Worth getting a PS5 Pro for PoE2?

[scalez]

I am about to get a PS5 primarily (for now / this year at least) to play PoE2 on the couch.
I could swallow the bitter financial pill and get a PS5 Pro, just wondering does PoE2 even benefit from the bigger GPU or this magical new AI Upscaler (i got a 4K 120hz TV) at all?

[Ersatz]

Probably not. Path of Exile has always been CPU limited when it comes to the end game and the sequel will likely be the same. The PS5 Pro has the same CPU as the PS5 Vanilla.

[The_Driver]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Deadcell:

I am about to get a PS5 primarily (for now / this year at least) to play PoE2 on the couch.
I could swallow the bitter financial pill and get a PS5 Pro, just wondering does PoE2 even benefit from the bigger GPU or this magical new AI Upscaler (i got a 4K 120hz TV) at all?

You probably already know this, but still: You don't need a console to play from your couch, a controller for input and possibly a long HDMI cable should be enough, although there are alternatives for the cable like streaming via an app if it's a smart tv or via a TV stick etc. Depending on where your PC is this could also help with noise, say if it were in another room.

This has the added benefit of not running into potential problems from (client) patches being delayed on consoles due to certification.

[Quadsword]

Why buy an entire console just to play one game from your couch? Get a controller, a long HDMI cable to hook up to your TV, and a wireless keyboard with a track pad. Boom. You can now use your PC as if it were a game console.

[ByTheNumbers]

$700 + accessories for just PoE 2? If your PC is capable of running it, then you're better off setting up your PC for playing on the couch than let Sony laugh all the way to the bank at your expense.

[DarkClawtooth]

Honestly, No. You should never buy a Console with a hefty price tag ($700) just so you can play a free to play game. If you have a capable PC then just play there. The game will have controller support from my understanding.

[Joker]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Quadsword:

Why buy an entire console just to play one game from your couch? Get a controller, a long HDMI cable to hook up to your TV, and a wireless keyboard with a track pad. Boom. You can now use your PC as if it were a game console.

Exactly
You can build a decent mini PC and get a nice controller and wireless keyboard/mouse instead :)
After steam added steam input (mapping of controllers) it's really not so difficult to play most PC games from the couch with a controller, as long as you spend some time learning the software
Might not be completely "plug and play"
But from the short ammount of time I had an XBOX, I had to trouble shoot multiple things aswell
So I don't find consoles to be that simple always either
Now that PC gets both XBOX and Playstation exclusives, getting a console nowadays is a pretty hard sell imo

[Quadsword]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Joker:

Now that PC gets both XBOX and Playstation exclusives, getting a console nowadays is a pretty hard sell imo

We also get Nintendo exclusives on PC, whether Nintendo likes it or not

[UWU]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Deadcell:

I am about to get a PS5 primarily (for now / this year at least) to play PoE2 on the couch.
I could swallow the bitter financial pill and get a PS5 Pro, just wondering does PoE2 even benefit from the bigger GPU or this magical new AI Upscaler (i got a 4K 120hz TV) at all?

If you really want the look and feel of a console ui with a pc too you can make steam start on startup, and then make it start in big picture mode. you can find this setting in steam -> settings -> interface

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Oprindeligt skrevet af UWU:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Deadcell:

I am about to get a PS5 primarily (for now / this year at least) to play PoE2 on the couch.
I could swallow the bitter financial pill and get a PS5 Pro, just wondering does PoE2 even benefit from the bigger GPU or this magical new AI Upscaler (i got a 4K 120hz TV) at all?

If you really want the look and feel of a console ui with a pc too you can make steam start on startup, and then make it start in big picture mode. you can find this setting in steam -> settings -> interface

or even better and way more easy: get a mini PC like beelink SER8 (or its even more powerful successor), install BAZZITE (www.bazzite.gg) on it, fire up your PS5 Dualsense or whatever gamepad you prefer and play the sh!t out of your steam library.

[Detergent]

Buy a tiny windows device and install Steam onto it.
Pair a PS5/4 controller to it (Because they have a mouse pad) and use Steam to stream your main PC to the tiny PC hooked up to your TV.

PC master race console enabled.

edit: Steam actually used to sell a $20 device called Steam Link. Its now discontinued, but it did everything I just described but way better. I would still be using mine if it streamed higher than 1080p.
Just youtube/google how to make a Steam Link for more details.

[Dusty!]

We are all PC gamers so we are bias. You'd get a console to play more casually and to spend less money. Caring less about video games is a virtue.

[King Hadu]

PS5 Pro is a scam everybody knows this it uses a old trash Zen 2 CPU so you get the same FPS as regular PS5 and PS4.

Statistics show that people who own consoles have a low IQ or poor science education.

[Bill Gates]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Deadcell:

I am about to get a PS5 primarily (for now / this year at least) to play PoE2 on the couch.
I could swallow the bitter financial pill and get a PS5 Pro, just wondering does PoE2 even benefit from the bigger GPU or this magical new AI Upscaler (i got a 4K 120hz TV) at all?

I felt dirty for buying Diablo 4 deluxe edition at launch on battlenet for $100 just to play a few days early.

Seeing this comment I am a Saint.

My guy, put your wallet back in your pocket or Just give the community here $350 and we just saved you $350.

[Zeus]

I'm really looking forward to playing the game on my phone

[ΜΣ†ΛĿ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af King Hadu:

PS5 Pro is a scam everybody knows this it uses a old trash Zen 2 CPU so you get the same FPS as regular PS5 and PS4.

Statistics show that people who own consoles have a low IQ or poor science education.

There are no such statistics.
PS5 doesn't use a ZEN 2 CPU, it uses a custom architecture based on ZEN 2. In Fact CPU performance is to zen3 5800x due to the numerous SoCs that are not available on PC; And doing it with under 4ghz clocks to boot.
Some of the custom PS5 architecture bits are:
Unified GDDR6 Memory for CPU & GPU, and 2 GB GDDR5 on Pro for console tasks not related to gaming
Hardware compression/decompression PS5 doesn't have to use up to 2 CPU Cores for this task so that all the cores can be use for more important things such as FPS,
PS5 can load data directly into the rendering pipeline without having to load it into ram 1st.
You will get better FPS on the Pro compared to PS5 simply because the clocks are higher than Base PS5 and the GPU bottleneck has been removed. PS4 can't even compete. All this has been proven on CPU intensive games such as:
Dragons Dogma 2 in cities Ps5 Pro hits 60 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 Act 3 PS5 Pro hits 60 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty PS5 Pro hits 60 FPS
there are dips to below 60 FPS of course but for the most part above the VRR cutoff but 1/10% lows are better on PS5.very similar performance to a ZEN 3 5800x, you need the 5800x3D or ZEN 4+ to get noticeably better performance than a PS5.

Base PS5 hardware is better and will provide better performance and graphics than overwhelming majority of gaming PC's based on the steam hardware survey.

Close to 56% of PC gamers use 1080p resolution, 20% use 1440p, and 4% use 4K
Only 4% of PC gamers have 16 GB of Vram (PS5 has 16 GB)
Only 22% of PC gamers have an 8 core CPU and 31% have only 6 core CPU