like Halo 2.

I wouldn't rely so much on f faith there dude. I respect your love for this Dev team... but if they said it would hit 1080p60 over a year ago.... where is it?

They wouldn't have said that if they hadn't got it running at that rate/res (because it would be stupid if they did without knowing they could)

They mostly likely got it running in a test environment with crap lighting and very little AA. gonna look crap if its at 1080. expect 900p at best

these console are a joke

1080p should have been the standard this gen

Its topics like this that discourage devs from even releasing information (or betas) for games.

@lhughey: Why and how? the game will be what the game is regardless of threads like this. If 343 can only do 720 then it makes absalutely no difference to them that this thread exists. If they can do better, then its all a plus aint it

Silly post buddy :)

@tormentos:

K but consider that MS/343 may also not want to show all it's cards this early. It's like the old but wise saying; promise only half the world but then deliver the whole world ya know, instead of promising the whole world then only deliver half...

man, there's a company near and dear to your heart that does the latter on an almost regular basis but the name escapes me atm. :P

its only a beta. im sure the actual game will be 900p(lol) - 1080p

graphics look good but seriously can anyone see a real difference between halo 5 beta and h2a? it looks a little better but not too much difference

Gallery

What you mean the games were lower than 720p?

Also KI was 720p, it just got bumped to 900p.

Right now, PS4 is getting higher res. Frame rate seems the same and still isn't doing great above 30fps.

Still 0p on the Quad of Greatness.

I don't think you realize how much optimization and whatnot happens in the last 6 months of development on a game. The game is still a year away. Entire graphic renderers are written in under that time.

There is no telling at all what kind of graphic quality the beta has nor is there any way to know how high they could push it until framerate starts dropping. They could be intentionally keeping the graphics back just so when the game does finally release, it looks/feels even better than the beta people will most likely play extensively.

Lol wow, cows are getting pretty pathetic at this point.. Dont worry, you'll be able to dry your tears with some more PS4 sales numbers soon enough..

Who in their right mind release a beta in 720p in 2014? Microsoft, that's who.

Playing the victim role again El Tormented?

Why do you even care since you won't be playing any of the XOne games. Just concentrate on your PS4 games you won't be playing yet will be hyping up to kingdom come.

So a year away from launch the the game is feature complete (beta)? I call bullshit on that.