{"id":1020865,"date":"2026-06-12T00:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020865\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:56:17","slug":"halo-campaign-evolved-comparison-shows-difference-between-xbox-series-x-and-ally-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1020865\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo: Campaign Evolved Comparison Shows Difference Between Xbox Series X And Ally X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, it&#8217;s good news! They&#8217;ve been playing an Xbox Series X build of the game that only allows them to highlight performance mode for now (although Quality Mode will be in the final release too), and it&#8217;s running at a rock-solid 60FPS. The game uses dynamic resolution scaling, averaging at around 50-75% of the output resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a bit more about the 60FPS performance mode on Xbox Series X:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very, very stable. Impressively so, considering this uses hardware ray-tracing and all the advanced features of Unreal Engine. To reach this, the game deploys two levels of dynamic resolution scaling, which average around 50-75% of the output resolution which means you&#8217;re often at 1080p-ish, but it does look pretty clean. The thing that they did on top of this though, is that there&#8217;s a translucency pass which varies the resolution of transparent effects based on frame budget [&#8230;] it&#8217;s a good way to save on performance without lowering the overall resolution to maintain 60FPS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Happy days for Halo: Campaign Evolved on Xbox Series X so far, then, but what about Xbox Series S? Unfortunately, Digital Foundry says that version is &#8220;technically playable but we were told it wasn&#8217;t ready yet&#8221;, so we&#8217;ll have to wait a little longer before we get some footage and analysis for that one.<\/p>\n<p>They have played the PC build though, including on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/features\/rog-xbox-ally-x-6-month-review-a-handheld-ive-been-using-in-unexpected-ways\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ROG Xbox Ally X<\/a>. The demanding nature of the game means that the Ally X runs it at around 30-40FPS right now on &#8220;Very Low&#8221; settings, with DF speculating that something like the Steam Deck will unlikely reach a stable 30FPS.<\/p>\n<p>The big thing to keep in mind here is that it&#8217;s still early footage though, and things could change between now and the early access release on July 23rd. We&#8217;ll keep an eye out for more comparisons between Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S nearer the time, but for now, you can check out Digital Foundry&#8217;s analysis in full down below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Happy with how this performance is coming along for Halo: Campaign Evolved? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743477849_879_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Fraser Gilbert\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long story short, it&#8217;s good news! 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