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Re:The Xbox One X: Initial Impressions by mort96 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:23PM (#14548779)
Isn't a lot of the "4k" in consoles really just rendering at a lower resolution and upscaling?
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Re:The Xbox One X: Initial Impressions by anonova on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:09PM (#14549084)
Yes, a lot of games target 1800p with checkboard rendering and upscale to 2160p. The PS4 has native hardware acceleration for checkerboard rendering.[1] [2]

[1]: http://wccftech.com/blow-checkerboard-rendering-ps4pro-isnt-... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboard_rendering

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