Sony has revealed that the PlayStation 4 Pro has an additional gigabyte of memory compared to the existing unit. This bonus is not directly for use in games, but to help the console with application switching; currently that process is handled by the existing 8GB GDDR5 RAM included with the PS4, but now it can be offloaded to the extra memory unit.
This, according to Mark Cerny, does free up an additional 512MB RAM for software to take advantage of. "Most of that is used for the various buffers needed when rendering high-resolution or higher-quality graphics, and the game assets… Stay the same, they just look a heck of a lot better on the new console."
Nice to know.
[source uk.ign.com]
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Really looking forward to getting mine I've not bought any new games in ages as want to experience first on my pro. Hopefully push square will do an article or video on what I need to do with my old one like game saves and not having it as my primary one, I'll need to do this first as I'm doing the trade in with game. And I'm old and crap at technical things
Sorry Sammy I would have aimed this question at you but I don't know how to reply to you if you've not commented. If you can help it'd be much appreciated.
That ups the RAM to be used in games by 7% (1/14), as 1gb of GDDR5 is already dedicated to background tasks outside of gaming on the standard ps4. Whilst the background services get a 50% boost to make the system faster. Is that correct? On top of the gpu major upgrade and cpu overclock, games in 1080p 60fps could actually happen!
I've read the detailed DF interview and all the technical jibberish aside, they had nothing to say in terms of VR! How disappointing is that?
I want mine now... That said I'm still disappointed there isn't a 2 TB model.
I know it's easy to upgrade the HDD but I would gladly pay more to have it all ready done.
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting.
@themcnoisy Mmm no, the PS4 has a secondary ARM processor and a 256MB DDR3 SDRAM chip for background tasks.
@paputi10 oh yeah forgot about that slow chip. I was referring to when Mark Cerny stated that some programs sit in gddr5 on the original ps4 due to the way it switches between background tasks. I've read an interview with him from earlier in the week and the boost to Gddr5 will actually be 24%, which is even bigger than I thought.
BF1 should look awsome on it, can't wait to shoot the regular ps4 user's from a distance, they probably wont even be able to see me.
@kyleforrester87
The problem is: will devs use the extra power to refine what they already made or will they use it to make something bigger but still rough?
Im little confused because I thought at least games with bad frame rate will run better on pro out of the box. But Cerny said that CPU will under clock to 1.6 and gpu will also underclock to base freq like original PS4 gpu. And also that half of gpu will be switched off. So that means playing standard PS4 games (not enhanced) means same CPU and almost gpu - because of new architecture so maybe there will be some boost. But I don't see much room for improvement.
Memory will help with switching and maybe opening trophies or store from game? That would be great!
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