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Digital Foundry: PlayStation 4 Pro Review: The First 4K Games Console?

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LelouchZero

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Sony PlayStation 4 Pro Video Review
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Uncharted 4's Singleplayer runs at 1440p 30 fps, multiplayer runs at 1080p 60fps.

Titanfall 2 runs at 1440p 60 fps

Best watched at 1080p in full-screen mode. Rich and the team put the Pro's 4K credentials to the test. Can it handle ultra HD, or is it really more of a 1440p machine? We'll have more detailed hardware analysis soon, but you can get a preview by reading our web review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-playstation-4-pro-review
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Whether it's embracing VR wholeheartedly or challenging the established console generation cycle, you've got to hand it to Sony - this company knows how to take risks. They don't get much bigger than PlayStation 4 Pro, a release that doesn't just ask you to upgrade your console, but your display too. Built primarily for the new wave of ultra HD 4K screens, the Pro offers both CPU and GPU upgrades over the current PS4. At its best, it offers stunning visual improvements over the same games running on base hardware, but even the more modestly boosted titles show clear improvements. Bearing in mind the entirely reasonable price-point, it's a highly compelling piece of hardware.
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Backup Process
As things stand, the migration process from moving from base PS4 to Pro is remarkably straightforward. As Sony's new console uses the exact same front-end system as the existing model, the same options are utilised - you can back-up your system to an external hard drive, then restore it on the Pro. Alternatively, hook up both consoles to your router via LAN cables and the entirety of your drive contents can be beamed across to the Pro (but be warned, this may actually take longer than the drive back-up option). We've been asked if you can simply rip out your old HDD and implant it into the Pro - this doesn't work as all drives are encrypted, and each individual PS4 has its own encryption key.
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The Elite

The Elite

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As things stand, the migration process from moving from base PS4 to Pro is remarkably straightforward. As Sony's new console uses the exact same front-end system as the existing model, the same options are utilised - you can back-up your system to an external hard drive, then restore it on the Pro. Alternatively, hook up both consoles to your router via LAN cables and the entirety of your drive contents can be beamed across to the Pro (but be warned, this may actually take longer than the drive back-up option). We've been asked if you can simply rip out your old HDD and implant it into the Pro - this doesn't work as all drives are encrypted, and each individual PS4 has its own encryption key.
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Is there really no option to hook the two consoles up directly without the need of a router?
 
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purseowner

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Anyone on GAF know any good get rich quick schemes?

Stunning stuff. Wish I could afford that preorder I cancelled even more now.
 
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Dimorphic

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Still no reason to go from OG PS4 > Pro without a 4K TV.

I'll continue to wait for 4K prices to drop and the XB Scorpio.
 
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Juice

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For a lot of us on GAF, this may be the first truly 1080p console, in which frame rate doesn't suffer excessively for it
 
Aceofspades

Aceofspades

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Really positive review from DF.

Sony has outdone themselves with the PRO. I'm still amazed at the size of this thing. as small as X1S with 3x the power.
 
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Inuhanyou

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Pro is now confirmed to downsample games at higher internal rendering. Some people were concerned about whether or not that would be the acse or those options would be greyed out, so here it is.
 
McHuj

McHuj

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In terms of the acoustic performance of the Pro, it has much more in common with the c-chassis PS4 than the Slim. We were hoping that the larger console may integrate a larger fan - typically, the larger fan, the slower it needs to spin in order to displace the same amount of heat. We've yet to put the Pro through exhaustive tests here, but we note a peak 55dB during inFamous First Light gameplay, but really it's not so much the loudness that's the issue as opposed to the pitch. The fan spins up and down and is clearly audible from across the room.
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I honestly just cancelled my pre-order, I'll wait until more reviews come in. But not taking that risk.
 
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bloody

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In terms of the acoustic performance of the Pro, it has much more in common with the c-chassis PS4 than the Slim. We were hoping that the larger console may integrate a larger fan - typically, the larger fan, the slower it needs to spin in order to displace the same amount of heat. We've yet to put the Pro through exhaustive tests here, but we note a peak 55dB during inFamous First Light gameplay, but really it's not so much the loudness that's the issue as opposed to the pitch. The fan spins up and down and is clearly audible from across the room. Initial tests on heat again show a profile similar to the standard PS4. We'll have more on this to share later, but right now, it's fair to say that a fair amount of heat is kicked out of the rear of the unit and in common with any current-gen console, it should not be housed in an enclosed area.
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And pre-order cancelled :/
 
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Lucifon

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Gamespot review says the differences likely won't blow you away. A product for the hardcore for sure. More than happy to upgrade myself because I'm an idiot and like to own all the consoles.
 
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Plum

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As a 1080p user for the foreseeable future I'm not impressed. Even in the TR shots there is still shimmer and aliasing in the distance and the 60fps modes in Infamous and TR are not locked. The complete lack of backwards compatibility unless a game gets patched means some of my most played games (Bloodborne most especially) will not benefit at all and the games that are getting patched I don't care to replay (UC4, Infamous). On top of that the flagship titles for next year such as Horizon and Day's Gone I have very little interest in, definitely not enough to justify a £350 purchase for the same framerates but crisper visuals. Unless I get a PSVR or 4K TV I won't bother saving up or budgeting for this at all.
 
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Peltz

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Cool. I'll still wait for a few years before picking one up, but I'll upgrade eventually after a price drop. I'm still happy with my OG PS4 for now.
 
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