Xbox One X will output at 1440p resolution when connected to 1440p monitors

Head of Xbox via Twitter

[theXtReMe1]

Also... when asked about 21:9, Phil said not yet. So I imagine 21:9 support is coming sometime in the future, for those who own ultra-wide monitors.

[maybelovehate]

21:9 is so amazing but man I wish more games supported it. There are only a handful that do. Although there are hacks that force it on some games.

[Mkai28]

Yeah that'd be nice, but we know it will require extra power to push 1440P on 21:9. Be interesting to see if the Xbox can handle that while using ultra or high settings.. Now if it can support 144Hz?

[Toby_1981]

What I'm curious about is whether it will support ultra-wide 1440p panoramic WQHD (3440 x 1440) as well as QHD (2560 x 1440)

Also, will it support higher frame rates and higher (75hz) refresh rates? Using AMD Freesync which has been established for 4K (HDMI)Tv's.

Either way, I need a new monitor for my PC, and thought I'd use the same old monitor for the Xbox one X

[freshslicepizza]

Good questions.

[Parasyte]

Phil Spencer has been asked about 21:9 support and he said, "Not yet."

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Interesting

[UKRsoldja]

Your comments are absolutely pointless.

[timotim]

Microsoft returning Xbox to the forefront of technology in a console. Its amazing to see.

[spreadlove]

Scorpio Edition honoring the OG XB is so fitting considering the OG XB was the most powerful console at the time too. It was so far ahead with HD, LAN port and even XBL.

[christocolus]

So true.

[carmelo43]

And how did that work out for th4 OG xbox lol, power doesn't add up to sales an ms has no games

[Shuckylad]

Awesome, consoles should be taking in account that a lot of people game on monitors.

[bluefox755]

Does it get a performance boost for the lower resolution?

[TankCrossing]

No, almost certainly not. The console doesn't adjust rendering options based on the connected display, it scales/samples to the output resolution.

If you use a 1440p monitor the game will still render at 4k (or 1080p, or 1800p, or whatever native resolution the game is), and it'll scale/downsample to 1440p in much the same way that the console super samples to a 1080p screen.

^^this is a good thing in most scenarios. Console games benefit from firm performance targets and optimisation, and the scaling allows you to get the best image quality your monitor can display for that given target. Super sampling is nice.

[Hanilugtehul]

great news:)

[Duke19]

Yeah well my N64 will output 480p to a 480p monitor!

[UKRsoldja]

N64 wasn't capable of 480p, only 480i. Unless you have a modded one..

[Elda]

Duh.

[ONESHOTV2]

that's really good if I didn't already have a high-end rig I would have bought a xone but I'm still buying the games so what's the difference right now what the xone needs is free sync so people with high refresh rates monitor could enjoy the games at their best even though normal games with TVS would be at a really big disadvantage

[GamingCentaur]

So does the PS4 Pro.

[mwjw696]

NOPE downgrades to 1080p

[Mkai28]

Well tha's good, seeing as that the popular monitors are 1440p..

[abstractel]

Really not sure why Sony didn't do this with the PS4 Pro. I have a 1440p monitor, and I can definitely tell a difference when I run PC games in 1080p vs 1440p. My main reasons for getting an XB1X were I wanted games that are console exclusive (don't come out on PC) like when FFXV hadn't been announced for PC, Kingdom Hearts etc. as well as having an UHD Bluray player. I really like the PS4 Pro, but I don't think there's any denying that the XB1X is more powerful (I've worked on PS4 Pro compatible titles but not XB1X titles).