Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details

Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by abrawill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:09PM (#19675868)

8K output support doesn't really cost much so I wouldn't worry about it. It doesn't matter to most of the GPU internals. Games will internally run at whatever resolution they think results in the best quality/responsiveness/fluidity/development-cost trade-off, supporting 8K doesn't change anything there.

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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by fisherwithac on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:26PM (#19676042)

Fair enough. My concerns were more rooted in performance than the cost of the console itself. But the performance gains they reported by switching to an SSD would more than likely trump anything lost by supporting higher resolutions.

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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by abrawill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @06:08PM (#19677797)

Agreed! I'd say the SSD is a real, literal, game changer. Extra resolution is just more of the same really.

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Re:Sony reveals PlayStation 5 details by awill on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @04:56PM (#19677236)

there's nothing 'lost' by supporting higher resolutions. It will render internally at (say) 4k, and upsample to 8k.

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