CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR XBOX ONE 720P
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In the majority of non-like-for-like frame rate tests, 360 maintained its lead - perceptually it is clearly the smoother game.

CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR XBOX ONE PS3

ItВ’s also clear that there are elements that do impact 360 performance quite substantially and in the same situations, PS3 runs at an even, albeit generally slower, keel.Д«y and large though, weВ’re limited to analysing scripted instances using the engine - the more random elements during gameplay make life-for-like comparison more difficult. In the final analysis, it seems clear that the divide in performance between PS3 and Xbox 360 on the CoD4 engine remains in the new game, but the increased load does take a toll on both versions. The uneven frame rate at the climax of the clip is also intriguing.

This final clip from the somewhat out-of-place aerial battling section shows the most dramatic lack of parity between the two versions in any of the clips analysed: the 360 game doesnВ’t drop a single frame throughout the whole video - PS3 on the other hand appears to be unoptimised on even the fairly simplistic sections where the player is running through the plane. Due to our limited After Effects skillage, if both versions run at 60FPS, youВ’ll just see the one green line. The graphs show PS3 frame rate in blue, Xbox 360 in green. A running frame rate (averaged over 30fps) runs in the top-left and top-right for 360 and PS3 respectively. The results are quite surprising - while frame rate averages back up Xbox 360В’s palpable advantages, itВ’s also clear that there are some engine elements where the Sony console more than holds its own.

With the new Digital Foundry frame analyser, we can take a peek under the bonnets of both versions in a way hitherto unseen. But even after all this, itВ’s an undeniable that the PS3 version is running at a perceptably lower refresh rate than the 360 version for most of the time. What is clear is that Treyarch has done a lot of tooling about to make the most of both platforms - better shadows on PS3, the odd tweaking of environmental objects on both concoles. The 360 game is running less smoothly than its predecessors, but both versions - by and large - still manage to look smoother (and most cases better) than their competition, all of which run, or aspire to run, at 30FPS. In the event we were probably half-right. Our prediction at the time was that with the more intensive sequel, Xbox 360 would fall more often into the В‘perceptualВ’ 60FPS area (that is, dropping regularly from full-fat 60fps, but not really noticing the difference) whereas the PS3 version would cross that perceptual divide. Regular Digital Foundry readers will know that we researched the Call of Duty 4 engine beforehand.

CALL OF DUTY WORLD AT WAR XBOX ONE 720P

Rather than repeat myself, you can check out my findings over at Eurogamer here, while the exhaustive range of 720p comparison shots can be viewed here. A couple of weeks back we took a good, long, hard look at Call of Duty: World at War on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

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