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[Metnut]

Amazing achievement. With PC hardware prices through the roof, and games like Saros, Wolverine and GTA6 skipping PC this year, have to think some people will take a long hard look at the PS5 Pro.

Best value in gaming.

Further, given that PS6 (and next generation of GPUs) are still years away, and with cross-gen being very likely, the investment is future proofed to a significant degree.

 

[sncvsrtoip]

Sounds realy good. Will wait with reviews of broken ue5 games but for now kudos for Sony. Also very good idea with system toggle.

 

[Topher]

Wow.. Can't wait to see PSSR 2.0 in GTA6, Wolverine, Saros, and Crimson Desert.

Hell, I've got games in my backlog that are going to benefit from this. Exciting

 

[vkbest]

Nice.

Don't worry, you will find things to complain about it. I trust

 

[Gonzito]

I am very happy for ps5 pro owners. It definitely looks like a good upgrade

 

[Bernardougf]

Very Nice .... now push the ps6 to 2029, give me some games and let me finally enjoy my Pro for a couple of years...

 

[Bojji]

Don't worry, you will find things to complain about it. I trust

I wonder what "PSSR1 is so good" people will say now. It was bad from the start, now Pro is FINALLY delivering good stuff and I love it!

 

[SplunkyMunkey]

Pretty good for a console thats rdna 3/4 pssr 2 going up against fsr 4 and dlss 4.5 I guess pssr 2 will widely improve for when ps6 comes out

 

[roosnam1980]

but does it look better with UE5 lumen?

 

[Viruz]

Can't wait for the system update to try RT + PSSR2 in GT7.

 

[Certinty]

Huge difference. If big titles can keep this up for the coming years then it might finally make the Pro worth it after all.

 

[Kaiserstark]

PSSR 1

PSSR 2

 

[GOKUSSJ2]

 

[Bernardougf]

Time to replay the fuck out of Demons Souls and pour one for my boys at ex-Bluepoint!

 

[Sethbacca]

but does it look better with UE5 lumen?

Guess we'll find out pretty soon.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

I wonder what "PSSR1 is so good" people will say now.

It was quite good in selected titles with proper implementation.

PSSR 2.0 is less of a hassle for implementation first and foremost.

 

[RSMan]

What about old PS4 games? Will they also be enhanced?

 

[Germuso]

I told you ladyboys

 

[Duchess]

And we can probably expect improvements in future, too!

 

[Zathalus]

So watching the video it is roughly comparable to FSR4. Better in some aspects, worse in others. DLSS is still king, but at regular viewing distances on a TV you'd be hard pressed to tell a difference.

 

[lh032]

BRO....imagine PSSR 3 for ps6......

 

[hououinkyouma00]

So worse then DLSS 4.5 (as expected but not to the point where I think it even matters outside of YouTube 0.5 speed 4x zoom shots) but trades blows with FSR4 (sometimes better sometimes worse but generally so close it doesn't matter).

Sounds and looks pretty fucking good to me! I played like 30 minutes of the game this morning because my breakfast decided to say fuck you and the game looks stunning.

 

[Kerotan]

We're cooking boys

 

[winjer]

So watching the video it is roughly comparable to FSR4. Better in some aspects, worse in others. DLSS is still king, but at regular viewing distances on a TV you'd be hard pressed to tell a difference.

Unfortunately, Alex used FSR 4.0.3
With FSR 4.1 image quality was improved, especially with vegetation.

But overall, PSSR2 looks like the leaked FSR4 Int8, with a few improvements.

 

[Lootlord]

Huge difference. If big titles can keep this up for the coming years then it might finally make the Pro worth it after all.

Difference between what?
There is no comparison between PSSR 1 and 2.0 in this video. Just base PS5 with supposedly FSR 1 (which is as bad as it gets) and the Pro with PSSR 2.
So we don't really know the improvements if we don't have a direct comparison in the same game.

 

[thatJohann]

We need comparisons of PSSR 2.0 on older games that used PSSR 1.0 given it's a system-wide toggle now.

 

[Topher]

I wonder what "PSSR1 is so good" people will say now. It was bad from the start, now Pro is FINALLY delivering good stuff and I love it!

I'll say what I've always said. PSSR1 was good, not great. This is better. Necessary progression with every upscaling tech. Either way, I don't think it is worth picking up old fights (not that you started it). PSSR2 is the north star (most) every one has been pointing towards.

 

[roosnam1980]

the upscaler MOG-OFF just got exciting

 

[NeonGhost]

I guess I'll hold off on playing Alan wake 2 till this comes out

 

[Radical_3d]

Sometimes better than FSR4! This is fantastic, Nishino. Now fire Hulst and recompose BluePoint and I'll forgive you.

 

[Det]

We are happy to share that Resident Evil Requiem – shipping today – is the first title to use this more advanced PSSR, which is helping to keep both frame rate and image quality high.

Sharma Watever could learn a thing or two from Sony and act like this:

Less talk, less parasocial interaction, and more results.

 

[Aurelius]

Welp. Time to start saving up. And maybe buy it at the end of april when the wife is away for a weekend. I'm sure she won't notice the extra black stripes.

 

[saintjules]

Where's the doubters now?!

Yup. I've been saying this since day one. This shit is underpowered and overpriced. PSSR is broken in a lot of games and you rarely get fidelity + performance. Add to that the fact that most developers don't give a fuck and you're left wondering why you spent 800€ for that.

None of those stats really matter… only 2 things are important.

1. How will PSSR 2 look and perform?
2. How will GTA6 look and perform?

If the answer to both of those questions is "substantially better than base ps5" then I'll consider myself not completely ripped off.

This is on Cerny and Sony. FSR4 trashes PSSR.

That's why people are begging Devs to disable it or just playing in Quality Mode?
Sure you get 60fps and and features of Quality Mode but it's wrapped up in a fussy mess that's only better than the vaseline filter performance mode on base PS5, there are exceptions but they're far and few between.

correct!
To not use PSSR until Sony fixes it.

And to people saying it lived up to their expectations
You expected it to make games look worse than a base PS5?

You have lotta faith on the newer update, i give you that. Time will tell who is right, but so far, at least until now, +1 year after launch, PS5 Pro hasn´t proved yet it´s worthy.

 

[DryvBy]

Hell, I've got games in my backlog that are going to benefit from this. Exciting

I actually paused Silent Hill 2 until this happened so now I'm going to enjoy horror games this March.

 

[Cyborg]

What a praise from DF. Damn good job

 

[Doctor Hades]

From the blog post.

"We look forward to more news in March, when multiple existing games upgrade to the improved PSSR. There will also be a system software update at that time; selecting "Enhance PSSR Image Quality" in Settings on PS5 Pro will allow you to experience the new PSSR with any PS5 Pro games that currently support PSSR! Once the system update releases next month, try it and see, some games may have noticeably crisper graphics."

Absolutely awesome news and good to know that I was correct that the PSSR2 upgrade was going to a system setting rather than requiring each game to be patched separately. That means every Pro game with support for PSSR will benefit for the upgrade, including those games which has visual issues when using PSSR, e.g. Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill f and Star Wars Outlaws.

 

[Zathalus]

Unfortunately, Alex used FSR 4.0.3
With FSR 4.1 image quality was improved, especially with vegetation.

But overall, PSSR3 looks like the leaked FSR4 Int8, with a few improvements.

Oh, 4.1 came out? Perhaps similar to the INT8 version of that then? Would explain the vegetation improvements while having some minor issues like less effective AA in motion, which I think the leaked INT8 version of FSR4 had.

 

[TGO]

So you can enable PSSR for game that already have PSSR....
Kinda shit really, I get it you get the better PSSR but that's it? It don't work on all games.
And what happens if you disable it? does it completely disable it or does it just revert back to the old PSSR?

 

[BiohazardX95]

Fixing konami's mess at system level, Nice.

 

[vkbest]

I wonder what "PSSR1 is so good" people will say now. It was bad from the start, now Pro is FINALLY delivering good stuff and I love it!

Nah, it's good overall, Yotei for example was fantastic, I am expecting this one running worse in some games and much better in the problematic ones.

 

[MisterXDTV]

So you can enable PSSR for game that already have PSSR....
Kinda shit really, I get it you get the better PSSR but that's it? It don't work on all games.
And what happens if you disable it? does it completely disable it or does it just revert back to the old PSSR?

Are you kidding me??

How can you expect PSSR to work if the game code doesn't support it?

LOL

 

[winjer]

Oh, 4.1 came out? Perhaps similar to the INT8 version of that then? Would explain the vegetation improvements while having some minor issues like less effective AA in motion, which I think the leaked INT8 version of FSR4 had.

Here is a comparison using Ultra performance. Look closer at the vegetation.

https://imgsli.com/NDUxODI1

https://imgsli.com/NDUxODIy

https://imgsli.com/NDUxODYx

 

[Ryseer]

Amazing achievement. With PC hardware prices through the roof, and games like Saros, Wolverine and GTA6 skipping PC this year, have to think some people will take a long hard look at the PS5 Pro.

Best value in gaming.

Yup already got my Ps5 sold and will be putting the money into a pro especially since this gen will be longer.

 

[vkbest]

So you can enable PSSR for game that already have PSSR....
Kinda shit really, I get it you get the better PSSR but that's it? It don't work on all games.
And what happens if you disable it? does it completely disable it or does it just revert back to the old PSSR?

If you enable you get the last PSSR version, if you don't enable you will get play with the exact same version the game was released.

 

[Topher]

So you can enable PSSR for game that already have PSSR....
Kinda shit really, I get it you get the better PSSR but that's it? It don't work on all games.
And what happens if you disable it? does it completely disable it or does it just revert back to the old PSSR?

Dang man....this is looking like a huge improvement and you are already calling it shit?

 

[Et3rn1ty]

It's a system-wide toggle, so a firmware update is required

So when today someone will play requiem he will not have pssr2 update but only in March with the system update,is that what they saying?
So it's better not to play the game right now?

 

[MisterXDTV]

So when today someone will play requiem he will not have pssr2 update but only in March with the system update,is that what they saying?
So it's better not to play the game right now?

No Resident Evil supports it TODAY, it's implemented in the game code by default

You need the system update for older games

 

[Radical_3d]

So when today someone will play requiem he will not have pssr2 update but only in March with the system update,is that what they saying?
So it's better not to play the game right now?

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Some other key points:
- ray reconstruction likely also coming to Pro.
- Pro will continue to be improved. OG PS5 going to fall further behind in image quality over time.
- coincides with the leak earlier this week of an updated FSR4.

Seems Sony and AMD are really working in tandem here.

 

[winjer]

So when today someone will play requiem he will not have pssr2 update but only in March with the system update,is that what they saying?
So it's better not to play the game right now?

No. RE9 already shipps with the PSSR2 dll.
The update will include the updated dll, and this will do a driver level replacement of the old PSSR, making it system wide.