Guerrilla Games is continuing to update the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn, despite sequel Horizon Forbidden West launching in a matter of months. This latest update – version 1.11 – adds support for NVIDIA’s acclaimed DLSS technology, which effectively uses cutting-edge upscaling to reduce computational load while maintaining image quality. There’s also support for AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution, which targets similar results to DLSS.
The Dutch developer has also worked to improve shader compilation, which may result in faster loading times depending on your configuration. If you have a slower CPU, loading times could be longer because the game now waits for the required shaders to be fully compiled before putting you into the game, but this will result in fewer stutters during gameplay, so should be a net positive overall.
You can read more about the patch notes through here.
[source reddit.com]
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I mean, I get that HZD used to be Playstation exclusive, but even so I'm struggling to justify why this stub of an article was even written.
I hear DLSS is great - I hope to be able to pay a reasonable price for a graphics card that supports it some day, and ditch my poor little GTX 1060 (in the meantime the 1060 is capable of at least running most things, I'm just not prepared to shell out 2x RRP for the sake of better graphics & framerate). But even then it would have nothing to do with the games I play on Playstation
@danlk1ng I guess the part that might matter to PlayStation gamers is the fact that AMD's thing is also possible on consoles.
Is this feature coming to ps5 ?
@vapidwolf DLSS? No they're banking on AMD's version (FidelityFX) doing the job.
@Voltan really should've led with that as a headline, I was confused when this popped up.
@Voltan maybe - but I still wouldn't really consider it newsworthy in PlaystationLand until we start seeing devs actually using it on consoles, and I also wouldn't anticipate that we'll ever get such a patch for HZD itself, since it's already running at 4K 60FPS on PS5 (I'm assuming that PS4 doesn't support FidelityFX with it being an older chipset, but that's just an assumption so I could be wrong). Maybe they could try and target 120FPS but I'd be really surprised since the user base for 4K 120FPS is really pretty small at the moment, whereas pretty much everyone benefits from a 60FPS patch
@danlk1ng Yeah, I think this could mean they'll be using it for Forbidden West but obviously that's not confirmed in any way. Definitely not expecting them to update the PS version of Zero Dawn at this point.
@danlk1ng Much like how Xbox expanded to include PC and Cloud so Pure Xbox covers all 3 (Console, PC, Cloud), Playstation has expanded to include PC and Mobile so covering everything Playstation means covering PC news.
PlayStation
For the Players Who Don't Don't Need the Best Version(TM)
@danlk1ng Still gaming with my trusty GTX 970. I intended to replace it last year, but then, well, you know the rest.
Hopefully it can last me through the chip shortage. Probably helps that 90% of the games I play on PC are older anyway.
@Alduin true. No point buying a PS5 game for $69.99 when it will soon be making its way on PC and will look and play better than on PS5 and will also be cheaper than the console version.
It's nice to see that PC users are being treated very well, and all of it for free.
Yeah, why cover this nonsense?
Worst thing Sony ever did was putting their 'exclusives' on PC. It's not going to change my preference for console gaming (just a lot easier and cheaper than gaming on PC) but some people may think differently.
@anoyonmus Yeah no point considering we all have $1500 gaming rigs that will play the game better than a $500 console right? I spent $900 for my 3080 because I prefer PC gaming for the most part and I use my PC for work, but to act like you're getting the short end of the stick by sticking with console is just idiotic.
@PC_Peasant since when was HZD free on PC? It was free on PSN for a while, but never on PC
@mucc
I envy that you found a 3080 at that price.
I really want to get back into PC gaming but man… the market is just broken right now.
A friend of mine has a 3060 that I’m considering picking up since he told me he’d sale it to me for 50 bucks less than msrp. He’s never used it because Amazon screwed his order up a few months back and they sent him a 3070 to make up for their mistake. He ended up getting the 3060 a month later. That’s crazy cheap compared to the open market where that same card costs as much as the msrp of a 3070.
If I pick it up, I’ll just build the rest of the pc over a few months as I find decent prices on components. Thankfully the CPU market isn’t nearly as broken at the moment.
I very recently got my new desktop with an RTX 3070.
DLSS is absolutely incredible. I really hope the PS5 and XSX can incorporate something similar.
@danlk1ng Some People On PC Pirated The Game.
@Areus now you're just stating the obvious
Still waiting for Guerilla Games to release a native PS5 upgrade/version...
I know there's a free 60 fps "performance patch", but it's just not the same.
Another push(pc)square article thats not relevant to us really and this was a constructive comment so no need to remove it this time...
@Areus some? 95% pirated the game,i know i did and will gladly do it for every $ony game comin to PC,its freakin insane that all there mascotts are comin to pc and play better,look better,well in general will be better. Plus all bonuses are in for less money,i mean $ony loves there fanbase soooo sooo much.HAHAHAHA
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