PS5 120Hz Games — HFR, 40 FPS, VRR & High Frame Rate Modes

Ray traced reflections retained at 60fps thanks to PSSR reconstruction; the cleanest all-round option on PS5 Pro.

PSSR upscaled to full 4K from ~1440p internal resolution. Includes RT sun and local shadows, sky/emissive lighting, RT ambient occlusion, and limited RT reflections on car/transparent surfaces.

4K output with PC ultra equivalent settings for foliage and object draw distance.

Substantial visual improvement over base performance mode with refined foliage and reduced post-processing sharpening. Mild image instability/grain artifact and occasional seam shimmering noted.

Identical rendering to base PS5 performance mode with native 1440p output and aggressive sharpening.

Native 4K rendering with clean thin geometry, though fine foliage detail in motion can alias slightly more than Pro mode.

1440p rendering with noticeable post-process sharpening and undersampled foliage aliasing.

Native 4K rendering offering clean geometry and high static detail.

Disables ray tracing and the temporal upscaler, using a spatial scaler similar to FSR1.

Reconstructs from ~1440p using Guerrilla's custom upscaler. Features refined subpixel detail, superior foliage anti-aliasing, improved SSR, and cleaner depth of field.

Visual settings sit between Resolution Pro and Performance Pro modes.

Runs Enhanced visual settings at 1800p internal resolution within a 120Hz display container.

Near-4K internal resolution upscaled via PSSR. Features optional RT key light shadows, high-res RT reflections/interiors, and RTAO with screen-space GI.

Uses temporal injection upscaling with standard ray tracing enabled.

PSSR upscales 1296p internal resolution to 4K with shadow settings slightly lower than Quality mode.

Maintains quality visual settings, but internal resolution drops dynamically between 1872p and native 4K as GPU load increases.

Renders internally at 1296p and upscales to 4K using PSSR. Features improved foliage/shadow draw distances, AO, and object quality equivalent to base PS5 Fidelity mode, with slight temporal flicker.

Renders at native 1080p upscaled to 1440p via FSR 2. Reduced foliage and shadow draw distance, lower quality AO and geometry compared to Fidelity mode.

Renders at native 1080p upscaled to 1440p via FSR 2. Reduced foliage and shadow draw distance, lower quality AO and geometry compared to Fidelity mode.

Holds a locked 60fps in open-world traversal and combat.

Delivers higher visual fidelity than RT Pro mode.

Holds a locked 60fps in open-world traversal and combat.

Brings ray tracing features to base PS5 at target frame rates above 30fps.

Includes RTGI without RT reflections. Higher internal resolution and cleaner presentation than base PS5 balanced mode.

Includes RTGI but lacks RT reflections. Shares shadowmap resolution with Performance mode but retains strand-based hair.

Dynamic resolution around QHD to protect the frame rate. On PS5 Pro this mode runs at a higher dynamic resolution.

Highest internal resolution and full effects set for the game's Sicilian countryside. On PS5 Pro this mode runs at a higher dynamic resolution.

Retains hardware RT support at ~1080p resolution.

Ray tracing disabled at ~1080p resolution.

Internal resolution is slightly higher than 1440p with cleaner presentation and extra distant detail over base PS5. Visually almost identical to Quality Mode.

Runs at 1440p internal resolution with slightly more pixel break-up on fine details compared to Quality Mode or PS5 Pro.

Visual output similar to standard PS5 Balanced mode.

Maintains high visual settings with minor shadow distance reductions in town hub areas.

Native 1440p presentation without dynamic resolution scaling or upsampling. Features denser foliage, reduced LOD pop-in, and improved texture filtering compared to the PS4 release.

Native 4K rendering delivering increased clarity for fine details like individual blades of grass, maintaining identical asset settings to Performance Mode.

Native 1440p presentation without dynamic resolution scaling or upsampling. Features denser foliage, reduced LOD pop-in, and improved texture filtering compared to the PS4 release.

Native 4K rendering delivering increased clarity for fine details like individual blades of grass, maintaining identical asset settings to Performance Mode.

Balanced preset reconstructed with PSSR.

PSSR upscaling provides a temporally stable image, eliminating pixel crawl and TAA shimmer. Minor flickering artifacts on sun flare effects.

Uses PSSR for anti-aliasing over a 1080p rendering resolution, yielding a soft but temporally clean image without aliasing or flickering foliage; uses SSR for water reflections.

Renders at around 1404p with PSSR and includes ray-traced reflections, offering a sharper image than frame-rate mode while avoiding aliasing.

Features ray-traced reflections on water bodies and dynamic internal resolution between 1728p and 1944p cleaned up by PSSR, though RT reflections exhibit noise and pop-in.

Uses screen-space reflections without ray tracing support.

Uses standard TAA and low-resolution screen-space reflections on water.

Fixed 2240x1260 internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Fixed 1080p internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Fixed 1494x840 internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Dynamic 2080x1170 to 3840x2160 internal resolution reconstructed with FSR 3 to 4K.

Fixed 1494x840 internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Fixed 2240x1260 internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Fixed 1080p internal resolution with FSR 3 frame generation.

Dynamic 2080x1170 to 3840x2160 internal resolution reconstructed with FSR 3 to 4K.

Renders at 70% image scale (2016x1134). Disables ambient occlusion, swaying foliage, and high-res textures with low shadow quality.

100% image scale native 4K rendering with high-res textures, high texture filtering, medium shadows, ambient occlusion, and foliage sway enabled.

125% image scale rendering internally at 4.8K (4800x2700) supersampled down to 4K output. Includes high shadow quality and maxed visual toggles.

Native 1440p reconstructed to 4K; requires a 120Hz display.

Dynamic 1152p-1440p to 4K; needs a 120Hz display.

Dynamic 4K resolution scaling down to around 1800p in GPU-heavy scenarios. Scripted intros, fatalities, and outros capped at 30fps display at full 4K with added depth of field, motion blur, and expanded shadow maps.

Renders natively at 720p upscaled to 4K via PSSR. Low base resolution results in heavy sub-pixel foliage breakup, grass pixelation, and flickering ambient occlusion in motion.

Checkerboard 1536x1728 rendering. Maintains fine details without PSSR breakup, but resolution is noticeably lower than 4K output.

Extended ray tracing with a noticeably higher internal resolution than Performance.

Extended ray tracing (GI + reflections) at a higher internal resolution than Performance.