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PS4 firmware 4.50 add Boost Mode for PS4 Pro.

Skux

Member
Let's not get ahead of ourselves lol. I love the idea as much as the next Gaffer but this is the kind of nebulous feature that we always end up getting overhyped about.
 

BigEmil

Junior Member
Quoting myself from other page

" Can this be used on games with Pro patch that did not touch the performance at all ? "
Edit:

No. This feature simply unlocks the Pro hardware for unpatched games. Patched games already use the unlocked hardware.
Edit, oh got an answer thanks!
 
Let's not get ahead of ourselves lol. I love the idea as much as the next Gaffer but this is the kind of nebulous feature that we always end up getting overhyped about.

Nebulous: (of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined.

Watch that Evil Within video and tell me how vague this feature is.
 

dmix90

Member
Why do I feel the sudden urge to buy a bunch of games just to see how much better they run after this update?
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barit

Member
That game already had a patch, even if it's just a minor one.

This feature only applies to older games that were never patched for the Pro and only ran in basic PS4 mode.

Buhh. Noticed no real difference tbh. But only played an hour on my Pro so far after a long break. Hope it still can help somehow.
 

spectator

Member
Hopefully the next firmware after this one can add a per-game boost mode checkbox, so you can leave it off for any games it breaks and not have to keep remembering which games those are and switching boost mode on and off, globally, between games.
 

Carn82

Member
By the description of the mode, it only applies to games released before the PS4 Pro (ie unpatched games). Patched games already use the Pro hardware.

I can read ;) Again, we don't yet know what happens under the hood. Maybe it's a cpu boost and the GPU is still in 'normal' mode.
 

vpance

Member
Boost mode may actually be better than some Pro patches. Was it TF2 or Division that only gave a 4K UI? And would BM not work in them?
 

Delpij

Member
Very smart move, can't wait to go through my game lib in beast mode!
And finally willing to play The Evil Within.
 
By the description of the mode, it only applies to games released before the PS4 Pro (ie unpatched games). Patched games already use the Pro hardware.
For games which launched without Pro patches, but later received lacklustre Pro patches, it should be possible to run the unpatched version (by deleting all of the game install data, and then not applying any updates) in Boost mode, right?
 
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