Digital Foundry: PS4 Pro In-Depth Analysis: 4K Gaming For $400?

Mmm_fish_tacos · Sep 22, 2016, 12:06 AM

Mmm_fish_tacos · Sep 22, 2016, 12:06 AM

This is a pretty decent video explaining the pros and cons of the ps4 pro.

SWORDF1SH · Sep 22, 2016, 05:23 PM

It's pretty clear at $400 this is a nice bit of kit.

Legend · Sep 22, 2016, 05:39 PM

Has anyone talked about the quality of checkerboard rendering for VR? I'd imagine it's pretty bad but maybe that's being worked on too.

Mmm_fish_tacos · Sep 22, 2016, 05:42 PM

Quote from: Legend on Sep 22, 2016, 05:39 PMHas anyone talked about the quality of checkerboard rendering for VR? I'd imagine it's pretty bad but maybe that's being worked on too.

They really don't need it.

darkknightkryta · Sep 22, 2016, 10:29 PM

Quote from: Legend on Sep 22, 2016, 05:39 PMHas anyone talked about the quality of checkerboard rendering for VR? I'd imagine it's pretty bad but maybe that's being worked on too.

Wasn't the overall footage they showed of everything really nice? I mean, Tomb Raider's biggest problem isn't its resolution. Though if they did a comparison with similar texture resolution, etc, maybe we'd get a better picture of the situation. Though was Tomb Raider native 4k or checkered?

SWORDF1SH · Sep 22, 2016, 11:44 PM

With the Pro, Sony have got it spot on. It's a boost in hardware without making the PS5 a harder sell if the Pro was too powerful. For me personally though I would of loved to seen what they could do if they released a $600 machine. For the PS4 ecosystem it's the right route that Sony of gone and both will complement each other in the market.

darkknightkryta · Sep 23, 2016, 01:57 AM

Yeah Sony did the right move.

Aura7541 · Sep 23, 2016, 02:10 AM

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Sep 22, 2016, 11:44 PMWith the Pro, Sony have got it spot on. It's a boost in hardware without making the PS5 a harder sell if the Pro was too powerful. For me personally though I would of loved to seen what they could do if they released a $600 machine. For the PS4 ecosystem it's the right route that Sony of gone and both will complement each other in the market.

I'm excited to see what Sony will do with the PS5. Like how much better the CPU will be? Will Sony switch from GDDR5 to HBM2 for RAM?

Legend · Sep 23, 2016, 07:01 AM

Quote from: Aura7541 on Sep 23, 2016, 02:10 AMI'm excited to see what Sony will do with the PS5. Like how much better the CPU will be? Will Sony switch from GDDR5 to HBM2 for RAM?

Are we at the point where we start talking next gen!?!?!?!?

PS5 will have 128GB memory and ~21 teraflops. CPU I'm not sure about.

kitler53 · Sep 23, 2016, 11:57 AM

Quote from: Legend on Sep 23, 2016, 07:01 AMAre we at the point where we start talking next gen!?!?!?!?

PS5 will have 128GB memory and ~21 teraflops. CPU I'm not sure about.

i mean i guess. we are half way through a gen and thats about whan they'd start normally.

your stats sound too high.

Aura7541 · Sep 23, 2016, 04:07 PM

Quote from: Legend on Sep 23, 2016, 07:01 AMAre we at the point where we start talking next gen!?!?!?!?

PS5 will have 128GB memory and ~21 teraflops. CPU I'm not sure about.

Why not? It's fun to speculate.

128GB memory is way too much, lol. 21 teraflops sounds too much, as well, and I think Sony will focus on GPGPU again. CPU will have more threads per core and higher clock speeds. An equivalent to hyperthreading will be a nice bonus, too.

the-pi-guy · Sep 23, 2016, 04:37 PM

Every gen has been about x16 times the previous gens RAM. Except I think the PS2 was 40 MB between system RAM and graphics RAM.
So PS3 jump was a little bit smaller than x16.
So 128 GB wouldn't be crazy, but based on PC, I wouldn't be surprised if it was closer to like 64 GB.

GPU:
Probably somewhere around AMD's third best.
I'd guess at least 15 TFlops.

CPU:
No idea. Might continue with poor CPUs to budget everything else.
Or developers might demand better CPUs.