Platform comparison

The Outer Worlds 2: which platform plays it best?

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

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Quick verdict

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On console, The Outer Worlds 2 looks best on PS5 Pro, and performance mode is the one to play everywhere.

Best graphics experience PS5 Pro the highest internal resolution of the three consoles
Best console experience PS5 Pro same three modes and more internal resolution than PS5 or Series X
Best for the money Xbox Series X the same three modes as PS5 with the widest choice of offers

PS5 Pro leads the consoles

It renders at the highest internal resolution of the three, above PS5 and Series X. The mode line-up is identical everywhere, so that advantage lands straight on image clarity without changing anything else.

Performance mode wins

Quality and balanced share settings and differ only in rendering resolution, so the visual step between them is small. Performance cuts resolution, draw distance, shadows, level of detail and some textures, but it puts 60fps on the table, and the analysis recommends it without hesitation.

What PC adds

Free settings and, on RTX 50 cards, Multi Frame Generation with DLSS, which lifts performance considerably. We have no measured GPU numbers for this game, so we are not putting figures on it.

Between quality and balanced you will mostly see resolution and little else: the real step up is moving to 60fps.

Updated 23 Oct 2025

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The Outer Worlds 2 on PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series and PC: graphics comparison

  • Consoles offer three display modes: quality, balanced and performance.
  • Quality and balanced use similar graphics settings, and the biggest difference between them is rendering resolution.
  • Performance mode targets 60fps by sacrificing resolution, draw distance, shadows, level of detail and some textures.
  • PS5 Pro renders at a higher internal resolution than PS5 and Series X.
  • His console recommendation is unambiguous: performance mode.
  • On PC there is Multi Frame Generation with DLSS for RTX 50 cards, and it lifts performance considerably.

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 Xbox
Graphics modes Free settingsThree: quality, balanced and performanceThree: quality, balanced and performance
Quality versus balanced —Similar graphics settings; rendering resolution is what changesSame
What performance mode cuts —Resolution, draw distance, shadows, level of detail and some texturesSame
Performance mode target —60fps60fps
Internal resolution —PS5 Pro renders at a higher internal resolution than PS5 and Series XSeries X sits level with PS5
Frame generation Multi Frame Generation with DLSS on RTX 50 cards——

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 The Outer Worlds 2

Which console does The Outer Worlds 2 look best on?

PS5 Pro, which renders at a higher internal resolution than PS5 and Xbox Series X. All three consoles share the same graphics modes, so the difference shows up as image clarity.

Which graphics mode should I use?

Performance. Quality and balanced share settings and differ only in rendering resolution, while performance trades resolution, draw distance, shadows, level of detail and some textures for 60fps.

What is the difference between quality and balanced mode?

Very little: they use similar graphics settings, and rendering resolution is what changes between them. That is why the meaningful step is the one towards performance mode.

What does the PC version add?

Free settings and Multi Frame Generation with DLSS on RTX 50 cards, which lifts performance considerably. We have no measured frame rates for this game, so we are not quoting per-GPU figures.

How does it run on Xbox Series X and Series S?

Both get the same three display modes as PlayStation. Series X sits level with PS5 on internal resolution, below PS5 Pro.

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.