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PS5 And Xbox Series X GPU Difference Won’t Matter, Tempest Engine Is Awesome – Helheim Hassle Dev

Perfectly Paranormal’s creative lead Ozan Drøsdal talks about next-gen consoles.

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caddytrek1489d ago

I am actually really excited about Tempest, I imagine something like Uncharted in VR in a jungle where all the animals can be heard positionally in 3D all with movement instead of only 3 or 4 things.

I imagine listening to the movements of the enemies as they move around causing a flock of birds to take flight and fly over your head in full 3D motion sound while a breeze rustles the leaves from behind you to your front of you as a panther sneaks up behind you ect.

Having the ability to aurally track the motion of nearly unlimited objects will offer crazy levels immersion especially when combined with PSVR 2.

Cupid_Viper_31489d ago (Edited 1489d ago )

I agree man. Or just imagine what this does for a co-op horror game in VR. Just imagine "A Quiet Place"-like game in VR where sound is critical and you actually have to watch your steps when there are debris on the floor (such as empty bottles or cans, etc)that could make noises which could mean death, lol.

You don't have a map, or a HUD really. And you have mostly rely on your sense of sight and hearing

I'm really excited for what's to come, especially in VR.

Kaiou1488d ago

haha I like your example. yes that would be awsome.

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jerethdagryphon1488d ago

Hrm outlast or outcast whatever it was called with full 3d audio would be a bit much

Jin_Sakai1489d ago (Edited 1489d ago )

I’ll take a 100% difference in SSD over 17% difference in GPU any day.

I’m also excited for the Tempest engine. Really happy that Sony has put effort on improving the audio.

NewMonday1489d ago (Edited 1489d ago )

Texture quality on consoles has always been limited by console memory and speed. checkout this clip explaining why Megatexturs didn't workout as planned on consoles. the PS5 seems deliberately designed to eliminate these issues.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Vits1489d ago (Edited 1489d ago )

On PC is pretty much the opposite a 100% of difference in SSD have little to no impact in games (hell, you can argue that even a 400% difference doesn't do much either). While a 17% difference in GPU is a huge deal and the difference between maximizing everything or not.

But with games beeing made with SSD in mind. That might change. So I'm waiting to see how it will play out.

NewMonday1489d ago

@Vits
Because most developers still make games based on HDDs on PC.

But Star Citizen is practically unplayable without an SSD.

Vits1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

@NewMonday

The difference between a SSD and a HDD is clear as day. And there are already a couple of games that suffer tremendous when installed on a mechanical drive. Gujian 3 for example become a pop in festival.

However between SSDs there is very little gain even with huge speed differences. My computer for example features a 970 EVO (3500 MB/s) and a MP300 (1600 MB/s). That is a 120% speed difference but in games that is not noticeable. Even while using editing softwares like Sony Vegas, I don't feel a difference.

As I already mentioned. Yes, with games targeting a SSD from their conception that might change. But only time will tell, as currently there isn't a game out there to do so.

Jin_Sakai1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

@Vits

On PC is pretty much the opposite a 100% of difference in SSD have little to no impact in games (hell, you can argue that even a 400% difference doesn't do much either). While a 17% difference in GPU is a huge deal and the difference between maximizing everything or not.”

That’s because PC is an open platform and you have to factor the lowest common denominator.

The super fast SSD will be a game changer for Sony’s first party studios who will take full advantage of the hardware.

Vits1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

@Jin_Sakai

That is why I'm saying that this might change with games being made with the SSD in mind. BUT they have to prove that will be the case. As there is no precedent for a bump on SSD speed mattering for games after they left the old Sata standard behind.

OB1Biker1488d ago

And the SSD is only half of the story when the whole chip is optimized for it

Melankolis1488d ago

@Vits
"That is why I'm saying that this might change with games being made with the SSD in mind. BUT they have to prove that will be the case. As there is no precedent for a bump on SSD speed mattering for games after they left the old Sata standard behind."

Ha. Fair enough. Sony has to prove it. I'm being optimistic here, i don't think Sony put that fast & more expensive SSD (with smaller capacity) just to eliminate loading time.

DerfDerf1488d ago

All that says is that you know absolutely nothing about tech.

Jin_Sakai1488d ago

“All that says is that you know absolutely nothing about tech.“

I think you should tell yourself that. First party developers will really take advantage of the SSD which will be more important than a 17% more powerful GPU.

mandingo1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

Sorry ur console of choice is weaker bud. Stop the damage control. No one in their right mind takes a faster ssd over more power.

EasilyTheBest1488d ago

"I’ll take a 100% difference in SSD over 17% difference in GPU any day."

Yes you probably would right now, but if it was Microsoft with the fastest ssd & Sony with the better gpu & cpu your comment would be different. Something along these lines perhaps..

"I’ll take a 30%+ difference in GPU/CPU over a faster SSD any day"

Toncsipapa1488d ago

Ofc you are ....thats the only specs in ps5 better:D now when xbox is stronger ps5 specs doesnt matter
:D:D i like sony fanboys

dreadz741488d ago

lol the SSD is not gunna produce better graphics smdh.

buffig1488d ago

Theres a fundamental misunderstanding when it comes to the significance of this SSD. Lots of people online seem to be saying that an nvme m.2 drive makes minimal difference to pc gaming. You have to remember, when it comes to pc gaming and even the series x, the SSD is just a location for storing data and very little surrounding that technology has changed. Sony even demonstrated, if you simply took a drive 100x faster than which is available in the PS4 and placed it in a PS4, the difference would only be in the region of 3-4x better loading speeds. Sony then took on the task of removing every single obstacle in the path of that speed and completely designed the architecture of the console around it. So 100x faster, equates to exactly that. It's so fast that entire level data can be streamed as you turn to face it. People comparing this technology to pc gaming, only highlight their lack of understanding as to how significant and impactful Sony's efforts in this field are

Jin_Sakai1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

@mandingo

“Sorry ur console of choice is weaker bud. Stop the damage control. No one in their right mind takes a faster ssd over more power.“

People will choose the console that has a history of delivering amazing games. A 17% more powerful GPU isn’t going to change anyone’s mind. A 100% faster SSD is just icing on the cake.

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morganfell1487d ago (Edited 1487d ago )

"lol the SSD is not gunna produce better graphics smdh."

It does affect what you see in some ways. An example already discussed by developers is how an ultra fast SSD can actually allow for faster physical travel through an environment. One example previously provided discusses how rapidly Spider-man can move through New York because current gen is limited by how fast the buildings can fill the environment which is more of a HDD contraint.

https://www.wired.com/story...

"That’s just one consequence of an SSD. There’s also the speed with which a world can be rendered, and thus the speed with which a character can move through that world. Cerny runs a similar two-console demonstration, this time with the camera moving up one of Midtown’s avenues. On the original PS4, the camera moves at about the speed Spidey hits while web-slinging. “No matter how powered up you get as Spider-Man, you can never go any faster than this,” Cerny says, “because that's simply how fast we can get the data off the hard drive.” On the next-gen console, the camera speeds uptown like it’s mounted to a fighter jet. Periodically, Cerny pauses the action to prove that the surrounding environment remains perfectly crisp. (While the next-gen console will support 8K graphics, TVs that deliver it are few and far between, so we’re using a 4K TV.)"

The PS5 has custom silicon to assist the SSD.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. The Division 2 devs have stated they can't add motorcycles or horses, as without an SSD it takes too long to load in. Now with an ultra fast SSD that will not be an issue.

Extra Teraflops lose their benefit if they are bottlenecked.

carlosjrix1487d ago

You will be disappointed if you think that having higher ssd speed will improve the graphic quality having a lower gpu, cpu and ram configuration. Has no sense.

Jin_Sakai1487d ago

@ArmyVetGamer

“Just curious, who is saying 17% difference?“

https://ibb.co/BwtDRMt

skiggy341485d ago

Yeah we'll see. When no 3rd party devs take advantage of the Sony SSD and all 3rd party devs take advantage of the XSX cpu and gpu power you may retract your statement. Just an FYI, all an SSD is going to do is load a game faster. You will not get any better graphics, frames etc etc from an SSD. I have had one for 3yrs and all is does is boot my pc up faster than a regular hard drive. Also XSX has an SSD also. So a PS5 game may load 1.5 seconds faster than the XSX but XSX will do 4k 60fps at high to ultra settings while PS5 does 4k 30-60 at maybe high settings..

skiggy341485d ago

If the PS5 clocks run maxed out all the time then the XSX is 18+% more powerful. When the gpu clock on the PS5 downclocks the XSX GPU can be anywhere from 20-30% more powerful. In tech terms that's a LOT of power...

https://gamingbolt.com/ps5-...

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gamer78041488d ago

Dolby Atmos is really cool when I can’t use my entertainment setup a good pair of Dolby atoms headphones does a fair job.

silenthillstrangler1488d ago

Except you don't need Dolby Atmos headphones at all because it is virtual Dolby Atmos and all done by the system not the headphones.

gamer78041488d ago

yah true, just a good pair of headphones @silent

Muzikguy1488d ago

All that is great. It really sounds like a ton of development time to me. Hopefully not

XBManiac1488d ago (Edited 1488d ago )

PS4 PSVR has its own sound chip and it improves sound, as well as liberates PS4 CPU and GPU from some tasks... PSVR with a good pair of Headphones is really better than PS4 and PS4 Pro default sound output. I can't imagine how PS5 can improve it with so much power as it will bring for positional HiQ audio... It "sounds amazing". Thanks, Sony, for innovating with VR, Sound, haptic imput and provide the tools for developers. I hope PC adopts all of this as an standard and improves it ASAP, too. It can be a return for sound cards and a wide variety of new controllers, joystics and 3D peripherals for PC, thanks to PS5 "standarization" of new imput modes and PC VR+AR following it.

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IRetrouk1487d ago (Edited 1487d ago )

What? How are sony over selling their tech? How is it just an amd feature? Cerny explained what the tempest engine was:

"With the PlayStation 4, audio typically gets a very small chunk of available processing power, or even less than the SPU (synergistic processor unit) cores of the Sony PlayStation 3’s Cell processor. By comparison, the PSVR virtual reality headset had 50 different sound sources available. The Tempest Engine has enough processing ability (with a kind of processing called single instruction, multiple data, or SIMD) as all of the PS4’s eight-core processing capability combined — just for 3D audio."

Heres the link to all the info on tempest

https://venturebeat.com/202...

So far sony gave every detail of their audio chip, from power to how it's made, it's a custom gpu that was made more like the cell it has more power than all of ps4s cpu power, that's a crazy amount of power for an audio engine.
Then theres the ssd.....that's something else? No?

angelsx1487d ago

that could happen probably next gen ps6

WickedLester1483d ago

"lol the SSD is not gunna produce better graphics smdh."

@dreadz74

And neither is a mere 17% power difference. Geez you Xbots are SO eager to claim this meaningless spec sheet victory you are not even bothering to look at it for what it really is. The R E A L I T Y is that the actual differences between multiplat games are going to be so negligible, you will need a magnifying glass to even see them. So congratulations! You win the pre-launch spec sheet crown. Woohoo! Your merit badge is in the mail.

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waverider1488d ago

No matter how much thet try. They cant find a studio talking about teraflops. Some still dont understand that the big jump next gen isnt rez. That the smallest. Because of the mid gen upgrades.

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343_Guilty_Spark1487d ago

How come we aren't seeing standard PC SSDs improve graphics over standard HDDs despite being significantly faster? I think Sony PR is in full over drive...every article is Tempest will do this or do that, TFs don't matter anymore despite the PS4 and Xbox One X showing that TFs do matter, or SSDs will improve graphics...

I want hear from big 3rd devs like Bethesda, Epic, Valve, 4A games, GearBox, Infinity Ward, CDPR etc.

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skiggy341485d ago

@IRetrouk
Yes Sony would build that for no reason. Tell me what happened with the cell processor that was supposed to be the next miracle in tech. No dev knew how to use it nor wanted to. Hence why 360 games were better looking and performing. The SSD Sony put in the PS5 is a very fast SSD. No pc has this yet so that means NO 3rd party dev will take advantage of it. It would not be cost effective to make a totally separate multiplat game to use PS5s SSD which really isn't going to do anything more than the XSX's SSD except maybe load the game faster. There are NO other advantages to an SSD and that's why Cerny showed how fast the game booted up. If it had advantages elsewhere they would have shown that. Sorry but its just an SSD. resolution and frames will be better on XSX hands down, end of discussion, its a fact and even DF has stated that. Every REAL tech site has stated that.

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In a poignant announcement, Dutch indie developer Paladin Studios bid farewell after an impressive run spanning “almost 19 years.”

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Venoxn4g2d ago

I really enjoyed Good Job game...too bad that they are closing

mastershredder1d 16h ago

Considering the level of games they made, I'm surprised that more than 2 people worked there. 45 people (+ outsourcing) making mediocre mobile games, like cut the rope. I mean dude....Nintendo stooped to new lows in quality development and entertainment standards.

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Nintendo Issues DMCA Notice to Remove 8,500 Yuzu Clones

Nintendo made a significant move by issuing a DMCA notice to take down more than 8,500 clones of the popular Switch emulator, Yuzu.

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gold_drake4d ago

thats so crazy haha.

it will never disappear.

darksky3d ago

The more they try to stop it, the more publicity it gets. The fact is that Yuzu will forever live on torrent and other sites. Nintendo is fighting an uphill battle.

Inverno3d ago

Another 8,500 will take their place. Smh

PRIMORDUS3d ago

There is nothing stopping these people from working on Yuzu clones and sharing them on torrent sites. Nintendo or anyone else cannot do shit about torrents or usenet.

lucasnooker3d ago

lol Nintendo keep fighting this but it never ends. Why do they feel the need to persist? I guess they are in too deep now they have to

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