Ubisoft ’s Call of Duty competitor , XDefiant has finally arrived bringing some free - to - play FPS goodness to our screens . Having a higher framerate gives you a slight vantage thanks to liquid gameplay when it comes to these twitching - based gunslinger . Fortunately , there ’s a 120fps way in XDefiant that you may enable to give you that buttery smooth framerate you hunger .

The modality you ’ll need to enable is call 120 Hz refresh rate , but this is the same thing as 120fps . To enable this , you ’ll involve to ensure you ’ve get a display capable of at least 120 Hz and that you ’ve also enabled the high framerate at the console/ system of rules degree .

Turning on 120 Hz refresh rate in XDefiant

If you ’ve got a compatible show , open up the preferences carte by pressing in the correct analog marijuana cigarette on consoles and navigating to the ' Video ' menu . At the bottom of this , you ’ll observe the 120 Hz Refresh Rate option . This is set up to ' Off ' by default , so you ’ll involve to turn it to ' On ' even if you ’ve convey a compatible display and the 120 Hz mode enable at the console level on your PS5 or Xbox Series X.

It ’s worth noting that this mode is seemingly only uncommitted on the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The Series S does n’t come along to have this option , likely due to it having less graphic horsepower than its big comrade .

For PC players , you call for to change the Refresh Rate from the stock 60.00 Hz option up to 120.00 Hz . This selection is toward the top of the Video and Graphics carte , just under Display Resolution .

a group of player characters in XDefiant

By enabling this mode , you will be lowering the graphic fidelity of the game . In other words , it wo n’t seem quite as pretty . That ’s the cost to pay for super glossy framerates , though !

XDefiant is out now on PS5 , Xbox Series X|S , PC , and Amazon Luna .

The 120hz refresh rate mode in XDefiant

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Refresh Rate option on PC in XDefiant

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