We're well into the beta now, very unlikely Sony will send out more codes. With regards to Bloodborne, the improvements are smoother framerates, but nothing much else as Bloodborne's problems are with frame pacing which needs to be fixed by FromSoftware directly.
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PS4 firmware 4.50 add Boost Mode for PS4 Pro.
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We're well into the beta now, very unlikely Sony will send out more codes. With regards to Bloodborne, the improvements are smoother framerates, but nothing much else as Bloodborne's problems are with frame pacing which needs to be fixed by FromSoftware directly.
RedAssedApe
Banned
Everybody's gone to the rapture runs poorly but not sure how bad since it's been awhile. Still boring tho. Lol
Yeah, I've picked up Unity & Syndicate* again for $40, there may be more I go back to.
*yes, I know it is Pro patched
SixStringPsycho
Member
Not looking to upgrade till official release, but one question, are people who weren't invited to the beta downloading it and installing it in their Pro and not getting banned or anything?
Sorry if it's been asked before. Haven't read through all the thread.
Sorry if it's been asked before. Haven't read through all the thread.
timmyp53
Member
No bans.
KaiserAlucard
Neo Member
What are the ways to install this firmware without having been selected to the beta?
Log in into account of someone who has activated beta for a minute, you will then be able to download beta firmware on your console.
thatJohann
Member
I rolled back to 4.07 with no issues. Then I updated to 4.5 beta again with no issues either. (Needed to use remote play on my Mac last weekend and 4.5 beta breaks remote play).
nismopower
Member
Someone here who can help me with an accountshare for the beta ? Pm please.
Really want to use this beta.
Really want to use this beta.
Dust-by-Monday
Member
I noticed CoD IW has some hitching since 4.5. It's most noticeable on the map Frontier when you die and your body starts floating, it stutters. I don't remember a single stutter on IW before I updated.
VanCityGamer
Member
What? Why would you sell it for $10 a month later?? You can easily get $30-$40 for a game a month after launch.
He's saying that Unity's value dropped substantially, quickly.
OverBlood 3
Banned
You can buy Unity for about a £1 on cdkeys for Xbox one.
That's because XB1/AC Unity bundles were heavily overshipped. Those codes are stripped from bundles.
Beer Monkey
Member
I'm totally buying Unity after I get my Scorpio then.
God I need in this beta. This update is making me keep PS4 games on my backlog longer.
VanCityGamer
Member
Not that fast. A month after launch, I would have easily gotten $30.
That's now. Not at or around launch.
xenorevlis
Member
Do you have a PSVR, though? The beta firmware included an update for the headset as well, and I want to make sure i don't mess it up.
Yeah since the update I've encountered hitching in Rocket League (my ping goes from 40 to over 200 every 15-20 seconds), Uncharted 4 (to the point where I'll see weapons someone picked up earlier, and can't pick it up because it's not really there), and Battlefield 1 as well, though I'm able to play that one a little better since there are so many players that it's not too big a deal when everyone skips around every 20 seconds.
Still, don't like the bug.
OK
CoffeeKillquest
Member
Was on the fence about the pro since I don't own a 4k tv but I picked one up today due mainly to boost mode.
Most Pro-enabled games provide downsampling and other graphical benefits on 1080p displays.
Not directed at you but I find it strange that people who didn't think that the big improvements from Pro enhanced games was worth getting a PS4 Pro for are going out to buy PS4 Pro now for the small enhancements that boost mode is giving some games.
I understand that with boost mode they cover more games now that the pro patches left out but it seem like people are happier about a few FPS than they are about getting better image quality & better FPS.
I guess it's just the feeling you get from knowing the games play better on your hardware without the devs having to do anything.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
So Bloodborne doesn't run much better and still has frame pacing issues. Witcher 3 is a bit more solid. I only saw a couple frames dropped but it runs very well on standard PS4 already.
Other games have a more significant boost but overall it's not as much as I expected. It seems games need to be patched to make any worthwhile difference.
Other games have a more significant boost but overall it's not as much as I expected. It seems games need to be patched to make any worthwhile difference.
Primethius
Banned
Tbh, anyone who was expecting much for Bloodborne was deluding themselves (not directed at you).
Both back when people expected a Pro patch for it and now with the boost mode. People going crazy over 2-3 frames in Bloodborne here was hilarious to watch. Such a small change to get excited over.
DF assumes they just gave those games access to the 911Mhz (up from 800 Mhz) upclock of the PS4 pro, not the additional doubling of the compute units, too, for compatibility reasons.
So we'd be looking at a machine that does roughly ~2100 TFlops instead of 1843.
Seems like Sony considered that the best compromise between stability / compatibility and performance gains.
The full 4.2 TFlops can only be accessed by pro patched games.
Any game that ended up with worse performance was most likely a bug & if it wasn't a bug I'm sure the visual effects wasn't minor.
Yankee Ruin X
Member
I don't suppose anyone has an EU/UK code? Desperate to try out Boost Mode on Rainbow 6 Siege and the new PSVR cinema mode options with 3D Blu Rays.
It's quite strange.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Has anyone had their Pro pretty much die on them after this update? I'm pretty sure it's my PSU, but the system turns on, then turns off seconds later. Has anyone encountered this? Need to call Sony tomorrow since hesdeadjim.gif
They won't support you if the update is to blame. You agreed to that when signing up to it.
ShadowKingpin
Member
Oh, I know. I was just asking to see if anyone else has encountered the problem.
Liabe Brave
Member
This is completely untrue. There is exactly one game with worse performance on Pro, Skyrim. And its visual upgrade is anything but minor: it has increased foliage quality, and it renders at full native 4K.
(And even that single game may not run worse anymore. Skyrim got a patch a few days ago, and I haven't seen any framerate testing since then.)
endlessflood
Member
It's louder than base mode, nowhere near as loud as Pro mode.
TrebuchetGames
Member
DF have uploaded a video of FO4. Looks pretty good.
Compares boost with Pro mode.
Compares boost with Pro mode.
I'm scared to do try it out for this reason =(
Dust-by-Monday
Member
I downgraded back to 4.07 and COD:IW still hitches the same exact way. I guess it wasn't the 4.5 update doing it.
It's still under warranty.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
A little unrelated, but has anyone reported on the differences in Persona 5 between Pro and old?
True.
This is completely bullshit. There are no games that perform worse (not sure on Skyrim though)
Wishmaster92
Member
I leave my pro on standby mode even after this update and the console is on 10+ hours daily. It's not because of the update.
endlessflood
Member
I think there are only 3 Pro mode games with issues: Skrim has a worse framerate (but is native 4K), The Last of Us has higher quality shadows but there's a bug where they don't always show, and Mafia 3 has a slightly worse framerate (but higher res, better motion blur, better DOF):
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=226436049
There are more games broken by Boost mode than that, FWIW.
Beer Monkey
Member
It's crazy that this went into beta without some kind of user-controlled whitelist and/or blacklist functionality. This should not go into production release without it.
endlessflood
Member
I'm assuming that feedback during the beta will inform what they do with it in the production version. I still find it interesting that the official blog posts about the beta didn't even mention Boost mode.
Fallout runs worse with pro patch than boost.