Opting out of PSSR, Guerrilla Games has outfitted Horizon Forbidden West and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered with its own upscaling solution. Oliver and Alex share notes on the upscaler and its remarkable image quality, all the modes are analysed and thanks to sterling work from Nixxes, we can compare Guerrilla’s upscaler with PC mainstays FSR 3.1 and, of course, Nvidia DLSS.
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00:00 Overview
01:05 Performance mode vs. Performance Pro
08:24 Resolution mode vs. Performance Pro
10:22 Performance Pro vs. Resolution Pro
11:17 Frame-rates and Balanced Pro mode
15:22 DLSS and FSR comparison
19:37 Analysis and conclusion
41 Comments
I was wondering that Sony brings more game to PC which technically is Microsoft as it usually is Windows, why don’t they bring those game to Xbox?
When video on black Myth Wukong patch ?
I understand devs who don't want to allow users to completely turn off all motion blur. I imagine VFX artists screaming at a meeting that it's very important, and that they should respect their creative intent 😂
please make a review for marvels spiderman remastered on ps5 pro
How can there be such a discrepancy in PSSR rendering between Horizon and Avatar??
I thought zero dawn was really cool and forbidden west was ok but they made Aloy arrogant and unlikable and drove the franchise into the ground. I'm so sick of hearing about Horizon and Aloy. They took a cool concept and made it incredibly lame.
i'd rather have it run nicely on native
Wow, the graphical leap to the PS5 Pro is just mind-blowing. It looks so incredibly sharp and amazing. I absolutely have to run to the store right now and spend nearly 1000 euros on a PS5 Pro. 😂😂😂
Oh, look, is the snow flake, the clown.
Guerilla Games should open a school or "Education Branch" for future Tech Devs.
These guys are wizards. It's sad that the entire industry is struggling and just a handful of studios is like:
"Don't worry we got this. We use every Mhz of this Hardware. Kinda easy actually"
At 16:04 we can see that horizon FW, like the first one, has issues with LODs when DLSS is turned on. The same happened with HZD and it's super annoying. DLSS is good but we loose detail because LODs usage is based on initial render resolution and not the final upscaled one.
Enough with the fake badly optimized shit.
that santa cap seems to have a soothing effect on alex
If you have to stand right at the tv to really spot the difference, is it really worth it? But it does make me excited for the 6.
ps5 pro promotion video ,
Oh look guys. Another fucking PS5 pro video. Yay. Like we don’t have enough
Absolutely worth an upgrade to the pro 😂
Always glad to see more Oliver on the channel!
Yet another PS5 Pro video when the Soul Reaver and The Thing remasters are out :/
I'm getting PS5 Pro fatigue here . Do you really have to RE-visit the SAME games when a refresh console is launched ??? Imagine if this was done every year when new graphics card comes up.
pc native w/o rt is perfect
Is it true that HFR lowers the image quality of games even if ure playing on a Resolution mode ? For Example RE 4. Does the Resolution mode + RT (best image quality) have a lower image quality when HFR is activated ?
The Horizon games give me hope for the Pro. I'm not regretting my purchase but the machine has been a little underwhelming. Outlaws just released a patch that let's you turn off the PiSSR and use FSR 3. FSR isn't perfect, (it doesn't handle her hair as well) but it is generally better with environments. But Horizon looks amazing on my LG G4. At least the 1st party stuff should really shine.😊
pro still trash omg
id5 and Decima are in the good books, can someone just take unreal5 out back and put it out of its misery.
Alex mentioned that you should always use upscaling on PC. I disagree. At least when it comes to Horizon games. HFW looks absolutely stunning @ 4K with DLAA and max settings. Zero upscaling artifacts. This is some of the purists image quality you will get while still be over 90 FPS maxed out on high end gpus.
Replaying Forbidden West as my "first "PS5 Pro" game.
I played it on PS4 Pro around launch. It's a substantial upgrade.
Side by side looks exactly the same yet DF are saying they look different…weird. Only thing that looks different is the grass.
The main thing for me is that they eliminated all the oversharpening and edge ringing in Forbidden West. It looks so much more natural and pleasing to the eye now, in addition to the greater image quality and clarity. Stunning games.
Still the greatest technical masterpiece in gaming nowadays. It both looks AND runs better than any other game out there. It's ridiculous.
Alex is sad 😥in this video because ppl keep sending him stuff about Threat Interactive… hahah
This is the issue with the PS5 pro the minute nature of the enhancements are not even worthwhile for hardcore players and digital foundry watchmen, let alone the general gamers.
Nobody cares about the PS five Pro
Dlss was awful at launch im sure pssr will improve massively over the next few years just in time to make the ps6 work 😂😂
Damn, never been so happy I didn't buy a new console. Saved a lot of money.
Decima is the best engine in gaming, and if Guerilla uses it for another FPS game I am ALL IN on that
They probably just used Spline36 as upscaler 😂
Gonna take a look at infinity Nikki? UE5 open world
i prefer native
I prefer balanced mode to be honest
So just so i understand. The best upscaled game on the ps5 pro doesn't use pisser on the pro.