With the title now available in a very short stint of early launch access, Digital Foundry has published its 007 First Light technical deep dive, focusing first on the base PS5 and PS5 Pro.

It sounds like, across the game's Performance and Quality Modes on the original system, 007 First Light is perfectly playable. However, if you're after a considerably enhanced experience, then you will want to be playing on a PS5 Pro.

Focusing first on the base PS5, the game runs at 60 frames-per-second in Performance Mode, and 30fps in Quality Mode. According to the outlet, though, the issues on the standard system stem from image quality: 007 First Light has an internal resolution of just 720p in Performance Mode and 1080p in Quality Mode.

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"The game relies on FSR 3.1.5, which produces familiar image characteristics, including noticeable flickering in static shots and chunky, digital reconstruction artifacts when in motion," it explains. "This is especially evident with foliage, which can look rough during camera pans."

Our current PS5 Review in Progress is being conducted in Performance Mode on a base PS5, and reviewer Stephen picked up on some "fuzzy" graphics and "rare but noticeable frame rate drops".

According to Digital Foundry, it's on the PS5 Pro where 007 First Light truly shines.

It only offers a single mode: the base PS5's Quality Mode, except it's running at 60fps. On top of that, the recently updated PSSR 2 feature is helping to significantly boost the visual quality of the game. "The PS5 Pro offers a much cleaner and sharper experience thanks to the use of Sony's PSSR, which is a significant improvement over the base machine's FSR 3," the site said.

In our time with the PS5 Pro version, we experienced just a single crash. Besides that, it's "run without a hitch" and looks "fantastic" overall.

Since the image upscaling feature was updated to its second iteration, it's been notably improving recent PS5 games, to where the enhanced PS5 Pro is finally representing a real upgrade over the base system — if you can stomach the much increased price, of course.

Will you play 007 First Light on base PS5 or PS5 Pro? Let us know your choice in the comments below.

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