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Rise of the Ronin: which platform plays it best?

What changes between PC, PS5: resolution, FPS per mode, what each official store publishes and the FPS we measured on PC.

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On PS5, play Rise of the Ronin in performance mode: the other two stutter constantly.

Best graphics experience PS5 quality mode at dynamic 1440p; no analysis exists for PC
Best console experience PS5 the only console version, and performance is the recommended mode
Best for the money PC by far the widest list of offers

The mode the analysis recommends

Performance mode runs at dynamic 1080p, averaging around 1044p, and reaches up to 60 FPS. It is the only one free of the constant stuttering that affects quality and ray tracing, and in a game built on combat that matters more than resolution.

What quality gains and loses

Quality mode raises resolution, shadows, anisotropic filtering and some post-processing, running at dynamic 1440p with 1260p as the common figure. Ray tracing mode only touches global illumination on a few elements and drops the average resolution below performance mode on top of that.

The PC version

It arrived almost a year after PS5 and there is no technical analysis of it: no resolutions, no modes, no measured performance. What it does have, by definition, is free settings instead of three fixed modes.

Temporal reconstruction rescues the image, but the stuttering in quality and ray tracing modes cannot be settings-tuned away.

Updated 21 Mar 2024

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Rise of the Ronin on PS5: quality, performance and ray tracing

  • PS5 offers three display modes: performance, quality and ray tracing.
  • Quality mode raises resolution, shadows, anisotropic filtering and some post-processing effects.
  • Quality mode runs at dynamic 1440p, with 1260p as its common resolution.
  • Performance mode runs at dynamic 1080p, averaging slightly below that at around 1044p, and in exchange reaches up to 60 FPS.
  • The ray tracing mode improves global illumination on only a few elements, which makes it purely anecdotal, and its average resolution is even lower than performance mode.
  • Temporal reconstruction is what makes the difference here: it improves image quality enormously.
  • VRR can be enabled, but the frame rate never goes above 60 FPS, and given the instability it is best used with performance mode.
  • Quality and ray tracing modes suffer constant stuttering, which is why performance is the only mode he recommends.

Rise of the Ronin: hands-on with the opening hours on PS5

  • This is a hands-on with the opening hours of the game on PS5, using full-game access.
  • Team Ninja deliver their biggest and most expansive game to date here.
  • He singles out the combat, which works from the very start.
  • The full technical breakdown is left for a later video.

Full platform comparison

Resolution, modes and FPS come from the video analyses above. The rest is published by each platform's official store and by the game's technical sheet on PC. Where nobody publishes the figure we put a dash, not a guess.

Feature PC PS5
Graphics modes Free settingsThree: performance, quality and ray tracing
What quality mode raises —Resolution, shadows, anisotropic filtering and some post-processing effects
Resolution in quality mode UnlockedDynamic 1440p, commonly sitting at 1260p
Resolution in performance mode UnlockedDynamic 1080p, averaging around 1044p
FPS in performance mode UnlockedUp to 60
Ray tracing —Yes, on global illumination, but only on a few elements
Resolution in ray tracing mode —Slightly below performance mode
Temporal reconstruction —Yes, and it improves image quality a great deal
VRR —Yes, but it never goes past 60 FPS
Stuttering —Constant in quality and ray tracing modes

Xbox is the Series X column unless Series S is stated. Resolution, modes, FPS, VRR and download size come from the videos; HDR, ray tracing and PC features from the technical sheet and the official Xbox catalogue.

Frequently asked questions about Rise of the Ronin

Which graphics mode should I use in Rise of the Ronin?

Performance. It is the only one without constant stuttering and the only one that reaches 60 FPS, which you feel during combat. Quality and ray tracing modes both suffer constant stuttering problems.

What resolution does it run at on PS5?

Quality mode uses dynamic 1440p with 1260p as the common resolution. Performance runs at dynamic 1080p averaging around 1044p. Ray tracing mode drops even below performance.

Is the ray tracing mode worth it?

Not really. It only improves global illumination on a handful of elements, to the point of being anecdotal, and it lowers the average resolution while carrying the same stuttering as quality mode.

Can I use VRR?

Yes, though the frame rate never goes above 60 FPS. Given how unstable the game is, the sensible pairing is VRR plus performance mode.

What is the PC version like?

It arrived almost a year after PS5 and there is no technical analysis of it, so we cannot give resolutions or performance figures. What it does offer is free settings instead of the console's three fixed modes.

Is it well optimised?

Not especially. The analysis puts it down to Team Ninja's usual standard, which is not the best, and that is why only one of the three modes ends up recommended.

Video analysis by El Analista de Bits. The videos play from their own channel. PC data according to PCGamingWiki and our own FPS measurements; Xbox features according to the official Microsoft catalogue.