Seven Force
Banned
Rev up those dual wield setups!digital foundry be like
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
PS4 firmware 4.50 add Boost Mode for PS4 Pro.
- Thread starter Guymelef
- Start date
Lol!
DarkLordMalik
Member
Not the same thing here?
LordOfChaos
Member
Saweet.
Will be interesting to see how many/few games break.
Will be interesting to see how many/few games break.
If Witcher 3 could have a more consistant FPS on PS4, that would be so nice!
yeah, it was a pipe dream
ManUnkindH
Member
JUST
CAUSE
THREE
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Yeah because the Pro and S models are totally going for the same thing.
Zombie James
Banned
Back when DF reviewed/previewed/whatevered the Pro and this came up, I mentioned that Sony should make it an opt-in option with a warning about it maybe causing odd behaviour. This is exactly it. I'm happy.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Watch it be even more borked.
Good news, I wonder if there's also a change in relation to the rumoured resolution "boost" at system level?
I would assume that this frame rate "boost" is going to be a real advantage with games using a variable frame rate or games that perhaps have an 30 or 60 frame rate that aren't quite achieving that at all times.
I would assume that this frame rate "boost" is going to be a real advantage with games using a variable frame rate or games that perhaps have an 30 or 60 frame rate that aren't quite achieving that at all times.
HazySaiyan
Banned
That's awesome!
Yes, they are. 60 v 30 is a design decision. Even if a game is unlocked, there's no telling what the bottleneck is, and Pro still has a weak CPU.
AtomicShroom
Member
The increase in framerate will be minimal for most games. Any of you expecting 60fps Bloodborne are out of your fucking minds. If a game is capped at 30fps, this will not remove the cap. Also there's a very high probability this will break games in weird ways.
This is not a Megaton by a long shot. Get off your horses!
This is not a Megaton by a long shot. Get off your horses!
Tarnpanzer
Member
Good for games with bad performance like BF4 or games with unlocked framerate like Killzone. 30fps locked Games like Bloodborne won´t benefit from it is my guess...
jacob armitage
Banned
Keep expectations in check people!
KojiKnight
Member
It makes much less sense to unlock the cpu as it's more likely to cause issues with game logic (more likely to make games crash outright).
GhostOfSparta305
Banned
I appreciate Sony putting this option in there for the core gamers who are willing to take the risk for higher performance (which really is most of the Pro audience anyway).
Audioboxer
Member
YES.
Release the boost Sony.
Q&A testing be damned, us "hardcore" give zero fucks. The need for speed is real.
MadClacker
Member
When is this firmware rolling out?
Popsickles
Member
Called it in the sign up thread
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=228463467&highlight=#post228463467
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=228463467&highlight=#post228463467
On unlocked games? Why not, specially if they were already in the 45ish range (Infamous 2nd Son in unlock mode afaik).
On locked fps games, it should help push things to full stable.
Interestingly, it seems like it'll be a user toggle choice on a per game basis (click option on game icon?), so it could have interesting results.
Backfoggen
Banned
I'm crying now that I didn't sign up for the beta
If this is true, this is just the XBox One S situation. it doesn't suddenly make your games run at double the FPS. Calm the eff down people lmao.
Of course, i guess we can expect better than XB1S results since XB1S only had a 10% GPU upclock and here we're talking about a 30% CPU upclock and over 100% GPU revision.
Still, its a very minor change and can still eff up games depending on circumstances.
Of course, i guess we can expect better than XB1S results since XB1S only had a 10% GPU upclock and here we're talking about a 30% CPU upclock and over 100% GPU revision.
Still, its a very minor change and can still eff up games depending on circumstances.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Oh momma...
Generally surprised they went ahead with putting this here but great for people they have wanted an option like this.
Beta starts today I think, so probably a month or so for us plebs who decided not to sign up for early access.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
SO FUCKING HAPPY I BOUGHT A PRO !
PS4 Remastered indeed !
That also cracked me up. WTF?
Edit: Also maybe guys should take it easy until we see the receipts...
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
He's most likely not wrong though.
IonicSnake
Banned
If this mean I can run around in Idylshire in FFXIV without the framerate dropping to 20 fps I'll take it.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Is this foreal?
EmilioLargo
Member
Library>Purchased>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt>Download.
There is a much bigger difference between PS4 and pro than XB1 and S.
Which is probably why they warn of unpredictable results (on unlocked games I imagine). I also imagine it'll be a per game opt-in instead of a general new feature applied by default for that reason.
30%+ larger CPU clock and 2x stronger GPU... the boost will be noticeable [for games that support it].
So someone (who seems to be in the beta test for 4.5) tried out boost mode on Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne, said couldn't really notice any framerate difference personally.
https://twitter.com/watayuki0909/status/827519240135544832
Maybe you need to test places where there is framerate drops to see the real differences?
https://twitter.com/watayuki0909/status/827519240135544832
Maybe you need to test places where there is framerate drops to see the real differences?
lol my thoughts exactly
PsihoPerihelion
Member
I may install Killzone Shadow Fall to see if it gets close to 60, out of curiosity. I also have Bioshock Infinite and I don't remember that being locked 60. There's a lot oficina games out there to test.