Sony will soon launch its newest game console, PlayStation 4 Pro, this week. It is a serious upgrade from the previous one when it comes to horsepower, resolution, and graphics. More features and specs of PlayStation 4 Pro are revealed.
PlayStation 4 Pro Latest News & Update: Made For 4K Televisions
According to Business Insider, PlayStation 4 Pro was developed for owners of 4K televisions that are higher than HD. It supports the demanding 4K resolution of these TVs and it has a high dynamic range or HDR. It also has an advanced graphics processor unit that integrates AMD's Polaris architecture. It has more graphics processing power that allows stable frame rates, and virtual reality games to look and perform better and faster. PS4 Pro's hardware is also more powerful than the standard PlayStation 4's GPU.
PlayStation 4 Pro Latest News & Update: Framerate Locked; No More Dropping Frames
Framerate is the number of images rendered by the game every second. A lot of things happen on the screen when playing a virtual game. This causes the hardware to have a hard time processing all the information. This leads to dropping frames when the hardware compensates by pulling back processing horsepower and the game slows down. However, with the PlayStation 4 Pro, there is enough power to stabilize the framerate. Hence, games can be played faster and better.
PlayStation 4 Pro Latest News & Update: How Powerful Is It Compared To Base PS4?
According to Eurogamer, when it comes to CPU, both consoles have eight Jaguar cores but the base PS4 is clocked at 1.6 GHz while PS4 Pro is clocked at 2.1 GHz. For the GPU, base PS4 has 18 Radeon GCN compute units at 800 MHz while PS4 Pro has 36 improved GCN compute units at 911 MHz. PlayStation 4 Pro's GPU power is more than doubled than PlayStation 4. For the memory, both consoles have 8GB GDDR5 but the base PS4 is at 176GB/s while the Pro is at 218 GB/s.
PlayStation 4 Pro Latest News & Update: What Are The Games Playable In The Console?
By the end of 2016, more than 45 games will be played on PlayStation 4 Pro. These include "Battlefield 1," "Call of Duty: Black Ops 3," "Dishonored 2," "FIFA 17," "Final Fantasy XV," and "The Elders Scrolls." There are also enhanced games in PS4 Pro that include "Infinite Warfare" with increased resolution and "Modern Warfare Remastered with improved textures and dynamic 4K visuals.
"Hitman" is also playable with increased resolution, 4K native interface, reduced aliasing, improved reflective surfaces, and improved lighting and quality textures. "Mass Effect Andromeda" also comes with 1800 p checkerboarding. "Rise of the Tomb Raider" can also be played with upscaled 4K 30FPS mode, improved max settings mode, and unlocked frame rate mode. Other games with enhanced features also include "Titanfall 2" and "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" both with a higher resolution. More details will be announced in the future.
