Sony Has Shown How Fast The PS5 Loads Games VS The PS4 Pro

Sony has today shown off a video showcasing how fast the next gen Sony console (expected to be PlayStation 5) loads games versus the PlayStation 4 Pro. When the first PS5 details were released last month, one of the main selling points for the console was how fast it loads games.

[affrogamer]

WOWZERS!! The Beast is on the way!!!

[pwnmaster3000]

This should be the type of performance all consoles next gen should atleast be at. That was insanely quick loading.

[Rude-ro]

&cigi
I get your point, but it is the pro version vs the next gen.
Not the base console.

[Abnor_Mal]

Can we stop with all this "beast" talk, it was annoying af with the XBox One X fanclub, call it a monster instead.

[meep316]

@cigi you say it like you have a clue about the quality of the assets in this game. Even if the render resolution is 1080p the assets could be of very high quality, which most sony games are. I could go on, but I think its better for people to just study how graphics are rendered before they start making comments like this.

[fr0sty]

They don't change assets other than textures for 4k in most cases, and the Pro version of Spiderman is running at 2560×1440 upscaled to 3840x2160.

[Marioraider18]

This is the real BEAST

[itsmebryan]

Load times make it a"Beast"? I never heard anyone say they load times are more important than frame rates and resolution. But, I guess things change.

[sampsonon]

@itsmebryan no pop in makes it a beast.

[nitus10]

@itsmebryan

I will agree that load times do not make a PC/console a beast although they do help significantly.

Yes, framerate and resolution are important especially in games that can make significant use of them, however, most TV's and especially 4K and 8K ones have a refresh rate of 60Hz unless you are willing to pay significantly more for ones with a higher refresh rate. For instance, my Sony 55" HD (ie. up to 1080p) TV has a refresh rate of 200Hz and that makes fast action games comfortable on the eyes even though the frame rate of the game may be 30fps although I will admit that slowdown can be annoying.

It must be noted that it does not matter if your PC/console outputs a game at say 120fps or better if your display has a refresh rate of 60Hz. Sure you may see a marginal difference although that is debatable, however, you can see a significant difference if your displays refresh rate is equal or higher than the framerate of the game. As an example say your game outputs at 120fps and if you wish to have a display that will support that framerate then its refresh rate should be 120Hz or better.

Why do you think many PC gamers choose a 1440p 144Hz or higher monitor?

[Mr Logic]

@nitus10

Virtually everything you just spewed is ignorant and wrong.

[meep316]

@Mr Logic he's actually right, where some people get confused is that many tvs have 120hz output but only 60hz input. They take a 60 hz signal and add frames, which gives us the god awful soap opera effect. Some tvs can accept a higher refresh rate signal at 1080p, this all should be common knowledge in the information age.

the last two paragraphs he wrote are a little off, but not that far. Blurbusters has a lot of material you can read up on, including freesync and gsync. The next consoles should have freesync (and tvs are starting to get it too), and im surprised we arent hearing more about it yet. Im pretty sure the xbox one x has some sort of freesync built in already as well.

[Mr Logic]

@meep316

No...You seem to be attributing things to nitus that he never explicitly says and I was never responding to. Let's take things one at a time.

"my Sony 55" HD (ie. up to 1080p) TV has a refresh rate of 200Hz and that makes fast action games comfortable on the eyes even though the frame rate of the game may be 30fps although I will admit that slowdown can be annoying."

Sheer garbage. Your screen can be 60hz, 120hz, or 240hz, but it will never make 30fps content smoother and if it does, then it is doing so at the expense of latency. In addition I am aware that very few TVs do actual 120hz, but a number of Sony TVs actually do.

"It must be noted that it does not matter if your PC/console outputs a game at say 120fps or better if your display has a refresh rate of 60Hz. Sure you may see a marginal difference although that is debatable,"

This is not debatable. Sure exceeding your screen's refresh rate does not make the game more "smooth", but it does serve up the most recent frame at all times resulting in lower latency.

"however, you can see a significant difference if your displays refresh rate is equal or higher than the framerate of the game. As an example say your game outputs at 120fps and if you wish to have a display that will support that framerate then its refresh rate should be 120Hz or better.

Why do you think many PC gamers choose a 1440p 144Hz or higher monitor?"

Several things here. Let's set aside adaptive sync/gsync/freesync for a second, because he never mentioned frame syncing. Under those circumstances you generally don't want your Hz to exceed the game fps because it will result in permanent tearing.

PC gamers choose 144hz only if you plan to at least get close to if not exceed those fps. Nobody is buying a 144hz display with a cheap gpu that only reaches 80fps.

As to everything you said, it is mostly correct. Xbox already supports Freesync on all their models (except maybe the original X1?), but the issue is that most freesync displays up until this point have been monitors, and only accept AS over DP and not HDMI.

Also worth mentioning is that Xbox actually supports 120hz over HDMI via recent firmware upgrade.

[meep316]

"PC gamers choose 144hz only if you plan to at least get close to if not exceed those fps. Nobody is buying a 144hz display with a cheap gpu that only reaches 80fps. "

actually many do, especially if its a freesync or gsync monitor. I have an aging 1070 and some new games only run between 50-70 fps at 1440p, but it looks great. Other games run above 100 fps, and at that point its very diminishing returns. Anyway, blurbusters.com is probably the best resource for this sort of thing.

[Mr Logic]

@meep

Which part of "Let's set aside adaptive sync/gsync/freesync for a second, because he never mentioned frame syncing." doesn't make sense to you?

[dumahim]

There's no question it's a big improvement on loading speeds, but keep in mind, this a current gen game being loaded on next gen hardware. A next gen game will be loading more information, so it'll slow down a bit.

[Suave_Langosta]

One, it’s next gen so it better be miles better than what we have seen this gen.

Two, Xbox x was already named the “the beast”and that was already annoying then so you can kindly stop.

Lastly, you guys act like this is some kind of unbelievable entity that deserves upmost praise, but back to my first point, it’s next gen, so applaud it for what it is, but two to three years after it’s release, (micro and Sony) will again try to screw us with another round of midgen “upgrades.” So idk I’ve been an avid console gamer on all three big companies but this current gen is pushing me towards a PC. Just sayin

[-volt-]

These consoles are nothing but wanna-be PC's anyways. It's pretty obvious... I enjoy the Switch but because of its portability... Beyond that it is a silly cycle.

[-volt-]

Beast? Nothing new about SSD/ M.2/ etc.......

[Thundercat77]

I already pre-ordered the PS5... In my soul.

[SyntheticForm]

Mine's pre-ordered in my heart.

[bouzebbal]

I have mine... In my dreams

[kasu]

Start your home business right now. Spend more time with your family and earn. Start bringing <80$> per hr just on a computer. Very easy way to make your life happy and earning continuously.
Start here…....
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[UnSelf]

Mine is already pre-loading Horizon: ZD 2.

Oh nvm it’s done loading ✅

[Jamaicangmr]

You win

[Gaming4Life1981]

🤣🤣🤣 too funny.

As soon as pre orders go up for both systems I'm going to pre order at least 3 each and sell 4 pre orders and keep 2. I been doing this for a while now and I always make alot of money just for selling my pre orders.

[Spartacus10]

That's sad.

[Gaming4Life1981]

@Spartacus

Lol what's wrong with making extra money. I remember standing in lines back in the day and selling my spot and I wasnt the only one nor did I start it. The people that buy pre orders from me are always happy that I did this cause they wouldn't have got a system.

Love that show by the way.

[PhoenixUp]

Say goodbye to games with loading screen minigames

[Jin_Sakai]

Open world games will greatly benefit from this. Can’t wait!