2017-02-04, 04:00 | Link #2301 |
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OMG it happend!
PS4 adds proper external storage support over usb! source: gematsu.com It finally happend and I think like me a lot of people are going to be happy about it. Additionally the upcoming firmware will add a boost fucntion to ps4 pro machines to boost old game like bloodborne, that don't and probably will never receive a ps4 pro patch. So if you never owned a ps4 get a pro! |
2017-02-04, 04:17 | Link #2303 | |
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Other games that have variable framerate will obviously see a much larger boost. But bear in mind, apart from giving some older games a performance boost, it can also break other games. |
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2017-02-04, 04:26 | Link #2304 |
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Oh I think I know now.
I remember reading that for compatibility sake they made it so if a game wasn't patched it would run at only half the power (ps4pro is essentially a 2x ps4 with 2x independent graphics cards). This boost probably is a overwrite for that, so that you can tell the ps4pro to forget compatibility and just use full power regardless. Yeah that would work. It should produce at least stable framerate like you say. Then again best layed plans still fall apart quite easily when pitted against the real world. Hopefully they've tested this and have had some success.
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2017-02-04, 14:00 | Link #2305 | |
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The real change is the frequency at which they operate. The PS4 had 1.6GHz for the CPU core while the Pro has 2.1GHz (1.3x) and the GPU got bumped from 800MHz to 911MHz (1.1x) and, more importantly, RAM bandwidth got upgraded from 176GB/s to 218GB/s. The problem is that the Pro currently, when running an unoptimized game, will shut down half of the GPU compute units and downscale frequencies to match exactly the original PS4 in specs (including RAM bandwidth). Theoretically what Sony is doing now is the same as Microsoft did with the XBox One S: they removed that cap from old games and let the system use the full resources available. I'll give a 50/50 chance on whether Sony has actually unlocked the full 36 GPU compute units though. CPU clock and RAM bandwidth in particular should prove very effective at reducing stuttering from many of the games that originally failed to reach their target framerates. Remember that the original PS4 system design was slightly unbalanced in favour of the GPU with a large amount of compute units compared to what would be expected with Sony hoping that developers would use the GPU to offload traditionally CPU bound tasks (and Mark Cerny said has much in the original presentation). The XBox One, for example, has 12 compute units versus the 18 in the PS4 and that's not an unbalanced system (just mildly lower spec than the already mediocre specs of the original PS4). As a Pro owner I'm very happy that this is coming but also that the new update seems to clean up the notifications menu.
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2017-02-04, 18:51 | Link #2308 | |
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2017-02-08, 17:33 | Link #2309 | |
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According to the folks at Digital Foundry it looks like my bet on the GPU core count was right on the money:
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2017-06-14, 22:53 | Link #2312 |
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It is up and real! Taiko is back on PS home consoles. Hori will be making the new taiko drum
http://taikops4-ses.taiko-ch.net/ Hopefully the hori controller won't be too expensive to import. In case someone missed it, .hack//G.U. Last Recode was announced which will include .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth, hack//G.U. Vol. 2//Reminisce, and hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption remastered(?). Anyways you can read more on Gematsu, siliconera, aso btw it will be on pc as well Last edited by Sides; 2017-06-14 at 23:10. |
2017-10-27, 03:13 | Link #2313 |
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Kohl's will be selling the 1TB PS4 Slim for $199.99 during Black Friday, plus you'll get $60 in "Kohl's Cash".
Source 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4Deals/co..._slim_1tb_for/ Source 2: https://slickdeals.net/f/10693448-ko...hl-s-cash-more
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