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Damn dpd still not picked up my ps direct order. Label has been printed since 3am.......they better get the finger out.
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Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*
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Interesting!
I got an email from DPD to say they are expecting it about an hour ago.
I think they'll go out in one big batch. I got a message from DPD that my parcel had been collected at 2.49pm. The Sony Direct website states they process shipments up to 3pm.
Chances are it’s packed and sat waiting on a postal york ready to go with many others waiting for the lorry to collect.
Don
Surprised more reviews aren't posted, as the embargo ended.
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Not read or watched it yet....
A couple more reviews have dropped
PS5 Pro Review - Powerful On Paper, Ordinary In Action
The latest iteration of the PS5 doesn't make a good case for its premium price tagwww.gamespot.com
PlayStation 5 Pro Review - IGN
The PS5 Pro is an expensive but impressive console with noticeable upgrades in graphics and performance; just don’t expect it to fundamentally change the way you game.www.ign.com
Confirms that I made the right choice to not bother
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Yeh it will be but unless they drive it straight here and leave soon i won't be getting it tomorrow.
If argos have stock tomorrow i will pick one up and cancel delivery.
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DPD have mine so fingers crossed for tomorrow, I've moved all games across to the NVMe, I've got PS Plus for saves etc so should be good to go in theory
TL;DR: Some nice improvements in some titles so, yeah, gameboost can "fix" some poor-performing games (SH2 benefits as well). Falls short of a 6800 in Elder Ring and, realistically, I reckon it also won't be, as some thought, anywhere close to a 4070 in real scenarios because you can get north of 100fps in AW2 with that using PS5 settings, for example. DLSS3.5 with framegen is just superior, as are the RT capabilities (with some sacrifices you can run Path Tracing at around 70fps).
It's not able to bruteforce locked 60fps in ER's performance mode but it's close (not sure about heavy combat and other areas of the game), quality mode is now usable. ER's DRS is just too aggressive, the game would have to be patched for the Pro and still the CPU is pretty dogwater in 2024 so i suspect there might be more and more bottlenecks down the line. Not enough for 60fps in FFXVI either, maybe it'll get patched.
But that all leads to what I've been saying, the raster uplift alone is just not enough to provide consistent 60fps, especially taking the CPU side into consideration. How well devs use AI upscaling will make or break the console and 2025 is where it's at.
Currently, I'm left feeling a bit lukewarn and I frankly think this is what the base console should've been. It's obviously an upgrade but the price + drive scalping puts me off. Will be thinking hard for the upcoming weeks but maybe an ultrawide OLED for PC is the way to go for now, I can go way over what the Pro can do that way.
Wonder if there’s any comments on fan noise / coil whine. Hope they’re both reduced.
From what I've read, runs practically the same as the base model noise and temp wise.
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Soldato
Oh I dunno. I was very much a grouch with this but now considering I've upgraded from the OG to the Pro for effectively £317, accepting I then faux rented my OG for 4 years at £206 and chopped it in for £243.Confirms that I made the right choice to not bother
Total expenditure is £560. Yeah, I'm down a optical drive but not a bad outcome in the grand scheme of things.
e: maths all over the place!
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If you're keeping the M.2 drive in the Pro, just leave the games on there. It will take much longer to copy the games off the M.2 drive than it takes to copy them to it.
Soldato
no such thing as future proof
And we will have no chance of running GTA6 on PS5 pro at 60fps without serious compromise.Generally speaking... This is a niche product. It's the most powerful console ever released. It's not leaps and bounds above PS5 or Xbox, but it is an improvement. This is overclockers.co.uk though.. we like shiny and fast.
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Aye. I think quite a few folk, including me will feel properly mugged off if GTA6 does not at least offer a 120hz/40 option on the Pro.no such thing as future proof
Generally speaking... This is a niche product. It's the most powerful console ever released. It's not leaps and bounds above PS5 or Xbox, but it is an improvement. This is overclockers.co.uk though.. we like shiny and fast.
Soldato
Don't hold your breath buddy. Locked 40 would be a good target. If they can improve their poor VRR implementation to kick in at lower fps (I think it's 48hz minimum at present) then that would be even better IMO.
Soldato
Well if they (R* or whoever else) cant leverage the AI/PSSR performance aspects of the thing to upscale from a lower resolution then it really be a pointless endeavour. Let's be up beat though eh!
The Verge article kinda misses the point, imo ... the PS5 Pro isn't about improving image fidelity, it's about improving FPS without compromising image quality.
I’m thinking the pro might get a performance mode for gta6 ?