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werent the xbox be able to go from 720 to 900p after they did similiar things? Maybe it will give a huge performance boost to realize 60fps for some games



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Ruler said:
werent the xbox be able to go from 720 to 900p after they did similiar things? Maybe it will give a huge performance boost to realize 60fps for some games


doubt it, but might help some keep more steady 1080p 30fps.



captain carot said:
ps_wiro said:
That's the thing with consoles a few years in and they start to optimise the hardware... Efficiency, same hardware a little more juice!


Actually it's optimized software. ^^


Sorry my bad, optimized software for better hardware performance. 



Ruler said:
werent the xbox be able to go from 720 to 900p after they did similiar things? Maybe it will give a huge performance boost to realize 60fps for some games


Nope. 720p to 900p was after freeing Kinects GPU reserves. That ate up to 20% of GPU performance AFAIR.

CPU time also was reserved for Kinect in the beginning. So MS' first step was reducing the system load Kinect had. Then they freed up resources from the seventh core, which might have been one reason a few games had better frame timing/less framerate drops on Xbox than on PS, the CPU already cloccks slightly higher. That usually was with games reaching 900p on One and 1080p on PS4, so no change on the graphics front here.

Right now we're likely getting to the point where all possible resources are freed for games. Both will need one core and plenty of RAM for multitasking, background stuff like snap functions etc., so some tweaks might still be done, but all the big steps are already made.

Doesn't mean they can't tweak their systems anymore though. Both will keep on working on their API's and so on.



ironmanDX said:
Huh. Ms did this months ago if my memory serves me. Hopefully third party devs can now create games for the consoles with 7 cores in mind.


Not sure how much PS4 only having 6 cores impacted X1 version that could use 7 cores... but if it improve both versions and have more stable framerate I'm happy.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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Landguy said:
Looks like Sony is copying MS again. What's next, backwords compatibility to PS2? :)

This will help with all multiplats that come out in 12+ months and exclusives that come out 6+ months from now. It's not like developers are redesigning games for this.

So, will help eventually.


Maybe this update can allow some patches to popular games with framerate issues and improve it? Doubt many devs will use it, but those that have strong support and rely on DLC or sequels may intend to do it on good faith.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Great



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DonFerrari said:
Perhaps upclock as well?


Doubtful. While we don't know how much more heat it creates, I think Sony's design is built specifically for the thermal design the PS4 currently has. Such an upclock would also mean that you upclock old consoles which can already get really loud when running at 1.6 GHz so I guess there is not much space for more heat.



Protendo said:
Fei-Hung said:
Anyone know what actual changes this may make in terms of performance in games, UI and application use?

I don't understand why some people are saying it may make UI slower. Thought an extra core may give it more of a performance boost not the opposite.

Not being funny, just saying I don't understand how it technically works so having someone explain could help me understand it better.


None. The 2 cores was for futureproofing, Sony went over zealous with memory/processing to prevent another PS3 ui debacle. Insiders only claimed it was ever using one core, I'm suprised it took this long honestly. I figured they might be saving it for VR, but it looks like that's not the case.

 

Who? Where?