007 First Light Delivers Locked 60fps on PS5 Pro as Base PS5 Drops to 720p

17 articles · Updated · digitalfoundry.net · May 26

PS5 Pro runs 007 First Light at a locked 60fps in stress tests, pairing sharper image quality with visual settings close to the base PS5’s quality mode.
Base PS5 also targets 60fps, but its performance mode can render at around 720p using FSR 3.1.5, leading to flicker and chunky reconstruction artifacts, especially in foliage and motion.
IO Interactive’s Glacier Engine overhaul underpins the gains with new software ray-traced global illumination, upgraded volumetrics, shadows, transparencies and character rendering, though screen-space lighting and reflections can still produce visible artifacts.
The game’s two PS5 modes differ less than usual because the rendering appears built around 60fps, with lower shadow resolution the main cut in performance mode.
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