In fidelity mode, you’ll enjoy 4K ray-traced images and higher framerate.
The latest patch for Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has improved by 30 percent with its fidelity mode. In this mode, the game feels a lot more responsive and appears to be a lot smoother. When using this mode on 120Hz displays, players can surely feel that this newest patch has given the game a little but significant performance boost. More than 30 frames per second previously, fidelity mode now runs at 40 frames per second, when utilized with 120Hz monitors.
PS5 shipped the game with three displays, and the change works on only one display. It shows us that this kind of change is possible if 120Hz becomes the new norm. Sony previously promised to introduce variable refresh rates(VRR) in future software updates but the latest patch shows that the company lacks support. The frame rate will now be 40fps if you run it on a suitable 130Hz TV. It is utterly confusing as to why wouldn’t it work on regular 60Hz TVs, and needed a 120Hz TV to function. It’s implying that it should be doable as 60 is bigger than 40.
Performance, Performance RT and Fidelity are the three display mode for Rift Apart. The performance runs at a resolution of between 1620p and 1800p without ray tracing at 60fps. Resolution is lower for Performance RT but it runs at 60 frames per second and adds ray tracing support. And lastly, in infidelity mode, you get the highest resolution on full 4K with the expense of the frame rate, which was previously limited to 30 frames per second. A 60Hz can easily display a 30fps game because it will show a new frame every couple of refreshes.
Other frame rates that do not divide evenly into 60, on the other hand, are more difficult. If frames can be divided evenly across three refreshes, it makes the 120Hz TV makes smooth 40fps content possible. 120Hz was designed to reduce input latency but it didn’t make much difference to the game’s frame rate. It’s removed once, but input latency should be improved as it has returned. There are still no signs of the update for PS5 consoles.
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S consoles, as well as most recent PC graphics cards and a rising number of HDMI 2.1-equipped TVs, already support the capability.
