PlayStation 4 (codename Orbis) technical hardware investigation (news and rumours)

[Gradthrawn]

If I'm not, I'd like - and I'm sure there's a way - to get the first one out of the way as quickly as possible, then start playing and leave the others to finish.

Nope, no such option as it stands. It may or may not have its own internal download prioritization that it uses.

 

[London Geezer]

Nope, no such option as it stands. It may or may not have its own internal download prioritization that it uses.

So I can't actually stop a download, if I wanted to?

 

[Boxercide]

Yes, you can delete a download. Not sure if there's a pause. I have pretty decent interwebz (~30 mbps down/7 up) and I've never noticed any issues with downloads affecting online gaming.

 

[Gradthrawn]

So I can't actually stop a download, if I wanted to?

Yes, you can delete a download. Not sure if there's a pause. I have pretty decent interwebz (~30 mbps down/7 up) and I've never noticed any issues with downloads affecting online gaming.

Correct, you cannot pause a download to allow others to take priority and then resume it later. You can completely remove it from the queue as damienw mentions.

 

[Globalisateur]

Taken from this other thread: " When are the next technical cost reductions going to happen? spawn" http://beyond3d.com/showthread.php?p=1848136

Here's a quote from a GAF member that does some type of cost analysis for a bank.
That was posted on the 27th of June 2013.

About those rumored 8Gbit GDDR5 chips planned for mid-2014, going perfectly well with this rumored PS4 new revision.

Could they simply replace the 16 4Gbit chips with 8Gbit chips in the devkits in order to finally have 16GB to easily load the devkits software tools along with the debugged game and being finally able to use 7GB for games?

It would explain why Sony was so eager (since june 2013) to produce 8Gbit chips.

 

[AlNom]

Could they simply replace the 16 4Gbit chips with 8Gbit chips in the devkits in order to finally have 16GB

Yes.

 

[pjbliverpool]

Obviously they wont though.

 

[Wynix]

Obviously they wont though.

Why not? I can easily see them releasing an updated dev kit with 16GB.

 

[Deleted member 86764]

Obviously they wont though.

Why obvious? I'd have thought it logical to increase dev kits to 16GB.

 

[pjbliverpool]

Sorry I thought we were talking about retail units.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Firmware 1.71 is out

Patch notes:

o System software stability during use of some features has been improved.

Helpful

 

[DieH@rd]

They removed rumble bug & error when uploading saves to the cloud, and they expanded party chat size from 8 to 16 people.

At least that was found for now.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

They removed rumble bug & error when uploading saves to the cloud, and they expanded party chat size from 8 to 16 people.

At least that was found for now.

The cloud upload thing was very annoying. Rumble bug?

 

[hesido]

Rumble didn't work when you first turned on your PS4. Turning the controller on and off helped most of the time. But it was annoying because I personally noticed it late, thinking something was weird. I really like rumble because it physically connects me to the game actions, btw.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

Rumble didn't work when you first turned on your PS4. Turning the controller on and off helped most of the time. But it was annoying because I personally noticed it late, thinking something was weird. I really like rumble because it physically connects me to the game actions, btw.

Oh, I never even noticed and I spent a lot of time playing WATCH_DOGS last week! I guess rumble just didn't a big enough deal for me to notice when it's gone!

 

[dobwal]

Oh, I never even noticed and I spent a lot of time playing WATCH_DOGS last week! I guess rumble just didn't a big enough deal for me to notice when it's gone!

What! One of the things that WD really gets right is using rumble in conjunction with screen shake to create a sense of power for the vehicles in the game especially when mashing the gas during take offs with muscle cars.

But may be thats why I usually hit a light pole, a couple of trash cans, a mail box, a few benches and side swipe about 6 cars every time I take off.

 

[Deleted member 11852]

I guess for me, both the sound and noticeable increase in speed is enough to convey the power of the vehicles. Except for that tiny electric thing that can almost do 90 degree turns

 

[dobwal]

I guess for me, both the sound and noticeable increase in speed is enough to convey the power of the vehicles. Except for that tiny electric thing that can almost do 90 degree turns

Nah, I talking about at take off, the effect is minimal if the wheels aren't spinning.

 

[Allandor]

Well another game with AF issues.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-murdered-soul-suspect-face-off

both PC and Xbox One versions of Soul Suspect utilise 16x AF (anisotropic filtering), while the effect on Sony's console is noticeably lower, resulting in details becoming blurred when view from a distance.

is there a generell issue with the API or is the AF-level just lowered to get a bit more speed used for other things.

 

[Wynix]

Well another game with AF issues.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-murdered-soul-suspect-face-off



is there a generell issue with the API or is the AF-level just lowered to get a bit more speed used for other things.

There has to be an issue somewhere, this is much too widespread to be anything else.
I hope they can fix it soon because 8-16x AF should be standard.