The tech analysis from experts Digital Foundry is in, and Pragmata delivers another excellent experience on the PS5 Pro.
Ever since Sony introduced its upgraded PSSR2 upscaler earlier this year, the supercharged console has been clearing the competition. And much like with Resident Evil Requiem, that remains the case with Hugh and Diana’s brilliant debut.
While the base PS5 version is no slouch, its image quality slumps in comparison to the souped-up system.
Specifically, the game runs at 1080p, 60fps on standard hardware – but uses the practically prehistoric FSR1 to upscale its final output. This results in poor overall image quality.
While the game runs at an almost-locked 60fps in Frame Rate mode, it turns off ray tracing for screen-space reflections to achieve this. Resolution mode, meanwhile, swaps ray tracing back in, but does so at the expense of some frames. (Which may be cleaned up by VRR if your display supports it.)
As alluded to above, the PS5 Pro delivers a “colossal image quality boost”, retaining all of the features of the abovementioned Resolution mode using PSSR2 to upscale an 864p internal image to 2160p.
The outcome is a drastically superior final image, which is only let down by its low-res ray traced reflections, owing to the reduced internal resolution.
Sony’s supercharged console also offers a Frame Rate mode which runs at up to 120fps, and while it is inconsistent, it’s within the target range of VRR so is worth trying. The only downside to this option is it lowers the PSSR2 upscaling target to 1440p, which is still good enough at a comfortable viewing distance.
All in all, it’s another winner for the PS5 Pro, which is really beginning to pull its weight and put some distance between the base hardware options now.