Playstation 5 [PS5] [Release November 12 2020]

1440p is also an option for Xbox.

 

Yeah, but there are titles that have options to run 120 fps, and I wouldnt want to buy into something that doesn't allow for that, so $2K is the price. The CX has a range of 40-120 Hz for VRR 4K.

 

Well DF seems chuffed with the PS5 so far, backwards compatibility just works and we have two essential scored games already... Though scoring the Astro game as essential seems a but redundant as everyone will have it anyway.

 

that's a specific case where Xbox barely drops. But can be reduced to 1440p for hitman on Xbox if that is the desire.
I think only Sekiro is the only one where XSX struggled to find a way out for itself.

 

It apparently needs a patch for 90-120hz though as there VRR isn’t working yet?

Anyway, I have a Samsung Q85 and personally I care more about the 1300nits bright spots than the less black black spots. I don’t really see many issues with blacks at all on this tv Btw, and as I’m not a pixel counter some hard to spot blur on motion when most motion is blurred on purpose anyway doesn’t really make up for the absolutely fantastic bright scenes and color quality.

Together with the price difference at 65” that steered me away from the LG, though that was over half a year ago of course.

Anyway can’t wait until DF starts posting PS5 stuff!

 

PS5 is shaping up nicely! Glad both consoles have officially jumped aboard the back compat train. The days of having to throw out your old library of games is finally over!

 

From the Arstechnica review https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/11/playstation-5-review-more-of-a-generational-hop-than-a-leap/

Time to load game
Miles Morales PS5 2.6 secs vs PS4pro 56secs 20x slower! Thats reason enough to upgrade

Max power usage 205W

I does seem quiet though I dont think as quiet as the xbox consoles

Personally spiderman doesnt look that much better on ps5 compared to ps4, TBH Demons Souls is the only true next gen gameplay shown so far

 

Other than AC needing a good patch, backwards-compatibility performance scaling from this generation to the next is looking quite good on PS5 (XBSX as well).

 

I wonder if PS5 will have LFC?

 

Appears game downloads are much faster. Which is great news. Using the PS network/store as cold storage may be an option...

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/playstation-5-review-ps5

"While installing games on the PlayStation 5 for the testing, I was also struck by the fact that it felt like games were downloading much quicker. Despite some fan statements to the contrary, it can take much longer to download games on the PS4 versus Steam or even the Xbox One. I have a rather robust Verizon FIOS internet—756 Mbps down, 939 Mbps up—and I have both systems wired to the router, so I know that's never been the problem. I decided to test the difference with small and medium-sized PS4 games.

For the small game, I chose Disgaea 5, which comes in at a very slight 6.58 GB. On the PlayStation 4 Pro, it took 10 minutes and 42 seconds to download the entire game, versus the mere 1 minute and 58 seconds on the PlayStation 5. From there, it only took 1 minute and 2 seconds to transfer to the external hard drive, making it playable on both systems.

The medium-sized game I chose was Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, standing at 36.6 GB in total size. That took a total of 58 minutes and 34 seconds to download completely on my PS4 Pro. On PS5? 7 minutes and 1 second. From nearly an hour to under ten minutes is an astonishing drop in terms of download times. That's almost worth the price of admission alone. Suffice it to say, you probably don't need to keep your PlayStation 4 around anymore."

 

This is interesting if true. That would make the PS5 CPU more of a half way point between Zen2 APU's and Zen 2 desktop chips rather than a pure APU configuration. And would clearly be a design element borrowed from Zen 3.

 

It's too early and a Friday, so I don't want to do the math, so what does that work out to for mbit/s? Also, do they not show download rates? I rarely catch/watch them with auto-updates enabled.

 

Peter Crouch?

 

Assuming my math is correct. ~445Mbps for the first game and ~695Mbps for the second.

The first game probably never got a chance to get to max rate since it was smaller....so yeah maybe the new cap is ~700Mbps(well that was the average so maybe it's higher)??

 

There are others like Asseto corza or Monster Hunter World that are not locked on XSX and are often running at ~50fps (particularly Asseto Corza). All locked 60fps on PS5.

 

is there no way to reduce resolution on those titles for xbox? or are they stuck like that?

nvm.
it seems MHW ran better on 4Pro than X1X to begin with.

Which Asseto Corza? The new competition one actually looks pretty good, may pick this up as a Forza filler if it runs well

 

Just can't get used to PS5's look. I just can't. I am buying it, mainly for DS, but Gosh its revolting in design.

Hitman can be played in 1440p mode, but most can't. Good thing about it is that most haven't ran at full 4K uncapped anyway.

 

I woulnd't have minded the design if it were even just 10% smaller in height.

 

So, the PS5 can run Crysis.