We're rendering
2160p checkerboard, which is a special technique that looks incredible on a 4K TV.»
Topics include an improved method for approximating spherical area lights by bending the light vector of a single point light, practical realistic atmospheric scattering with height fog, our 2 - frame temporal anti-aliasing solution for 1080p, and finally our optimized
2160p checkerboard rendering and «tangram» resolve strategy used on the PS4 Pro.
When played on PS4 Pro with a 4K TV, God of War outputs in a dynamic 4K resolution achieved through
a 2160p checkerboard.
Digital Foundry then took their own technical analysis of the demo and confirmed that it runs at
2160p checkerboarding resolution which is something that has been used with Frostbite Engine games on consoles.
Not exact matches
Digital Foundry goes as far as defining Horizon Zero Dawn perhaps the most accomplished open world experience this far this generation, with the game using
checkerboard rendering to reach a full
2160p pixel count.
While PlayStation 4 Pro owners will have
checkerboard rendering at
2160p, which is the same resolution that Horizon Zero Dawn runs.
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checkerboard 2160p or native 4K?
While PS4 Pro offers 4K gaming, it tends to use what is known as «
checkerboard 4K», and delivers resolutions of 1440p or 1800p, which is less than the
2160p of «true» 4K gaming.
The first one favors resolution, displaying the game at
2160p (4K) via
checkerboard and another which favors performance, by lowering the resolution to 1080p but holding the frame rate as close to 60 fps as possible.
DigitalFoundry even mentions on their video that Assassin's Creed Origins may have to witness dynamic resolution and
checkerboarding in order to reach the
2160p resolution of the system.
Furthermore, they advised them to take advantage of the additional GDDR5 memory and consider using dynamic resolution and
checkerboarding to get their games to
2160p if the engine does not allow to scale.