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If you purposely limit the output resolution to 1080p on both the pro and X, does it make the framerate more stable?
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They need to implement a more aggressive DRS to maintain a stable framerate.
The very same thing DF stated for AC Valhalla.
No, Xbox does one internal setup of rez, then has a scaler chip that upscales or downscales that rez to your tv output setup. It doesn't matter.
PlayStation Pro is the same only for some games you can force the system to 1080p, or better yet to a regular Ps4 by turning off super sampling. But for some games it doesn't work either like Uncharted 4...Gow...Dark Souls Remasterd...internal setup in those games itself bypass that super sampling off.
Its bad...and we must all wait for patches.
The system output resolution doesnt actually affect in any way the game’s internal resolution.
I think it's just the video output. The games internal resolution is fixed by the developers.
I am on a 1080p screen and it will automatically super sample the image down but when your driving around it hits 900p more often on the pro so I don’t think it matters we will just have to wait for more patches until the frame rate gets more stable
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Man. Pro nearly always has a bit of an FPS advantage over 1X. At least it happens frequently when the resolution is lower.
Yeah exactly that Devs try to squeeze more out of the X and end up with a inferior product my personal preference is fps over resolution either hit a stable 30 with as high as possible res or drop the res until you do.
On the flipside we can see going for a higher resolution on Xbox paying dividends based on players getting a higher resolution on sx than ps5 but it's nothing to write home about only a few rare games I felt like the X gave a better image over the pro rdr2 bring one fit it's grass fidelity but it was minor at best
Still can't believe they released this like this, I've played a bit on ps5, no mad glitches yet but have had 3 shut downs.... not good enough.
it's kind of crazy they didn't push back console releases but I bet they needed that pay check. Not to mention all the delays already to get the game where it currently is. CDPR, while notorious, is still a smaller studio who likely doesn't have massive cash reserves. For a brief bit I thought the industry was realizing it shouldn't announce games to early but that doesn't seem to be the case. Though imo more developers should wait until deep enough into development to announce a game that actual footage can be shown and the games release could be w/in a year or two tops.
As for the shut downs. Honestly I don't think it's Cyberpunk causing the shut downs. I finally got my hands on a PS5 Wed. Which is the only reason I bought Cyberpunk. I decided to finish Shadows Awakening before starting CP because if i put something down I tend to not finish it & I prefer what I start unless it's a terrible game. Anyway I'd wager that game crashed at least 5x a night from Wed night through Sat night when I finished it. Shadows Awakening is not a very demanding title & ran completely fine on my Pro; though it had super slow load times lol. Personally I think there's just issues in the software on PS5 that Sony needs to iron out. We early adapters are again beta testers.
A friend also got one Wed after I gave him a call to let him know they were in stock. I swung by tonight and he started talking about the Cyberpunk shut downs but once I said what my experience was he quickly realized. Dam, that's actually been happening to me too with other games. Though I don't believe he's had a problem with any of his PS5 games. Just PS4 titles he's playing and he tends to play half a dozen titles at the same time. I haven't actually played a PS5 game but imagine those run fine. It's just a kink in the software causing shut downs on PS4 games atm.
Its not the system from my experiance, I've played ghost, god of war, need for speed, tekken 7 and spiderman so far on my system with no issues, I've also played astro bot, spiderman miles and remastered, dirt 5, godfall, and cyberpunk, only dirt 5 and cyberpunk have caused a shutdown issue. Both devs have acknowledged these issues too by the way.
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"Moar RAM".
Edmund McMillen? Who the hell cares about Meat Boy? And why should we care what he thinks of next gen? He sounds like an 18 year old fanboy.
A lot of RAM total of say 10 GB.
Awesome graphics performance, wether its one single card or sli.
SSD, please atleast 500MB R/W. doesnt need to be really big. 80-120GB will do. most people can buy external storage for music and video. for games and apps. Dont need much at launch at least.
Awesome cooling and airflow. liquid cooling?
The latest HDMI version, maybe we could get two this time?
Thunderbolt, USB 3, ethernet(cat5), WI-fi and Bluetooth.
Jack i/o for speakers/headset and optical out(for audio).
Blu-ray.
Lots to do on the OS and network side of things, could have made long list but it should deliver a streamlined experience more features and more custimazations.
Auto cloud saving would be awesome. your system broke?
Do not worry you got your save backed up on our server.
Next gen controllers should be more responsive and accurate, have "built in" but swappable batteries.
Rumble.
Solid and ergonomic quality.
i believe what devs want they found it in the wiiu but time will tell what they do with it
Forget slpit screen, how about 2 hdmi so you can do local multiplayer on 2 seperate tvs
10 gigs at least of ram
CPU/GPU factor of 10x more powerful
500 gig minimum hdd
make it quiet
make it economical