Choudhry also claimed that Xbox One X owners who don't have a 4K television screen will still get an enhanced visual experience, via a technique known
as supersampling, which reduces native 4K assets for HD TV displays.
A technology known
as supersampling makes all games played on Xbox One X look better, even on a TV that doesn't support 4K.
The PS4's «5.50» firmware update hit today adding some new features as well
as supersampling.
Not exact matches
The IQ is rather clean and the game appears to use the same rendering technology,
as the recently released For Honor, to render at a higher resolution, while also offering
supersampling for users who play it on a 1080p screen.
I've tried
supersampling up to 1.5 x from a base 4K resolution, using the top MSAA setting (High)
as well
as SMAA Ultra (the highest setting for post-processing AA), but aliasing remains visible on the car's top, on the railings, and on the tracks» borders, too.
When running at FullHD resolution, Horizon Zero Dawn gets
supersampling as well
as improved shadow maps and anisotropic filtering.
However, it will use techniques such
as anisotropic filtering and
supersampling, which WILL make games look more graphically impressive even on 1080p televisions / monitors.
This means Xbox One X owners with a 1080p (Full HD) TV can enjoy upscaled textures
as part of the Xbox One X's
supersampling feature, which renders 4K textures at 2K resolution.
Often regarded
as one of the Xbox One X's most impressive features,
supersampling uses the console's additional horsepower to provide improved graphical quality to your games when played on Full HD (1080p) displays.
For anyone playing on a 1080p display,
supersampling should make for a sharper image
as well.