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Horizon Forbidden W is one impressive-looking game, and like many modern triple-A titles, y'all tin tweak its graphics settings to enhance either its visual quality or its framerate. How good information technology looks or how well it runs will depend not but on which graphics mode you cull but also on which system y'all're playing.

PlayStation v graphics modes

The PlayStation 5 version of the game — arguably the definitive version — has ii available graphics modes: performance and resolution. Performance caps Forbidden West's resolution at 1800p while targeting a consequent framerate of threescore FPS. On the other hand, the resolution mode caps the game's framerate at a steady 30 FPS while boosting its resolution to a native 4K.

Nosotros recommend the operation mode to anyone playing on a PS5. While the game doesn't look quite every bit abrupt in this mode equally it does when resolution is prioritized, beingness able to explore, hunt, and fight at a buttery-smooth 60 FPS is definitely worth it. Thankfully, if you lot would similar to view a item area or cutscene in 4K, or if you just want to run across how the game would feel at 30 FPS, y'all tin easily switch between graphics modes in the game'due south settings.

PlayStation 4 graphics modes

Unfortunately, if you're playing on a PS4, you won't accept any graphics modes to choose from. On PS4 and PS4 Pro model, the game is locked at 30 FPS, merely the resolution volition vary depending on which version of the PS4 you're playing on. The base model will output at 1080p, while the Pro model will evangelize a 1800p picture, which matches the resolution seen in the PS5's performance way.