Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*

[BuffetSlayer]

Nothing fancy, just about some of the best monitoring headphones for music making in this price range

You could probably pick something less neutral for gaming/media but at least they'll be fairly accurate

Also, they're much better than any Arctis or similar stuff when it comes to sheer sound quality as Beyerdynamic is an actual audio company, and a well-respected one at that. You don't get many bells and whistles but what you do get is great.

I like the 770’s and price wise they were cheaper than a lot of gaming headsets and can easily cross over from PC to console. They clearly aren’t premium audiophile but then neither am I

I have a set of Qpad QH-90’s I use if I want things to be a bit more punchy. The headband pad is falling apart but they otherwise work OK. Think these have now been rebranded as hyper x.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Dolby Atmos has the same audio sync issue as Xbox on my setup. The sound is slightly delayed and the only option is to delay it some more. Seems to be an E/ARC issue with ALLM and game mode from what I have read.

 

[Amatsubu]

I like the 770’s and price wise they were cheaper than a lot of gaming headsets and can easily cross over from PC to console. They clearly aren’t premium audiophile but then neither am I

I have a set of Qpad QH-90’s I use if I want things to be a bit more punchy. The headband pad is falling apart but they otherwise work OK. Think these have now been rebranded as hyper x.

They are very good at what they're supposed to do, many people equate a fairly flat response curve with "not audiophile" as the sound isn't in-your-face exciting but it is very much an audiophile thing as they reproduce the source material as accurately as possible within this budget.

They're simply not consumer gaming headphones that colur the sound a lot, they're more of a studio tool for mixing or accurate music listening and highly valued in that regard since their release in 1985

 

[jennidc]

Leaks of the ps5 pro specs have leaked online (not confirmed by Sony but from multiple sources). Expected release window is Xmas next year. Its rumoured to have rdna 3.5 (rdna 3 with some functions pulled from 4).

Performance wise it is basically double the performance of the base ps5 with faster memory, better gpu and a slightly higher clocked apu. Digital Foundry have a really good discussion on the leaks here : https://youtu.be/UZVapBo77DM
They speculate that due to patents Sony have taken they believe that Sony may have a custom chip which helps with Ray Tracing efficiency.

Price speculations online seem to think Sony will be able to sell it for £500 with the rest of the range dropping in price.

I would imagine the included ssd would be at least 1tb (ideally 2tb) as the drive prices are now significantly cheaper.

If you are interested in keeping pace with the latest updates I recommend keeping an eye on the redtech gaming youtube channel it's very technical but the guys there have regular console and pc hardware news from multiple industry contacts.

https://www.youtube.com/@RedGamingTech

 

[xaldub]

Leaks of the ps5 pro specs have leaked online (not confirmed by Sony but from multiple sources). Expected release window is Xmas next year. Its rumoured to have rdna 3.5 (rdna 3 with some functions pulled from 4).

Performance wise it is basically double the performance of the base ps5 with faster memory, better gpu and a slightly higher clocked apu. Digital Foundry have a really good discussion on the leaks here : https://youtu.be/UZVapBo77DM
They speculate that due to patents Sony have taken they believe that Sony may have a custom chip which helps with Ray Tracing efficiency.

Price speculations online seem to think Sony will be able to sell it for £500 with the rest of the range dropping in price.

I would imagine the included ssd would be at least 1tb (ideally 2tb) as the drive prices are now significantly cheaper.

If you are interested in keeping pace with the latest updates I recommend keeping an eye on the redtech gaming youtube channel it's very technical but the guys there have regular console and pc hardware news from multiple industry contacts.

https://www.youtube.com/@RedGamingTech

I watched this video on Monday. I agree with their conclusion that both CPU and GPU are going to have be upgraded to get any meaningful boost. A GPU with 2 x the compute power of the current PS5 sounds impressive but it won't translate to a major performance gain in 4K gaming. CPU is the main bottleneck with consoles.

 

[ic1male]

Who'd've thought we'd be saying the Zen 2 CPU is crap not even half way through the generation.

 

[stoofa]

Leaks of the ps5 pro specs have leaked online (not confirmed by Sony but from multiple sources). Expected release window is Xmas next year. Its rumoured to have rdna 3.5 (rdna 3 with some functions pulled from 4).

Performance wise it is basically double the performance of the base ps5 with faster memory, better gpu and a slightly higher clocked apu. Digital Foundry have a really good discussion on the leaks here : https://youtu.be/UZVapBo77DM
They speculate that due to patents Sony have taken they believe that Sony may have a custom chip which helps with Ray Tracing efficiency.

Price speculations online seem to think Sony will be able to sell it for £500 with the rest of the range dropping in price.

I would imagine the included ssd would be at least 1tb (ideally 2tb) as the drive prices are now significantly cheaper.

If you are interested in keeping pace with the latest updates I recommend keeping an eye on the redtech gaming youtube channel it's very technical but the guys there have regular console and pc hardware news from multiple industry contacts.

https://www.youtube.com/@RedGamingTech

Still say it won't happen

I can't believe anyone is believing any of these "leaks" after the complete and utter rubbish that was posted on the build-up to the PS5 release.
As for multiple sources - I mean, you know every source except source 1 will have copied......

 

[TheVoice]

After the relative disappointment that was the PS4 Pro I find it difficult to feel enthusiastic about an enhanced PS5 at the moment.

I would imagine the included ssd would be at least 1tb (ideally 2tb) as the drive prices are now significantly cheaper.

1.6TB is more likely due to the storage architecture.

 

[Grim5]

Sony has clarified how Atmos game support for the PS5 works

It's not a blanket automatic encoding or upscaling; if you enable Atmos sound output then you will get Atmos sound in any games that already support Sony's 3D audio output - the console will convert that audio mix into Atmos automatically. For example the game Returnal supports the PS5 3D audio so when you enable Atmos you will get Atmos sound in this game.

For any games that do not currently support PS5 3D audio, Sony recommends those developers to release an update for their game that adds a pre encoded Atmos audio mix

Sony hasn't clarified what the audio output is when Atmos output is selected but the game
Doesn't support 3D audio or Atmos. I would assume the console either reverts to LPCM 7.1/5.1 or it is actually still outputting Atmos but just in 7.1/5.1 - hopefully it's the latter


Going forward, it's up to developers to release games with either Sony's 3D audio support or a native Atmos audio mix, both of these will get outputted as Atmos to the user

https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-game ... atmos-mix/

 

[Grim5]

Leaks of the ps5 pro specs have leaked online (not confirmed by Sony but from multiple sources). Expected release window is Xmas next year. Its rumoured to have rdna 3.5 (rdna 3 with some functions pulled from 4).

Performance wise it is basically double the performance of the base ps5 with faster memory, better gpu and a slightly higher clocked apu. Digital Foundry have a really good discussion on the leaks here : https://youtu.be/UZVapBo77DM
They speculate that due to patents Sony have taken they believe that Sony may have a custom chip which helps with Ray Tracing efficiency.

Price speculations online seem to think Sony will be able to sell it for £500 with the rest of the range dropping in price.

I would imagine the included ssd would be at least 1tb (ideally 2tb) as the drive prices are now significantly cheaper.

If you are interested in keeping pace with the latest updates I recommend keeping an eye on the redtech gaming youtube channel it's very technical but the guys there have regular console and pc hardware news from multiple industry contacts.

https://www.youtube.com/@RedGamingTech

Unfortunately doubling the PS5's raw performance doesn't move the needle, an RTX4090 GPU is already four times more powerful than a PS5, so the PS5 only doing 2x and only launching the end of next year is not good.

But it doesn't matter because I think the main feature for a PS5 Pro will not be its raw performance, it will simply be that it supports FSR3, FSR3 will be the main selling point for the system just like checkerboard rendering was the selling point for the PS4 Pro

 

[ic1male]

Unfortunately doubling the PS5's raw performance doesn't move the needle, an RTX4090 GPU is already four times more powerful than a PS5, so the PS5 only doing 2x and only launching the end of next year is not good.

But it doesn't matter because I think the main feature for a PS5 Pro will not be its raw performance, it will simply be that it supports FSR3, FSR3 will be the main selling point for the system just like checkerboard rendering was the selling point for the PS4 Pro

I really hope so. I'm happy enough for games to run at 1080p and use upscaling to get back to 4K and give me 60/120fps instead.

 

[rumple9]

Been lots of £399 + extras bargains on Hotukdeals in the last week but i don't know why someone would want a console when they already have a PC

 

[Mobius 1]

Been lots of £399 + extras bargains on Hotukdeals in the last week but i don't know why someone would want a console when they already have a PC

Exclusives come to mind

 

[theone8181]

I'd be amazed at them doubling the power for only 500 quid. I know Sony will get massively cheaper parts than us as individuals, but still seems excessive. I'd rather they just made a rule to over a performance version for every game and bin off RT to improve performance.

 

[t2na]

If they do release a PS5 Pro (and I still think it's unlikely, I still think we'll just get a 'refined' version of the PS5) then I wonder how they'll treat exclusives that have released already and whether they'll revisit them.

Would they patch a 120fps update into Horizon Forbidden West or God of War Ragnarok? Or would it be a resolution buff like it was with the PS4 Pro?

I did buy a PS4 Pro when it launched but the main benefit for me was that I played a lot of PUBG at the time - and it ran a lot better on the PS4 Pro (way more stable frame rate and texture load) than it did on the base PS4.

 

[n111ck]

As long as there is no more 30fps BS…

 

[Superpatsy]

Been lots of £399 + extras bargains on Hotukdeals in the last week but i don't know why someone would want a console when they already have a PC

I ditched my PC years ago because I got fed up with unstable drivers, the obsession with numbers (FPS, temps, OC's, and so on), shoddy console ports, and the price of components. I do get the urge on an almost weekly basis to build another but just can't justify it with the price of everything.

The satisfaction of getting in from work, plonking my arse on the couch, and firing up a new game and it just working (minus crappy optimisation) makes it absolutely worth it for me.

 

[Buckster]

I ditched my PC years ago because I got fed up with unstable drivers, the obsession with numbers (FPS, temps, OC's, and so on), shoddy console ports, and the price of components. I do get the urge on an almost weekly basis to build another but just can't justify it with the price of everything.

The satisfaction of getting in from work, plonking my arse on the couch, and firing up a new game and it just working (minus crappy optimisation) makes it absolutely worth it for me.

agreed exactly the same

since I bought my Xbox Series X and (now) my PS5 - I've played so many more games since I used to game on my PC - I reckon I have increased my actual gaming by 50 fold

PC I used to always get distracted by overclocking, benchmarking (new overclocks) rinse, repeat, new game - new overclocking new tweaks - fun but not gaming

 

[Superpatsy]

agreed exactly the same

since I bought my Xbox Series X and (now) my PS5 - I've played so many more games since I used to game on my PC - I reckon I have increased my actual gaming by 50 fold

PC I used to always get distracted by overclocking, benchmarking (new overclocks) rinse, repeat, new game - new overclocking new tweaks - fun but not gaming

I find I'm gaming more now on less time because there's no need to faff around.

I do miss messing around with the PC and getting it running beautifully but as you said, fun but not gaming.

 

[beachBOYken]

I'd be amazed at them doubling the power for only 500 quid. I know Sony will get massively cheaper parts than us as individuals, but still seems excessive. I'd rather they just made a rule to over a performance version for every game and bin off RT to improve performance.

Yeah double the performance, no way. Sony do still want to sell the base PS5.

Double performance or more will be the PS6.