The tech gurus over at Digital Foundry were one of the lucky few to be sent a preview Xbox Series X console in recent weeks -- and as is their way they put the next-gen console through its paces by testing a suite of Xbox One titles on the console. And seeing how it stacks up against the still powerful Xbox One X. Considering these titles have not received optimisations or specific Xbox Series X patches the results are impressive.

To quote a certain Sith Lord, most impressive.



As per the in-depth video above tests were carried out on Xbox One titles where uncapped or 60fps modes were present (usually in 1080p) -- and in almost all cases, without any additional work on behalf of developers, the Xbox Series X was able to maintain a solid 60fps. Where the Xbox One X couldn't. And we're not talking about a minor bump in performance, in the most egregious cases of the Xbox One X struggling the Series X was able to take 30-40fps titles and bump that up to 60fps.

From Hitman to Dead or Alive to Final Fantasy the results speak for themselves. Throw in the faster internal storage and load-times are also drastically reduced on the next-gen Xbox too.

Now, in terms of the wider Xbox One library -- especially games played on the Xbox One X -- titles are usually capped to 30fps and a specific resolution. This video highlights that even without specific enhanced patches the Xbox Series X hardware and its RDNA 2 architecture and drastically improved CPU can take that massive Xbox One library and smooth out any issues or frame-rate inconsistencies. No doubt the Series X hardware is powerful, and we can't wait to see what Xbox One titles look like with even the most basic Series X enhancements.