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Forums - Sony Discussion - PS4 SDK Update Unlocked 7th CPU Core For Gaming

Nabbed from GAF:

Since launch of PS4 we had many reports from devs that games on PS4 can access only 6 CPU cores, while the other two were dedicated to OS. Here is one of them from GG and their postmortem on making launch game Killzone Shadowfall [full PDF]:


In effort of trying to get at least some performance back against PS4 that took commanding lead with 50% stronger GPU and more dev-friendly memory system, Xbox One team at MS unlocked 7th CPU core and added a slight overclocking, which has over the last year provided some wins against PS4 in heavy CPU-processing scenarios. Now it looks like Sony has updated its SDK [as quietly as always] and enabled their developers to also access 7th CPU core. Proof comes from the changelog of the recent update of FMOD, a popular audio gaming middleware.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1146956



 

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Secret sauce



I think Fallout 4 was all the push they needed, good to hear there was still a little extra "umph" available.



I hope this lead to better performance in games.



Does this mean the UI is going to suffer?



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Gonna be a blast to process all that stuff.



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actually big news.... better gameing performance for ps4 soon.



The gap is getting bigger!



Gap can go either way
Multiplats can now be optimized for 7 cores, instead of the 7th core being used sporadically on XBox One. The cores are still slightly faster on XBox One, yet the gpu can stretch its legs more with an extra CPU core to help out.
Back to 9.3% cpu advantage for XBox One, 40% gpu advantage for ps4. Optimizing game engines will have a bigger effect than an extra core anyway.



The XB1 had a great benefit when MS decided to drop the Kinect dedicated core.

I wonder what features were adjusted in that PS DK to allow the usage of this extra core.

Either way, 2016 looks like the best Play Station year in the last decade.