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Fallout 4's frame-rate "can drop to the low 20 FPS line on PS4 and Xbox One"

High scores it may have, but Fallout 4's console frame-rate isn't as stable as many would like.

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Digital Foundry has confirmed the inevitable: Fallout 4's frame-rate "can drop to the low 20 FPS line on PS4 and Xbox One".

The Bethesda RPG's final content embargo has now lifted, with review scores ranging from clean 10s to a 7.5 from Destructoid. Expect the subject of Fallout 4's platform performance to rage long and hard.

Check out DF's analysis below. Fallout 4 releases at midnight tonight.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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