Poll: *The Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Thread*

[ic1male]

Gen 4 NVME SSD's are still pretty uncommon in gaming PC's.

"Pretty uncommon" is a bit of an overstatement. The number of people out there with PCI Express 4 motherboards will be a tiny grain of sand on a big beach in terms of total PCs.

 

[KraniX]

Gen 4 NVME SSD's are still pretty uncommon in gaming PC's.

The old consoles wouldn't have been able to take advantage of even a regular SSD either, they improve loading times by a few seconds at best.

Even a regular SSD makes a significant improvement on a PS4.

Digital Foundry did some tests years back and Bloodbourne loaded in 17 seconds on an SSD, 23 sec on a hybrid and 30 secs on the default drive.

Fallout 4 was 29 on an SSD, 39 on a hybrid and 55 on the stock drive.

The full video and scores are available below.

 

[Plainsong]

Seriously though, this is a forum of enthusiasts. Most people don't even care. 29 seconds 23 seconds who gives a ****?

 

[Craterloads]

Has there been any more preorders recently or coming again soon?

got 2 Xbox’s, series s & x ordered but not even had a whiff of ordering the ps5.

 

[KraniX]

Seriously though, this is a forum of enthusiasts. Most people don't even care. 29 seconds 23 seconds who gives a ****?

Most people wouldn't care, but as you say we are enthusiasts so do care about performance, speed, loading times etc.

Terley said this gen couldn't take advantage of an SSD but that's just factually incorrect, and as per the Digital Foundry video an SSD can provide significant improvements.

 

[m@rty]

Seriously though, this is a forum of enthusiasts. Most people don't even care. 29 seconds 23 seconds who gives a ****?

Do you realise what forum you are on?

 

[crazy8s]

Tbf for Bloodborne, those extra 13 seconds could be the difference between calming down vs smashing your controller when you die.

 

[terley]

"Pretty uncommon" is a bit of an overstatement. The number of people out there with PCI Express 4 motherboards will be a tiny grain of sand on a big beach in terms of total PCs.

True

 

[Gooner Leroy]

Tbf for Bloodborne, those extra 13 seconds could be the difference between calming down vs smashing your controller when you die.

This^

 

[Mobius 1]

This^

Wouldn’t the ssd literally make it near instant respawn?

 

[McBain]

Tbf for Bloodborne, those extra 13 seconds could be the difference between calming down vs smashing your controller when you die.

Very true. Great game though, my favourite from this gen.

 

[crazy8s]

Can still remember smashing my controller playing Dark Souls on the Blighttown map! The lag and framerate

 

[Superpatsy]

Wouldn’t the ssd literally make it near instant respawn?

Wouldn't give you time to throw your controller which is a win as far as I'm concerned!

 

[N0ddie]

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth® 5.1

1000Mbps and WiFi 6.

There is a big difference between hardware capabilities and actual download speed. Of my 3 devices (PC, Xbox and PS) the PS is slower (by a huge margin) in terms of download speeds. All hardwired with Gigabit. Its dreadful.

 

[fez]

Tbf for Bloodborne, those extra 13 seconds could be the difference between calming down vs smashing your controller when you die.

Haha, yep!

I'm playing the mario 3D all stars collection at the moment though and that makes Bloodborne feel like a meditation at times. We sometimes forget how far game controls have come.

 

[Shawreyboy]

There is a big difference between hardware capabilities and actual download speed. Of my 3 devices (PC, Xbox and PS) the PS is slower (by a huge margin) in terms of download speeds. All hardwired with Gigabit. Its dreadful.

THIS.

The PSN is absolutely shocking for download speeds. There are ways and means around it such as using a laptop as a Proxy Server but that is just hassle.

 

[mikeym]

 

[ic1male]

FINALLY!

 

[m@rty]

Looks like the covers are definitely going to be replaceable!

 

[Shawreyboy]

PS5 Teardown

https://blog.playstation.com/2020/1...LwTK7oZbx-40KJ_dBZ7N8mSpQvzFBOBWdcP_HyhWkec2w

Looks like the covers are definitely going to be replaceable!

Just come to post this!