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JEMC on 11 April 2017

Cool, but not very useful right now, specially given that there's no TV or monitor that can use this feature as of now.

Still, it will be useful in the future once HDMI 2.1 with variable refresh rates gets aproved and TV/monitor manufacturers start to launch models with it.



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Qwark on 11 April 2017
JRPGfan said:
freebs2 said:

Wow, Scorpio is everything the Ps4 Pro should have been. Too bad they don't have exclusives.

But there are no TVs for it.... so right now its just future proofing.

Worse people that buy 4k TV's now, might regret it a year or two from now, when they release Xbox Scorpio / Playstation 5 / Xbox Two, will all be able to make use of freesync, and their TVs bought now dont have it.

In short... its abit to early to jump on 4k bandwagon (imo) give it another year or two, and hopefully by then its cheaper, and will also have freesync, and it ll be the standard for PS5 & XB2.

By the time the PS5 releases I could do with a new TV anyways. Preferably one with a 12 bit panel instead of 10 bit since UHD discs are able to store this data. I guess games will follow to eventually. Anyway this means Scorpio supports dynamic HDR which is a (big) improvement over static HDR.



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HokageTenshi on 11 April 2017

looks like MS is making Scorpio a 8th mid-gen upgrade to a 9th gen console

is like they release a early next gen console to play current gen games with much better performance first with 9th gen ready specs

i think it will be 599 launch console that have more future life to slowly drop its price and still surviving like older console life used to be



TallSilhouette on 11 April 2017
freebs2 said:

Wow, Scorpio is everything the Ps4 Pro should have been. Too bad they don't have exclusives.

Kinda agree. Scorpio's looking pretty well designed. Still not planning on buying one yet, but it sets a good benchmark for PS5 and other future consoles to meet and exceed.



Vasto on 11 April 2017

So looks like AMD will soon have Free Sync TVs.


AMD FreeSync coming to TVs soon

http://www.144hzmonitors.com/technology/amd-freesync-coming-tvs-soon/



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d21lewis on 11 April 2017

Suddenly I don't regret choosing to buy so many 3rd party games digitally on Xbox One.



Ariakon on 11 April 2017

Sounds like a cool feature, I doubt I'll have a tv that supports it until well after PS5 comes out, though. 



Mafioso on 11 April 2017


CES 2018 comes a few months after Scorpio launch where the CE big guns roll out 4K HDR FreeSync HDMI 2.1 displays.







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Azzanation on 11 April 2017
freebs2 said:

Wow, Scorpio is everything the Ps4 Pro should have been. Too bad they don't have exclusives.

Scorpio isnt aimed at PC gamers, so console only gamers will have plenty of Exclusives to play on Scorpio.



UnderstatedCornHole on 11 April 2017

Who cares about exclusives. People mentioning that are just reaching for anti MS pro Sony low hanging fruit.

The Xbox One sucks balls with no proper exclusives and inferior ports with frame rate issues and shoddy operating system that is sluggish and awful.

I've got my PS4 Pro for top notch exclusives. The Scorpio will be THE place for multiplats all running at 4K.

Reminds me of the good old PS3 / Xbox 360 days except this time the multiplats will blow us away look better than the the Sony exclusives.

Game over for fanboys and gaming heaven for jaded old farts like me who had given up on decent console performance.