Uhh, of course?
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PS4 firmware 4.50 add Boost Mode for PS4 Pro.
- Thread starter Guymelef
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Uhh, of course?
Who said it needs to be on by default
5moke5creen
Member
Just Cause 3 may finally get installed... Now that would be superb!
it could definitely help Just Cause 3
Will do in one hour if someone doesnt do ot before
Yeah Witcher 3 is definitely one of the games I want to hear results on.
lovely ladies
Member
Can someone with Evil Within check if it's any better.
MagnetoWasRight
Member
Mad Max
Evil Within
stargateheaven
Member
every game that reaches the desired frame rate but slightly drops a frame or 2 will now be perfect.
lol no guys.
More like:
A certain 1080p/30fps game dipped constantly below 30fps (~25fps) = now (more) stable 30fps.
A certain 1080p/60fps game dipped constantly below 60fps (~50-60fps) = now (more) stable 60fps.
Of course!
Melchiah
Member
Fitting for Bloodborne.
The Wraith
Member
Does bloodborne run above 30 frames a sec? I would love that game to be 60 frames a sec if possible.
That's not going to happen.
Just got the email with the code! But I'm at work
I'm so gonna try DS3 and BB when I reach home!
Please do
Waldo Lydecker
Member
For the billionth time, it's capped at 30.
BB is capped at 30 so unfortunately not
Linkstrikesback
Member
As people have already said, sometimes gamelogic is tied to frame rate, this could mess that up.
Only example I've ever personally come across it was in a old pc game, "Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of the Earth", where if you have ...pretty much any machine nowadays, there's at least one section that becomes completely unbeatable early on where you have to escape a room, without doing something to limit your own framerate.
Granted, it probably won't be a problem here often, but it can happen.
Equanimity
Member
Some of you should keep in mind that this mode will not fix the frame-pacing issues in games like Bloodborne, so even if there's a boost in frame-rate, it still won't feel as smooth as a locked 30 or 60.
Freeman76
Member
Destiny is mostly a locked 30, doubt it would benefit too much.
Please do
Still 3 hours away
Want to see how much the framerate tanks with the witches in chalice dungeons now lol
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Until Dawn is the game to test with this. It has massive frame drops at most times. If boost mode can fix that, it can fix anything.
not that i'm really doubting you, but was this ever confirmed? only asking because i saw people saying until dawn was capped at 30 as well when it's actually not
Putenrupfer
Neo Member
I wonder how this affects battlefield 4. the game was running like crap with 64 players in conquest.
matrix-cat
Member
I'd love to try out Yakuza 0 with this. That game is a smooth 60 most of the time, but when you're running through crowded areas of the city it can bog down a little and there's a fair bit of screen tearing at the top of the screen.
Rellik
Member
GTA IV has a similar issue on the helicopter mission. You literally cannot pull yourself up without capping the game in some way.
BB maintains steady 30 fps in lots of parts but never go higher than that. That's a part to see it's capped.
It will probably work like this:
Any game with a locked 30 fps will hold closer to 30 than the normal PS4, any game with locked 60 should hold closer to 60. Any game using a dynamic resolution will probably hold higher to its max resolution and any game with a variable framerate should get higher framerates in general.
This is good news. Makes PS4 Pro a little more attractive.
Should be fun to revisit the old threads where some members were claiming it would be irresponsible to add such an option because of game stability etc
I think Sony made the right call, still.
If "boost mode" was on by default on the Pro and it introduced bugs in existing games at launch people would have been upset and it would have been justified.
This is a compromise. I can't wait to see how it works.
klabautermann
Member
Welp, Boost Mode made me feel awesome about buying a Pro. I'm on board.
Oh Yeah. Will try that one
killatopak
Gold Member
Instability is basically because the games weren't programmed to work with the additional CUs and increase clockspeed of the CPU.
There were 2 unused CUs in the PS3 as a way of increasing yield. I remember having jailbroken my PS3 in order to use additional CUs in the PS3. If you were lucky then those CUs would work and it really did increase performance in games but introduced instabilities such as freezing and other weird Skyrim like glitches.
Use Beast Mode with caution.
There were 2 unused CUs in the PS3 as a way of increasing yield. I remember having jailbroken my PS3 in order to use additional CUs in the PS3. If you were lucky then those CUs would work and it really did increase performance in games but introduced instabilities such as freezing and other weird Skyrim like glitches.
Use Beast Mode with caution.