blackwiggle
9th March 2017, 10:09 PM
New system update for the PS4 with some pretty cool features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TwHuHOjxkE&et_cid=em_296496&et_rid=3008746&Linkid=PS4SU-B-030217-CE-OTH-WES&emcid=em-co-104787
Finally you can add a USB Hard drive to store your games on, they should have done this from the start.
It will be tied to your PS4, so don't think you will be able to disconnect it and take it around to a friends place and use it on their PS4, which is fair enough, at least you shouldn't have to delete games to make space for new ones now.
The only caveat might be a performance hit with the console having to read from the USB drive, rather than the internal one, so choose games that are unlikely to suffer greatly from this on the external.
No idea if you can transfer games from one drive to another as yet, one would hope so.
Also a cool new feature, any in game shots you take can now be used as screen wallpaper.
Seems there is more to this update than what is revealed in the above video.
The PS4 Pro also gets a 'Boost Mode' which QUOTE:
improves performance on most games when using the updated system instead of the Pro only helping with games that have been optimized for it.
“This feature has been designed to provide better performance for select legacy titles that have not been patched to take advantage of the PS4 Pro’s faster CPU and its faster and double-sized GPU,”
“This can provide a noticeable frame rate boost to some games with variable frame rates, and can provide frame rate stability for games that are programmed to run at 30 Hz or 60 Hz. Depending on the game, the increased CPU speed may also result in shorter load times. You can turn on Boost Mode by going to Settings > System.”
Example of 'Boost Mode' in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8aCbL4NJA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TwHuHOjxkE&et_cid=em_296496&et_rid=3008746&Linkid=PS4SU-B-030217-CE-OTH-WES&emcid=em-co-104787
Finally you can add a USB Hard drive to store your games on, they should have done this from the start.
It will be tied to your PS4, so don't think you will be able to disconnect it and take it around to a friends place and use it on their PS4, which is fair enough, at least you shouldn't have to delete games to make space for new ones now.
The only caveat might be a performance hit with the console having to read from the USB drive, rather than the internal one, so choose games that are unlikely to suffer greatly from this on the external.
No idea if you can transfer games from one drive to another as yet, one would hope so.
Also a cool new feature, any in game shots you take can now be used as screen wallpaper.
Seems there is more to this update than what is revealed in the above video.
The PS4 Pro also gets a 'Boost Mode' which QUOTE:
improves performance on most games when using the updated system instead of the Pro only helping with games that have been optimized for it.
“This feature has been designed to provide better performance for select legacy titles that have not been patched to take advantage of the PS4 Pro’s faster CPU and its faster and double-sized GPU,”
“This can provide a noticeable frame rate boost to some games with variable frame rates, and can provide frame rate stability for games that are programmed to run at 30 Hz or 60 Hz. Depending on the game, the increased CPU speed may also result in shorter load times. You can turn on Boost Mode by going to Settings > System.”
Example of 'Boost Mode' in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8aCbL4NJA0