yep. this video sums up the problem perfectly
46:40
4x cache (32 mb), 4 ghz+ boost clocks and drops to 40s easily.
sure they improved it, and added some settings to remedy it so nowadays it is better. but it was extremely CPU limited at launch
GPU literally sleeps. the new zen 2 cpu on ps5 pro will most likely come near 3700x. and GPU will probably be more able than 3070ti with rasterization. yet as you can see, even this CPU is an extreme limitation IF you want high framerates.
what they will do, they will just push resolution like they did with ps4 pro and xbox one x.
And there are devs that will always do that. I dont think we should expect Sony to make hardware to accommodate for some devs incompetence. And don't kid yourself, even if Sony put a Zen 4 in that thing clocked at 5Ghz with a 4090-grade GPU, devs would still find a way to bottleneck their engines to hell and back and run their games at 30fps.
While we should judge the enjoyment of any game on its own merit, I do not know why we look at the quality and performance of games in a vacuum. For me, I think that it's only fair that for every underperforming APT game out there, we also look at games like HZFW or RE4 remake on the same hardware.
This sounds like a PS5.1
similar power to the original model but with better performance with RT and ML
Let me as you a question, and even if you dont answer it here, do try and honestly think about it and answer it honestly.
There are two GPUs.
GPU A has 17.5TF fp32, 12GB of RAM and costs $450.
GPU B has 18.6TF fp32. 16GB of RAM and costs $500.
GPU B has a real-world performance advantage of 18% over GPU B.
GPU A is called a 770XT and GPU B is called a 700XT. But you don't have to use these two GPUs, you can throw in a 4060/4070/ Or a 6700XT and a 6700XT....etc. Whatever. The question though is, do you consider these slightly different GPUs from the same family of products, as 0.1 iterations of themselves? Or do the rules that have been perfectly fine for every other electronic product suddenly just changed when it comes to consoles?