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@Wasdie: That is not the goal, the memory bandwidth and the fact that the console will have enough memory to contain a 4k frame buffer means they plan to render 4k native. I am not sure where you are getting this half render upscale nonsense.
They can have all of the memory bandwidth they want, the GPU is not powerful enough to do high fidelity and 4k at even 30 fps.
Digital Foundry had an article on it saying the same thing. They don't expect Scorpio games to be running native 4k.
Digital Foundry is wrong with Scorpio's 50/60 CU estimate i.e. Digital Foundry failed to estimate CU count based on SoC size. Vega 10 with 64 CU is effectively 14 nm version Fury X's 590 mm^2 with Polaris fixes e.g. better geometry engine and clock speed. Vega 10 is estimated to be 300 mm^2 in size.
Scorpio's SoC. Note the relative size for SoC vs GDDR5 module
PS4's SoC with a known 348 mm^2 chip size
Scorpio's SoC is smaller than PS4's SoC, hence any Vega 10 size GPU solution is debunked!!
If XBox One game was designed for 1920x1080p at 1.3 TFLOPS, Scorpio can run it at 4K native i.e. 1.3 TFLOPS x 4 = 5.2. TFLOPS. Scorpio has 6 TFLOPS.
Some of PC's graphics effects has diminished return vs visual fidelity gain e.g. HBAO+ has higher compute consumption over cheaper SSAO with minimal visual fidelity gain. There's very little need for MSAA at 4K. Another problem on the PC is GPU politics.
Larger gain for visual fidelity on consoles would be 16X Anisotropic Filtering (AF) i.e. maximize texture's quality. AF works with TMUs not ALUs (for TFLOPS).
Scorpio's GPU solution is better than R9-390X (5.9 TFLOPS) and RX-480 (5.83 TFLOPS)
Hitman 2016 with ultra settings and 4K, R9-390X scored 42 fps.
Star Wars BattleFront 2015 with ultra settings and 4K, R9-390X scored 37 fps.
Scorpio will be garbage for 4K, but good for 1080p/60fps.
Star Wars BattleFront 2015, Scorpio is good for2560x1440p/60 fps e.g. the inferior R9-390X scored 69 fps.
Multiplats like TW3, SWBF, and Hitman run at settings roughly equivalent to PC med/high settings. The benchmarks we commonly see are for ultra settings on PC.
Likewise, NEO/Scorpio games will be running med/high mixes. Scorpio at 6TF and according to the 390x-Fury benchmark leaks should hit 4k/30fps or 1440p/60fps no problem.
I usually step down my graphics settings since visual fidelity reduction is minor i.e. large frame rate drop for minimal visual fidelity gain is wasteful.
For medium settings at 4K
That's good because 4k resolution at any modern graphical fidelity isn't happening on a Scorpio. Even at 30 fps.
4k is still a year or two off on the PC, and that's for cards that are $600+. A console that will come in at probably $500 never had a chance at doing 4k for the high fidelity games.
This is a 5.6 Teraflop 290X running all of these games on their MAXIMUM possible settings at 3200x1800, it will be outclassed and out-performed architecturally by whatever 6~ Teraflop GPU is in Scopio, not to mention it's running on a PC which is in and of itself a less optimizable configuration by default.
Given the fact that consoles don't ever render games at maximum settings, I have no doubt Scorpio will handle 4K perfectly fine in the high to very high range.
Scorpio will be garbage for 4K, but good for 1080p/60fps.
Star Wars BattleFront 2015, Scorpio is good for2560x1440p/60 fps e.g. the inferior R9-390X scored 69 fps.
I think you read that chart wrong. Battlefront averages at 37 at 4K. 69 is for 1440p.
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