From IGN · Jacqueline Thomas · · 1m
Gears of War E-Day Runs Smoothly on Xbox Series S
Gears of War: E-Day uses SSD as RAM to run smoothly on Xbox Series S.
In brief
Gears of War: E-Day uses SSD as RAM to run smoothly on Xbox Series S. The Coalition made Gears of War: E-Day run smoothly on Xbox Series S by using SSD as RAM, dropping Lumen reflections. Originally reported by IGN.
Gears of War: E-Day
The Coalition made Gears of War: E-Day run smoothly on Xbox Series S by using SSD as RAM.
Xbox Series S Memory Limit
The Xbox Series S has 10GB of RAM versus 16GB on the Series X.
SSD as RAM Solution
The Coalition offloaded data not used in frames to SSD while keeping active data in RAM.
Performance Trade-Offs
Over time, frequent page file refreshes can slow performance, but The Coalition dropped Lumen reflections to help.
Xbox Series S Exclusivity
The Coalition is proud that Gears of War: E-Day is now one of Xbox's main exclusives.
Here's the gist
The Coalition made Gears of War: E-Day run smoothly on Xbox Series S by using SSD as RAM, dropping Lumen reflections.
