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The PS5 Pro Is Not Pro Enough

Did The PS5 Pro Fail As A Pro Device?

  • Yes

    Votes: 259 47.5%
  • Depends On The Game

    Votes: 125 22.9%
  • No

    Votes: 161 29.5%

  • Total voters
    545
Whatever, still translated into a PS5 Pro version going far above 3~4x RT.

Not really sure what the hell we're doing here, nor why this Thread is still open aside from collecting nonsense and platform warring..

There could be many reasons why differences are bigger than they should be.

For example you have that Ant game on PS5 and PS5 Pro, devs decides to lock PS5 version to 30fps and run Pro version in 60fps? Why?! This is standard UE5 stuff, no PSSR or hardware RT support.

And game runs fine on PS5 class hardware in 60fps:

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Drop that resolution a bit below 1080p and boom, you have 60fps (or keep it like that with VRR on).
 
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If you're talking shit about it you probably don't own it.
I mean, when the Thread was opened there were plenty of reasons to question the system.

But now? You'd really have to be pretty shameless to publicly question what Pro is delivering.
And it's only going to get worse and worse for haters as the generation goes on.
 
I mean, when the Thread was opened there were plenty of reasons to question the system.

But now? You'd really have to be pretty shameless to publicly question what Pro is delivering.
And it's only going to get worse and worse for haters as the generation goes on.

They fixed PSSR problems and RT (when used) is competent. So yeah, a lot changed since 2024.

But for people that didn't buy before, current price is also not very good...
 
So your mask just fell off again.. got it.

Very disappointed. I just hope it's this Thread that got you all worked up for some reason, and you'll be back being an objective user soon.

If we already have two games showing you can have infinitely better IQ while having also FOUR RT features on top, you really want to talk about what could potentially be seen in games patches?


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Want me to the post the generational difference that is better IQ AND double the framerate AND RT features on top?

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Come on Xbox boy, don't be shy laughing in the darkness and join the discussion. I'm sure you'll be able to demonstrate how better IQ is more of an upgrade than better IQ + double the framerate + multiple RT on top.
Because, my friend, I dont Know if is worth arguing against someone individual opinion whose basis regarding what Xbox One X was and represented versus Xbox One/PS4 is certainly genuine.

"XBO X was only better IQ"

And the thing is, you're showing a certain deliberate forgetfulness regarding the Xbox One X and you're also referencing the PS5 Pro results, ignoring realities as others have already pointed out here. For starters, the vast majority of games on PS5 Pro with 60fps also have that mode on the base consoles. Or they have 40fps or 60fps VRR modes. But you insist on:

" PS5PRO offer IQ + graphics+ doble fps"

Furthermore, the situations are different, and the needs or interests of developers regarding where to use the extra power, rather than just the extra processing power, have changed.

With the Xbox One X, you had 4x or more extra power in some cases compared to the base consoles. And this extra power wasn't just always demonstrated in a MASSIVE improvement in image quality (and therefore image stability) and general framerate, but also (where your selective memory or forgetfulness comes into play) in games that sometimes implemented 60fps modes not found on Xbox One/PS5. Not to mention that there were also games that, in addition to image quality, image stability, and a better overall framerate, offered graphical improvements VS PS4/XBO (shadows, anti-aliasing, SAO, AF, subsurface scatering, extra vegetation, LOD etc.). That 4x or 5x processing power could have been used to improve purely graphical and visual aspects. The priorities were simply different.

It's as simple as jogging your memory and remembering...... And, BIG fact there, all of that at half the price or less of the PS5 Pro.

So, to answer the question in this thread, is the PS5 Pro "Pro" enough? Well, it's an individual matter based on each person's needs and requirements, considering the price and the results. That's why it would never occur to me to discuss or give my opinion on whether buying a PS5 Pro is a good or bad idea.
Interestingly, the question was asked before the release of PSSr2, and look how the decisions had already been made 🙇🤷.


And finally, regarding the question of whether the PS5 Pro offers greater or better improvements than the Xbox One X at the time like i think you deffend... Well, it's what I stated at the beginning. You just need to remember what it actually offered... and at what price.

I certainly think that your arguments are not being fair and correct regarding what XBO X represented and, in fact, that is the reason and basis of my response to your post with a 😂 and not so much whether for you or others what PS5 Pro offers compared to PS4/XSX is better or worse (as a "Pro" console) than what XBO X offered compared to XBO/PS4 at the time.
 
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They fixed PSSR problems and RT (when used) is competent. So yeah, a lot changed since 2024.

But for people that didn't buy before, current price is also not very good...
True.

Every single hardware current price is not very good.

Because, my friend, I dont Know if is worth arguing against someone individual opinion whose basis regarding what Xbox One X was and represented versus Xbox One/PS4 is certainly biased, self-serving, and partial with respect to what it actually represented.

"XBO X was only better IQ"

And the thing is, you're showing a certain deliberate forgetfulness regarding the Xbox One X and you're also referencing the PS5 Pro results, ignoring realities as others have already pointed out here. For starters, the vast majority of games on PS5 Pro with 60fps also have that mode on the base consoles. Or they have 40fps or 60fps VRR modes. But you insist on:

" PS5PRO offer IQ + graphics+ 60fps"

Furthermore, the situations are different, and the needs or interests of developers regarding where to use the extra power, rather than just the extra processing power, have changed.

With the Xbox One X, you had 4x or more extra power in some cases compared to the base consoles. And this extra power wasn't just always demonstrated in a MASSIVE improvement in image quality (and therefore image stability) and general framerate, but also (where your selective memory or forgetfulness comes into play) in games that sometimes implemented 60fps modes not found on Xbox One/PS5. Not to mention that there were also games that, in addition to image quality, image stability, and a better overall framerate, offered graphical improvements VS PS4/XBO (shadows, anti-aliasing, SAO, AF, subsurface scatering, etc.). That 4x or 5x processing power could have been used to improve purely graphical and visual aspects. The priorities were simply different.

It's as simple as jogging your memory and remembering...... And, BIG fact there, all of that at half the price or less of the PS5 Pro.

So, to answer the question in this thread, is the PS5 Pro "Pro" enough? Well, it's an individual matter based on each person's needs and requirements, considering the price and the results. That's why it would never occur to me to discuss or give my opinion on whether buying a PS5 Pro is a good or bad idea.
Interestingly, the question was asked before the release of PSSr2, and look how the decisions had already been made 🙇🤷.


And finally, regarding the question of whether the PS5 Pro offers greater or better improvements than the Xbox One X at the time like i think you deffend... Well, it's what I stated at the beginning. You just need to remember what it actually offered... and at what price.

I certainly think that your arguments are not being fair and correct regarding what XBO X represented and, in fact, that is the reason and basis of my response to your post with a 😂 and not so much whether for you or others what PS5 Pro offers compared to PS4/XSX is better or worse (as a "Pro" console) than what XBO X offered compared to XBO/PS4 at the time.
I appreaciate the response.
You didn't get the context right, in regards to Cyberpunk achievements being contrasted with One X greatest achievement in the system lifetime, and there are certainly many things I would vehemently disagree, but putting effort is certainly miles better than dropping an emoji and I appreaciated your post.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, as PS5 Pro is delivering for me FAR more than any other mid-gen refresh console has ever done for me.
 
Only games with no PS4 pro code, and that enhancement can look good when you have decent base image quality (like GOW3) but with all those games with shit FXAA it looks (still) bad, you just have sharper jaggies. It works the best on UI but other than that it's just a fucking filter.

Sony should have control like that, similar to Xbox upgrading 360 games with 4K/60fps. So many fucking devs and publishers will never bother to improve their games and they will always be stuck in 1080p/30fps hell (even on PS7 and beyond).
This this this and this. BC is still an afterthought on consoles. If they were serious about it they would solve this issue of 720p/30 fps hell so many games have.

Think about it. Both Sony and esp MS have a huge section of 7th gen games on their subscription service yet can't be bothered to get more games patched to have acceptable image quality and framerate, despite knowing that everyone has 4k tvs now.

Sony the way they ignore ps3, have ignored Bloodborne. Ughh ...pisses me off. How MS stopped trying to get more games at higher resolutions...why are games like Dead Rising 3, Rise, and Sunset Overdrive still like 720p/30
 
So your mask just fell off again.. got it.

Very disappointed. I just hope it's this Thread that got you all worked up for some reason, and you'll be back being an objective user soon.

If we already have two games showing you can have infinitely better IQ while having also FOUR RT features on top, you really want to talk about what could potentially be seen in games patches?


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Want me to the post the generational difference that is better IQ AND double the framerate AND RT features on top?

D Darsxx82
Come on Xbox boy, don't be shy laughing in the darkness and join the discussion. I'm sure you'll be able to demonstrate how better IQ is more of an upgrade than better IQ + double the framerate + multiple RT on top.
I had the sexy Project Scorpio edition and things improved for sure but the differences weren't as large as PS5 to PS5 Pro even though it was like 5x stronger than the regular XBO.
 
When you have to resort to AI to make your point about the subject in question, you should just stop debating. It just means you're not qualified to even discuss the subject at all.

AI cannot even begin to provide a correct estimate of the performance because we do not know the millisecond cost per RT feature on the pro class gpu vs the base ps5 gpu.

The only reference we have to real world RT performance is from the Ubisoft devs and it doesn't even demonstrate a 2x performance increase in real world scenarios.

If you claim that there's a 3-4x performance increase across the board in RT, the onus is on you to prove that claim. However, that's impossible for you to prove and there's no real measurable evidence to back that claim up.
 
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1440P is 10 times the pixel count to 400p, not to mention that 400p raster will finish much quicker freeing more time to process RT.

Stop with your conspiracy theory, there're plenty other PS5 games that does RT only on 30fps mode.
The 1440p limit on the base ps5 is just pure laziness by CDPR. That is to be expected though. The console ports of Cyberpunk were terrible and underperformed the hardware they were on.

We know this because even though the Xbox Series X is more 25% more powerful than the ps5, it often runs worse. How is such a thing possible? Through the power of CDPR.

CDPR didn't have the bandwidth to spend a lot of time tuning the ports because they were busy fixing the broken game. Which btw is still broken in many ways 6 years later.

We know the base ps5 could have run with better settings based on DigitalFoundry's linux testing on the base PS5.
 
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The best way to sum up the disappointment with the PS5 pro is simply by this: The RTX 3080 released in 2020, 4 years later the ps5 pro releases and it's weaker than a 4 year old pc gpu.

Path tracing is viable on the RTX 3080, it is not on the PS5 pro 4 years later. The claimed RT performance pales in comparison to a 4 year old gpu that released on samsung's rubbish 8nm node at $699.

The ps5 pro released at the same price 4 years later using TSMC 5nm, a much better node and it still can't beat a pc gpu from 2020. What Cerny and co were cooking, I don't know.
 
Minus the disc drive not being included, I think the PS5 Pro is perfect. The same people that complain about the power, complain about the price.

There is no market for a $1,200 video game console. I am not sure there is a market for a $900 video game console.

I am not sure what people expect Sony to do.
 
Both of you acknowledge that One X was far bigger difference vs base console that PS5 pro is to PS5.

Yes, there are games with RT and PSSR2 that show bigger differences than raw power increase would suggest (1.45x), but there are also many other games that just show 20-40% better performance and/or resolution. While One X was constantly aiming for at least 1440p resolution (mostly around 1800p), 4 or 5x difference vs the base console. And that console launched for 600$, just 100$ more than base X one.
Wasn't the One X $500 at launch?

You're right, nobody is taking into consideration the PRICE of these systems. Ps5 Pro cost $800 at launch with disc drive and now $900 without!

This is why whenever I've argued my disappointment with the Pro I mentioned the price of this console and what one might reasonable expect out of such an expensive console.

I still think Sony in particular has done a shoddy job with THEIR OWN GAMES as far as Pro upgrades are concerned given the price of the console. Sorry but just having PSSR for many games PERFORMANCE MODES and a 120hz mode was not enough for me. Things have gotten a bit better though.

They should be trying to get more games converted to pssr2. They should be enticing devs of games like FF16 AND BORDERLANDS 4 to get on board. They should not have allowed MS to release all these games with just DRS boosts and no other upgrades.
 
Minus the disc drive not being included, I think the PS5 Pro is perfect. The same people that complain about the power, complain about the price.

There is no market for a $1,200 video game console. I am not sure there is a market for a $900 video game console.

I am not sure what people expect Sony to do.
If you can't beat an old rtx 3080 on a better node, i don't think you can call your console a pro console. Sony is charging now $899 USD for a console that has a weaker gpu than a 6 year old rtx 3080.
 
If you can't beat an old rtx 3080 on a better node, i don't think you can call your console a pro console. Sony is charging now $899 USD for a console that has a weaker gpu than a 6 year old rtx 3080.
It's also a console that uses like 240w of power max in a relatively slim form factor. A RTX 3080 alone uses like 300w alone.
 
It's also a console that uses like 240w of power max in a relatively slim form factor. A RTX 3080 alone uses like 300w alone.
The rtx 4070, a 3080 equivalent is on a similar node as the ps5 pro. It has a TGP of 200 watts. It usually uses around 180W during gameplay.

Again, what Cerny and co were cooking, I don't know.
 
You're still comparing a complete system to a GPU.
Why wouldn't I? If you were following the discussion, you'd know that i've been heavily focused on the gpu. If you create an SOC with a 4070 and the laptop amd cpu, it will still remain under 240 watts during gameplay.

Sony gets the SOC for dirt cheap and then turns around and sells us the system for $899.
 
i don't think you can call your console a pro console
Huh? They call it a Pro console because they are comparing it to the base PS5. Sure as shit is Pro compared to that. It largely gives you quality mode at 60fps. Name related comparisons to PC aren't relevant, its a console, different market, different audience, different capabilities, different experience.

I mean you can compare it to a PC and decide whether you think the cost is appropriate etc, but the Pro moniker has zero to do with that. It only has context within the playstation ecosystem.
 
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Wasn't the One X $500 at launch?

You're right, nobody is taking into consideration the PRICE of these systems. Ps5 Pro cost $800 at launch with disc drive and now $900 without!

This is why whenever I've argued my disappointment with the Pro I mentioned the price of this console and what one might reasonable expect out of such an expensive console.

I still think Sony in particular has done a shoddy job with THEIR OWN GAMES as far as Pro upgrades are concerned given the price of the console. Sorry but just having PSSR for many games PERFORMANCE MODES and a 120hz mode was not enough for me. Things have gotten a bit better though.

They should be trying to get more games converted to pssr2. They should be enticing devs of games like FF16 AND BORDERLANDS 4 to get on board. They should not have allowed MS to release all these games with just DRS boosts and no other upgrades.

Yeah, X1X was 500$ - same as X1 at launch.

Looking at current hardware prices no one can believe that they were able to release over 2x better hardware 3 years later for the same price (PS4 Pro) and over 4x better hardware 4 years later (X1X).
 
Huh? They call it a Pro console because they are comparing it to the base PS5. Sure as shit is Pro compared to that. It largely gives you quality mode at 60fps. Name related comparisons to PC aren't relevant, its a console, different market, different audience, different capabilities, different experience.

I mean you can compare it to a PC and decide whether you think the cost is appropriate etc, but the Pro moniker has zero to do with that. It only has context within the playstation ecosystem.

I see Apple calling a tablet iPad Pro, but I don't see people comparing it to a Mac Pro

This thread is getting cringe-worthy
 
I would like to talk a bit about that "PS4 enchanced image quality" in Pro menu.

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Zoom in:

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Notice oversharpening on UI, jaggies are still there under the arc. "Sharper jaggies" is exactly how it looks like.

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I would like to talk a bit about that "PS4 enchanced image quality" in Pro menu.

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Zoom in:

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Notice oversharpening on UI, jaggies are still there under the arc. "Sharper jaggies" is exactly how it looks like.

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Looks like FSR1 + Radeon Image Sharpening 2
 
I would like to talk a bit about that "PS4 enchanced image quality" in Pro menu.

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Zoom in:

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Notice oversharpening on UI, jaggies are still there under the arc. "Sharper jaggies" is exactly how it looks like.

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Just use your TV sharpening. LG sharpening with values above 10 adds edge anti-aliasing to image sources which are below 4K.
 
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The best way to sum up the disappointment with the PS5 pro is simply by this: The RTX 3080 released in 2020, 4 years later the ps5 pro releases and it's weaker than a 4 year old pc gpu.

Path tracing is viable on the RTX 3080, it is not on the PS5 pro 4 years later. The claimed RT performance pales in comparison to a 4 year old gpu that released on samsung's rubbish 8nm node at $699.

The ps5 pro released at the same price 4 years later using TSMC 5nm, a much better node and it still can't beat a pc gpu from 2020. What Cerny and co were cooking, I don't know.
Yes because $699 for just a GPU that actually didn't sell for the msrp but closer to $999 is equivalent to an entire system. What a fair comparison.
 
Yes because $699 for just a GPU that actually didn't sell for the msrp but closer to $999 is equivalent to an entire system. What a fair comparison.

Both PS5 and 3080 had low availability (and higher than MSRP) prices in 2020 and 2021.

I was able to buy 3070 close to (500$) MSRP in 2020, GPU almost as fast as PS5 Pro (gimped by low amount of vram, but this became the problem around 2023).

$500 in 2017 is about $680 now just in inflation. That's not even taking into account the memory crisis we're in now.

500$ in 2017 was already ~530$ vs. 500$ in 2013. They had every reason to increase the prices of Pro and 1X but they didn't.
 
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Both PS5 and 3080 had low availability (and higher than MSRP) prices in 2020 and 2021.

I was able to buy 3070 close to (500$) MSRP in 2020, GPU almost as fast as PS5 Pro (gimped by low amount of vram, but this became the problem around 2023).
What has regular PS5 low availability got to do with PS5 Pro though? The retailers and OEMs weren't jacking up PS5 regular prices like they were 3080s. The 699 was just a paper launch price of the FE. The retail price for the 3080 was higher. Even 2 years ago (no shortage) when the PS5 Pro launched the average retail price for an outdated 3080 was $850 vs $699 for a PS5 Pro (entire system and controller).
 
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What has regular PS5 low availability got to do with PS5 Pro though? The retailers and OEMs weren't jacking up PS5 regular prices like they were 3080s. The 699 was just a paper launch price of the FE. The retail price for the 3080 was higher. Even 2 years ago (no shortage) when the PS5 Pro launched the average retail price for an outdated 3080 was $850 vs $699 for a PS5 Pro (entire system and controller).

Average retail price of 3080 NEW in 2024? What are you talking about?

3080 series cards were dirt cheap on the used market at that point (I know because I bought 3080ti).
 
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Look at the price they mention, look at the date of the article.

Why are you talking about used? Used market means fuck all because you can look for a used PS5 too. Nobody is talking about used.

The fuck? This GPU was discontinued years before this, those prices are made up. 4080 launched in 2022 replacing this GPU.

In 2024, 4070 Ti Super was 799$ NEW (much better than 3080 in all aspects).
 
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The fuck? This GPU was discontinued years before this, those prices are made up. 4080 launched in 2022 replacing this GPU.

In 2024, 4070 Ti Super was 799$ NEW (much better than 3080 in all aspects).
Even four years ago in 2022:



Again look at the price even for the lower inflation of 2022. Again what do you see listed? again $999, and $850 retail.
 
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Even four years ago in 2022:



Again look at the price even for the lower inflation of 2022. Again what do you see listed? again $999, and $850.


3080 stopped production mid to late 2022, card was replaced. You can see insane prices for old discontinued hardware in online shops all the time.

Example, 4080 from 2022 (discontinued long time ago):

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vs. 5080 from 2025:

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And getting 3080 at MSRP was not impossible in 2020, just a hard thing to do. I already told you I got 3070 with price close to MSRP in 2020.
 
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3080 stopped production mid to late 2022, card was replaced. You can see insane prices for old discontinued hardware in online shops all the time.

And getting 3080 at MSRP was not impossible in 2020, just a hard thing to do. I already told you I got 3070 with price close to MSRP in 2020.
I got a 3080 for a solid price as well. Either way, the point still stands.

Now with rumors of the ps6 being around the rtx 5070 level, I can't help but be disappointed with Sony's approach.

As we speak today, my 5090 laptop has a real chance of being more powerful than a potential ps6 to release next year. That should not be happening.
 
3080 stopped production mid to late 2022, card was replaced. You can see insane prices for old discontinued hardware in online shops all the time.

And getting 3080 at MSRP was not impossible in 2020, just a hard thing to do. I already told you I got 3070 with price close to MSRP in 2020.
That 3080 retail price wasn't the price for old discontinued hardware especially in 2022, come on now. Do you want to go to 2021 too now to see if it was better?



See again? not really cheap was it and that's the price at retail not even scalpers. The FE at the 'MSRP' was a paper launch that people weren't getting really the general AIB cards were you could even see the general feeling at the time in the comments in the thread there. where people were calling that a paper launch to make the price look good. in 2021!
 
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Only reason to buy it for me is GTA VI . Plus if I did buy it right now. I wouldn't buy a Ps6 for a longtime. I feel like there aren't gonna be many Ps6 exclusives games till well into that generation.
 
That 3080 retail price wasn't the price for old discontinued hardware especially in 2022, come on now. Do you want to go to 2021 too now to see if it was better?



See again? not really cheap was it and that's the price at retail not even scalpers. The FE at the 'MSRP' was a paper launch that people weren't getting really the general AIB cards were you could even see the general feeling at the time in the comments in the thread there. where people were calling that a paper launch to make the price look good. in 2021!


You were showing 2024 price in your first post about 3080.

I know that price was inflated in 2021 and 2022, but getting 3080 in 2020 for MSRP price was not impossible (just very hard to do):


B-but I undervolted and it's only 250w!
Fucking hell

It was hell before UV!
 
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