Month: May 2020

Enlarge / This Assassin's Creed Valhalla screenshot is running at one frame per all of time (or 1 fpat).

With the added power of the Xbox Series X, Microsoft has been touting 4K resolution gaming at 60 frames per second as a new console standard. In recent days, though, we've been learning that not all Series X titles will be achieving that standard.

Back in March, Microsoft announced that 4K/60fps level as the "performance target" for Series X games. Microsoft wanted to "build a next generation console that could run games in 4K at 60fps with no compromises for developers," the company said. And Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg later tweeted that 60fps should be considered the "standard output" for Series X games.

But that target isn't a guarantee that all Series X games will run at 60fps. Ubisoft made that much clear in a recent statement to IGN:

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  One of Dell's product shots of the Dell XPS 15. [credit: Dell ]

Today, Dell announced a significant redesign to its XPS 15 laptop—which is now marketed primarily at creatives who perform tasks like video or photo editing—as well as a new XPS 17 model. The former is available today; the latter is coming in the summer.

Dell says the XPS 15 is slimmer than its predecessor and has a number of design changes oriented around a higher screen-to-body ratio (more on that in a moment). It also has a new audio solution (four speakers). The company says it took cues from the popular XPS 13 design to make "the first major redesign" to the XPS 15 "in almost five years."

Meanwhile, the XPS 17 shares most of the same design principles and materials, and even mostly the same specs, with upgraded ports and an optional, faster GPU to go with the bigger screen and chassis.