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We've seen it, we've played it, and it's beautiful. Nvidia is proudly displaying the PC version of Destiny 2 at its E3 booth, running on a system powered by the GTX 1080 Ti graphics card. All quality settings are pushed to the max, resolution is set to full-fat 4K and the action is completely locked to 60 frames per second. Paired with precision mouse and keyboard controls, it's safe to say that we're looking at a very different experience to the standard console versions of the game. Digital Foundry's John Linneman had the chance to hands-on with the title, recording full frame-rate 4K gameplay simultaneously using Nvidia Share, and the results of his session are embedded below. Of course, visual comparisons with the console builds will have to wait - in particular, we're curious about how the PC version stacks up against PS4 Pro and Xbox One X - but it's hard to complain about any aspect of the presentation. The game scales beautifully to UHD, detail and VFX pops, and in selecting areas of the campaign bathed in fiery effects and driving rain, we're looking at the kind of workloads that traditionally work well as a thorough stress test for the GPU.
Stacked up against the base Destiny 2 PlayStation 4 footage we ran a while back, the upgrade is immense. There's the sense that the game's core artwork is targeting the ultra HD standard, which is good news not just for PC owners, but also for PS4 Pro and prospective Xbox One X users, whose versions are both aiming for a 4K output. What they won't have is support for unlocked frame-rates - that will remain entirely the preserve of the PC game.
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