WYP
News Guru
The PS4 Pro will consume 145W more power than the PS4 and have the same 8-core AMD Jaguar CPU.
Read more on the PS4 Pro's 310W power consumption.
Read more on the PS4 Pro's 310W power consumption.
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The PS4 Pro will consume 145W more power than the PS4
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Little disappointing that it has the exact same CPU.
Digital Foundry found a few areas in games that are quite CPU limited with the new Xbox One S, Different platform I know but odd that they would stay with the same CPU that's in both former consoles.
Digital Foundry found a few areas in games that are quite CPU limited with the new Xbox One S, Different platform I know but odd that they would stay with the same CPU that's in both former consoles.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
If they changed that it would require an extensive amount of work to get it to play games. It would basically be a entire new platform. By only increasing clock speed, it just allows it to run faster. And by inly switching the GPU, it makes it easy to port, then just having a go at increasing resolution, etc
I don't see how it's 300 watts though. If they are using a new Polaris GPU it would be much more power efficient than that even if was a 480
I don't see how it's 300 watts though. If they are using a new Polaris GPU it would be much more power efficient than that even if was a 480
Ridiculously flawed article. Is this what they call journalism now?
1. The max rating of the PSU is not the power consumption of the system.
2. The power consumption of the system has many more factors than the SoC.
3. The original PS4 used a 250W rated PSU, eventually dropping to 230W in chassis updates.
4. Sony DID state whether or not it runs the CPU at higher clock speeds(At the announcement no less), and it indeed does.
The Slim does has a 165W PSU and around 30% lower power consumption than original(Thanks to process node changes). Given that the Pro has double the number of GCN CUs, each at a ~15% higher clock speed(With the GPU being the bulk of the power draw of the chip), while the CPU is running at a ~30% higher clock speed, this power rating is entirely and 100% expected and logical to anyone who has any remote idea of what they're talking about.
1. The max rating of the PSU is not the power consumption of the system.
2. The power consumption of the system has many more factors than the SoC.
3. The original PS4 used a 250W rated PSU, eventually dropping to 230W in chassis updates.
4. Sony DID state whether or not it runs the CPU at higher clock speeds(At the announcement no less), and it indeed does.
The Slim does has a 165W PSU and around 30% lower power consumption than original(Thanks to process node changes). Given that the Pro has double the number of GCN CUs, each at a ~15% higher clock speed(With the GPU being the bulk of the power draw of the chip), while the CPU is running at a ~30% higher clock speed, this power rating is entirely and 100% expected and logical to anyone who has any remote idea of what they're talking about.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Which apparently would not be you
Boy you've sure done me, with that well argued retort.
Anyone with a basic understanding of ESR and electrolytic capacitor ageing understands why the max rated values of these power supplys are often 30-70% higher than their expected maximum load in normal operation.
Thelosouvlakia
Classy-Fried-Chicken
Guys, I've think we've found the console peasant
Jokes aside, the information is coming straight from the PS4 official site..
Many people here DO have both a PC and a console, I don't because I can't afford it and I prefer a mouse and a keyboard for my games.
Also that double in consumption can't be blamed on minor things like the chipset (that won't have changed supposedly) or the RAM. It's either going to be the cpu or gpu. and if a slight overclock on the cpu doubles the consumption then I'm really curious how the hell are they going to keep thermals in check
SPS
Moderator
It doesn't matter, your attitude showed no sign of respect for the person that took the time to write it. At no point in the article do they claim that this information was verified by an expert.
In the future may I suggest you engage with something along the lines of, "Thanks for the article however, I'm not sure I agree with some of the conclusions. (explain politely)" rather than "Ridiculously flawed article. Is this what they call journalism now?.
(BTW I'm not posting this because I'm a mod, I just don't like seeing disrespect)
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Again wouldn't be you, everything just goes right over your head. Show some respect here. This isn't a disrespectful community, it's a small close group of people. If you want endless arguments and crap spewing posts, go to LTT forum. Otherwise, get along or run along as the Guv puts it
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I don't own any current generation consoles, and I didn't intend any disrespect(I just don't see the need to sugar coat my posts with pretentious niceties).
Given that the PS4 Slim has a 165W PSU and rarely seems to use more than 100W(More often around the 80-90W mark, naturally the load at which the PSU would be most efficient), it's safe to assume the PS4 Pro won't use anywhere near 310W in actual use, but likely much closer to the ~160W you'd expect from an underclocked RX480 tied with 8 Jaguar cores at ~2.3Ghz.
There's absolutely no reason to suspect that the articles sensationalist claim that it will consume 145W more power is even remotely true.
Given that the PS4 Slim has a 165W PSU and rarely seems to use more than 100W(More often around the 80-90W mark, naturally the load at which the PSU would be most efficient), it's safe to assume the PS4 Pro won't use anywhere near 310W in actual use, but likely much closer to the ~160W you'd expect from an underclocked RX480 tied with 8 Jaguar cores at ~2.3Ghz.
There's absolutely no reason to suspect that the articles sensationalist claim that it will consume 145W more power is even remotely true.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Does this guy even listen? Lol
I'll head out of this thread now..
I'll head out of this thread now..
Dawelio
Active member
Exactly my thought, only I didn't have the botherness to write it ^_^
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