Review: Control on iPhone 17 Pro: Ray Tracing, Frame-Gen, Upscaling - This Has Everything
Control, Remedy Entertainment’s acclaimed 2019 action game, has arrived on Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro with full ray tracing support, MetalFX upscaling, and frame generation technology—capabilities that required high-end PC graphics cards at the game’s original launch. The port represents a remarkable technological milestone, bringing a visually demanding title originally designed for flagship gaming hardware to power-efficient mobile chips.
The game has long been recognized as one of the finest showcases for real-time ray tracing since the feature’s mainstream adoption in 2019. Reviewers tested Control across multiple Apple devices including the iPhone 17 Pro, iPad, and MacBook Pro models to evaluate performance scaling and visual quality across the company’s silicon-based lineup. The successful port demonstrates significant progress in mobile processor capabilities and optimization techniques that enable previously console and PC-exclusive games to run on portable devices while maintaining advanced graphical features.