The PS4 Pro has some unique GPU enhancements that are not in Polaris

[WYP]

It has been confirmed that the PS4 has some unique AMD GPU enhancements that are not even present in AMD's Polaris architecture, features which will allow the PS4 Pro to gain a lot of extra performance.



Read more on the PS4 Pro's architectural improvements.

 

[Kilbane]

That's a big leap in GPU performance, a big leap in power consumption too!

 

[NeverBackDown]

This would help in the long run as down the line devs get better at optimization for each specific platform. Hopefully Vega does indeed get this feature, would mean PC devs could take advantage of this for high end cards, don't know if it would be useful though

 

[WYP]

This would help in the long run as down the line devs get better at optimization for each specific platform. Hopefully Vega does indeed get this feature, would mean PC devs could take advantage of this for high end cards, don't know if it would be useful though

I don't think we will see this as a PC feature anytime soon, first because Multi-precision compute is Pascal only ATM and even after AMD gains this feature it will be a long time before devs will be convinced that it is useful.

it will also be something that APIs like DX12 etc would need to be updated for, and we all know how well devs are coping with DX12 ATM.

Right now it is a great feature for console devs as all PS4 Pro systems are the same etc and it can be implemented and fairly easily. With PC things are a little more complex. It will be the whole Async compute argument all over again.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Yep I agree. I'd like to see some console technical demo's featuring one demo with this disabled and the other enabled. It would give us the best case scenario. I think it may be useful when consoles are trying to push 4k with the upscaling and/or 60fps but I would think it would only benefit more consistent frame rate rather than improve it

 

[Kushiro]

Really tempted to get one of these just for FF VII remake. If they come out at roughly the same time, I will finally get a console again.

Only ever got the original PS and a Wii.

I would hope that the cooling on this one would be very good. Dont want to have to deal with those overheating issues, however rare they may be.

 

[TalllPaul]

To think the original "fat" PS3 was pulling in 380W lol