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Whats the PS5 OS footprint??
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Lone Wolf
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It’s 2.5GB for XSX.
ThatGamingDude
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Why do you find it important?
SlimeGooGoo
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onnextflix5
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Probably 3gb, wont know for sure unless someone leaks,
ANIMAL1975
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Kazekage1981
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OP wants to know how much RAM the PS5 Operating System takes up for system functions, I/O etc out of the 16GB of GDDR6 RAM.
I am going to guess-assume 3GB, which leaves 13 GB of GDDR6 available for games. I am assuming that, because (I dont have a PS5) the games have been made in a way that there is an integration/interactivity/interface/notification of the game before you even start playing it and load it-which seems needs quite a bit of system RAM to do so.
I am going to guess-assume 3GB, which leaves 13 GB of GDDR6 available for games. I am assuming that, because (I dont have a PS5) the games have been made in a way that there is an integration/interactivity/interface/notification of the game before you even start playing it and load it-which seems needs quite a bit of system RAM to do so.
alabtrosMyster
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squarealex
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Video recording will take a BIG CHUNK, like it did on PS4.
Up from 720p30 to 1080p60, and a whole hour it's going to be a lot even with most recent codecs.
Save a full one to see exactly how much.
[and before anyone says/asks = no it doesn't use the SSD until you press save AFAIK] [edit = I'm probably wrong but it still needs a big buffer]
Up from 720p30 to 1080p60, and a whole hour it's going to be a lot even with most recent codecs.
Save a full one to see exactly how much.
[and before anyone says/asks = no it doesn't use the SSD until you press save AFAIK] [edit = I'm probably wrong but it still needs a big buffer]
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Aenima
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On the Playstation site, the file to re-install the software is 960MB. Not sure if thats the full OS though.
https://www.playstation.com/support/hardware/ps5/system-software/
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Negotiator101
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According to NXGAMER it probably wouldn't need to use any because of the speed of the SSD, was he right?
TaiLopezFan
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This is something I would like to know as well. I remember reading somewhere it it 2.5 GB, but I am not sure if it is real or not.
Portugeezer
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Probably more than is required as they can always reduce. And well, they built a system around the SSD which should allow most of the RAM to be used effectively anyway.
Snake29
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PS5 can manual record in 4K/60 HDR. Auto save recent gameplay from 5 sec to 30 min is in 1080/60 HDR. If you play 120fps modes of games, then you can only record in 1080/60 HDR.
Bo_Hazem
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Hawking Radiation
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DaleinCalgary
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The PS5 actually has no ram, runs off internal USB sticks.
BusierDonkey
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Looks like it's not just the coils whining, right guys?
Ev1L AuRoN
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If I have to guess, 3gb should be the case, probably it can free up some ram when is a gaming running, or maybe they just want to future prof the system, unlike PS3 that couldn't implement voice chat on a system level because there wasn't any ram left.
RockOn
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Yeh, 2.5Gb thats what I thought as I read that 13.5Gb was left for games for devs too use
That's for the XSX.
RockOn
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Think PS5 swaps out 500MB ram like the Pro did, so free ram for games can go from 13.5Gb - 14Gb
RockOn
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No, XSX is split 10Gb & 3Gb
Bernkastel
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PS4 OS footprint is 3 GB, PS4 Pro is 3.5 GB. Make that what you will.
www.playstationlifestyle.net
There's 1GB of Extra RAM in the PS4 Pro, Mark Cerny Explains Why - PlayStation LifeStyle
In a new tech session this week, Cerny walked through more details of the PS4 Pro RAM, including what the extra 1GB of DDR3 RAM is used for, 8GB GDDR5 RAM.
www.playstationlifestyle.net
The OS reserve for the XSX is 2.5GB.
Available Ram for games for the XSX is 13.5GB:
10GB (560GB/sec)
3.5GB (336GB/sec)
2.5GB (Reserve for OS)
10GB + 3.5GB + 2.5GB = 16GB.
Kazekage1981
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PS4 OS footprint is 3 GB, PS4 Pro is 3.5 GB. Make that what you will.
There's 1GB of Extra RAM in the PS4 Pro, Mark Cerny Explains Why - PlayStation LifeStyle
In a new tech session this week, Cerny walked through more details of the PS4 Pro RAM, including what the extra 1GB of DDR3 RAM is used for, 8GB GDDR5 RAM.
Why don't they use slow DDR3 for OS functions? Why does the OS need GDDR6? Is it cause of the integration and unified memory thing and how difficult it is to program for 2 separate RAM pools?
Using the full 16 GB of GDDR6 for games can make monumental difference in graphics fidelity, and other things.
shenmue mugen
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Microsoft made the right call leaving XSX's UI at 1080p. On PS4 Pro the native 4k UI eats almost 512 MB! Sony should have left PS5 's UI at 1080p.
DaleinCalgary
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Ummm no, its 2021
IntentionalPun
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Why do you care?
Not trying to be snarky here... the system can replace the entirety of its RAM even not considering compression in 3 seconds with very low CPU usage.
You don’t need as much RAM under those conditions.
Not trying to be snarky here... the system can replace the entirety of its RAM even not considering compression in 3 seconds with very low CPU usage.
You don’t need as much RAM under those conditions.
longdi
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PS4 OS footprint is 3 GB, PS4 Pro is 3.5 GB. Make that what you will.
There's 1GB of Extra RAM in the PS4 Pro, Mark Cerny Explains Why - PlayStation LifeStyle
In a new tech session this week, Cerny walked through more details of the PS4 Pro RAM, including what the extra 1GB of DDR3 RAM is used for, 8GB GDDR5 RAM.
4GB or more?
ps5 renders its OS assets in 4K HDR too, no?
Nitty_Grimes
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Well it’s not Windows 10 is it?
MeatSafeMurderer
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Who cares?
I'd say this would be the answer if it weren't for the fact that most people (including people responsible for making the dialogues that convey that information to you) are too ignorant to account for kibibytes vs kilabytes (1024 vs 1000) and correctly label them, which poisons the entire chain and by the time you get to multiple TB range the discrepancy can be hundreds of GB...except that it's not, it's measured in GiB and just incorrectly labeled as GB.
hoplie
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The OS doesn’t need GDDR6. But memory controllers do need quite a space in the chip (it doesn‘t scale down good). As you would additionally need a DDR3 controller, the chip would be bigger and more expensive. In the end it is cheaper to pay more for the GDDR6 and having just one memory controller.