4K Gaming - PS4 Pro vs. PC

[earthprime163]

I've assumed that 4K gaming on PC was only possible with a $2000 rig - now PS4 Pro can do it for $400. What am I missing?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The Consoles are going to updating for 4K Media/Videos; NOT 4K Gaming.
Consoles will not do 4K Gaming.

[ექსტრემალური ვიდეოnave]

引用自 Bad-Motha：

The Consoles are going to updating for 4K Media/Videos; NOT 4K Gaming.
Consoles will not do 4K Gaming.

Even if they do, they'll be upscaled and have pretty terrible FPS.

[BoredomBuster]

I agree with you'all

[SundownKid]

It's not true 4k. More like upscaling.

[_I_]

consoles run many games at 720p, they are in no way ready for 4k
next gen, may be closer to ready for 1080p 30fps at most games

but 1080p on a 4k display will be double pixeled
720p will be quad pixeled

wont look bad, just very blocky compared to native 4k images

[shiel]

引用自 _I_：

consoles run many games at 720p, they are in no way ready for 4k
next gen, may be closer to ready for 1080p 30fps at most games

but 1080p on a 4k display will be double pixeled
720p will be quad pixeled

wont look bad, just very blocky compared to native 4k images

The OP is referring to the "new ps4" with updated hardware. Xbox is doing something similar with a 4k capable console coming out immediately and the updated console with far better hardware coming out next year.

That being said, this isn't even up for debate, the "new upgraded" consoles will still be well below pc hardware and the ability to hit 4k simply means more sacrifices to other areas. They will not look nearly as good as a pc with the proper hardware rubbing 4k and in many (if not all)cases be running 1080p upscaled to 4k.

It's more or less Sony and Microsoft admitting that they rushed their consoles out the gate and trying to give their playerbase a justification for their 4k tvs.

I play my sports games on an X1 and will not be buying a pointless upgraded system when I have a $4k pc (canadian) sitting ten feet away.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Again, there will not be any 4K Gaming Consoles anytime soon.
They are just updating the hardware with AMD ZEN
PS5 is on the drawing boards already; we should see that before 2020, so I would not even bother with stuff like XboxOne-S or PS4+

If you really want gaming well done, build a PC. If you are content with console gaming; just stick to the current consoles until a whole new one comes (as in next gen)

The S and PS4+ are small stepping stones to keep the revenue rolling; nothing more.

Even if you do go grab a 4K UHDTV, you can run 1080p and 1440p content on that and it will scale just fine. Unlike doing 720p stuff on a 1080p TV, which then looks super blurry.

I would not even waste your money on anything 4K until they are revised. As 4K 60Hz and 120Hz are going to be more common soon. We had to wait for HDMI and DP specs to catch up and such. Plus they are about to wipe out all this LED stuff by using OLED which will be night/day difference with a screens response timing and visual clarity, not to mention the contrast ratio. I would not buy a 4K TV until your provider is able to push 4K TV Shows/Movies to you. Which will still be a while yet. DirecTV and Comcast are hard at work in doing just that though.

[[LTT] LinusFTW]

引用自 earthprime163：

I've assumed that 4K gaming on PC was only possible with a $2000 rig - now PS4 Pro can do it for $400. What am I missing?

The PS4 Pro will never run 4K 60+ fps the only real GPU'S that can are the Nvidia Gtx Titan X (Pascal) and probably the Gtx 1080Ti as it will be a slightly cut down Titan X (Pascal).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Even these newly revised consoles; those still will never come close to a even an $800 PC

[banzaigtv]

The only possible way to play games in true 4K is with a 4K monitor / UHD TV and a PC with at least a GTX 980 (for 30 fps performance on medium to high settings).

[CursedPanther]

Within all those PS4 news and gossips I think Sony may have stated that there wouldn't be compatibility issues between PS4 and PS4 Pro already. If that doesn't give you a big enough hint on what this really means, then I don't know what will.

[shiel]

引用自 CursedPanther：

Within all those PS4 news and gossips I think Sony may have stated that there wouldn't be compatibility issues between PS4 and PS4 Pro already. If that doesn't give you a big enough hint on what this really means, then I don't know what will.

*cough* upscale *cough* :P

[earthprime163]

I just found my answer that the PS4 Pro isn't native 4K:

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/09/07/ps4-pros-4k-output-is-upscaled-not-native/224790/

"According to a press release sent out moments after the conference by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a small footnote states that PS4 Pro’s “4K quality images” as described, will only be made possible by “graphic rendering or up-scaled” means — indicating that the console’s 4K visuals are not native."