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Cerebralbore101 on 08 September 2020
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twintail said:
PAOerfulone said:
 I think the regular PS5 unit should be able to match the Series X without any issues. But the Series S price could be too steep for the disc-less PS5 unit. Unless Sony wants to start the generation by selling that SKU at a hefty loss (presumably) then, they'll be at notable price disadvantage.

Sony won't price match because there's absolutely no need for them to do so.

If they deliver a $399 PS5 digital, they're still comfortably in business. 

A $399 PS5 would slaughter Xbox. I don't see that happening though. PS5 is probably $500.

shikamaru317 said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Wait so it has the same CPU as the Series X, paired up with a weak GPU? This thing better come with  3-6 months of Gamepass Ultimate!

I wouldn't call it weak, it has just enough juice to do what MS intends it to do, play next-gen games at 1080p-1440p. Digital Foundry did a video earlier this year where they downclocked a Radeon RX 5500 XT to 4.3 tflop, about what Series S has, and compared it against the 9.2 tflop 5700 XT (which is a bit less than the TFLOP rating of the PS5). These were the results:

Hitman 2- Console Quality settings

GPU 1080p 1440p 4K
RX 5500 XT (4.3 TFLOP) 80.9 FPS Average 58.2 FPS 32.5 FPS
RX 5700 XT (9.2 TFLOP) 62.4 FPS

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus- Console quality settings

GPU 1080p 1440p 4K
RX 5500 XT (4.3 TFLOP) 149 FPS 98 FPS 48 FPS
RX 5700 XT (9.2 TFLOP) 92 FPS

Control- Console Quality Settings

GPU 1080p 1440p 4K
RX 5500 XT (4.3 TFLOP) 61 FPS 37 FPS 17 FPS
RX 5700 XT (9.2 TFLOP) 37 FPS

What do those results show? Well basically, that the 4 TFLOP Series S should be able to play the same games that the 10.3 tflop (or less depending on how the variable clock works) PS5 plays at native 4K, at somewhere between 1080p and 1440p depending on each game, with the game graphics settings from the PC version.

Well we're comparing current gen game performance on a next gen system. But despite that I think Control is the best comparison, since it is pretty graphics intensive. I really wish DF had included 1080p and 1440p numbers for the 5700 XT. The drop off from 1440p to 4K is huge.

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