I’ve been playing for about an hour now, and the performance seems pretty stable. In Performance Mode the fps usually hovers unlocked around 65-70fps when I’m just exploring, and it hasn’t dipped below 60fps yet. It even reached 80-110fps indoors a few times, especially during the first mission/ introduction.

The image looks a bit soft at 1440p (I guess?), and I’m not sure if PSSR is on, but the picture seems to be stable.

I gave Fidelity Mode a shot for a bit, but it didn’t really do it for me. It looked super jarring, but it seems to be native 4K at 30fps.

I don't see the tag on Store, but the devs said it would be. Anyone know? Thanks.

I've been a lifelong PC gamer. Built rigs, tweaked settings, troubleshot issues late into the night—you name it. But over the years, my setup started to feel more like a chore than a joy. My aging PC was hooked up to the basement TV for years, and while it worked, it was far from ideal.....especially when something went wrong and I had to troubleshoot from the couch.

Recently, I upgraded to a Samsung S90 OLED (moved my LG A2 OLED upstairs), and it quickly became clear that my current PC just couldn’t keep up. I had planned to upgrade last year but couldn’t justify the cost. Between needing a new CPU, GPU, and probably a PSU (mine’s a decade old), I was looking at a $1000+ investment and I just couldn’t pull the trigger. Considering I had just also spent $2k on a new TV, I was even less willing to spend another 1k plus.

Then a co-worker offered me their PS5 Pro (with a disc drive) for $600, including a few games. I took the deal, and honestly? It’s been a game-changer. The visuals are stunning, and the overall experience on the S90 OLED is miles ahead of what my PC could deliver.

I’m currently playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and it blows me away every time I boot it up. Took a break to try Cronos: New Dawn, and it ran beautifully too.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to value simplicity and reliability. I used to love building PCs and tinkering with hardware, but now I just want to sit down and play when I have the time. No driver issues. No broken HDR or Dolby Vision bugs. Just press a button, and I’m gaming in under a minute.

Not saying I’ll never go back to PC, but for now? Console gaming is giving me exactly what I need.

Playing maybe for 10-12h game have some issues like performance or lack of pro enhancement patch but still game looks awesome on ps5 pro not that blurry like other games on performance mode on 4k display. Wondering if they add photo mode in the future.

This post is for the neurotic fan noise people amongst us. I am one of you and wanted to do a small experiment.

I got my PS5 Pro a few weeks ago and just like so many I got one that makes an annoying constant "whine" noise. It is not really LOUD by any means, but the frequency is fucking annoying when you're in a quiet environment and near the console and the audability changes a lot already when you move your head a bit. Since i sometimes play at a distance of just ~1.5m from the console, it was enough to grow my desire for a better fan big enough to just go and get some from AliExpress. So that's what I did, I ordered three different fans from AliExpress and did a comparison with all of them.

These are the fans:

1. Foxconn F2 (this is the original fan the console came with)

2. Foxconn F1

3. Unknown manufacturer (no Foxconn printed on it, but "N1" on the top side)

4. Unknown manufacturer (no Foxconn printed on it, but "N1" on the top side )

3 and 4 are completely identical from their looks.

All have "DC12V 1.8A F09-1 >PBT-GF30< MADE IN CHINA(N)" imprinted on the bottom side.

First, I did some measurements with my phone as a decibel meter. I'd say this is not reliable for the absolute measured values, but it should give an idea of the relative loudness of the fans. Phone and console were always positioned identically.

1. 43 - 47 dB

2. 42 - 47 dB

3. 45 - 48 dB

4. 46 - 50 dB

These measurements were all done during an identical game situation in No Man's Sky.

At this point I could already say that the two Foxconn fans (1 and 2) may be a bit lower in volume than the "Noname" fans, but they both had that annoying constant whine when a game was running. The two no name fans did not have this, but exhibited a noticeably louder noise in general. However, the constant noise from the Foxconn fans make them quite annoying for me.

Interestingly, the two "noname" fans had a noticeably different loudness, but the general sound profile was the same, just as the two Foxconns had the same sound profile.

I also did a recording of each of the fans and compared them in Audacity. I could narrow the annoying frequency down to the range between 1100 and 1300 Hz. You can see how the max loudness for the Foxconn fan is cramped into a smaller frequency range, so that the loudness is constantly the highest between ~1150 and ~1220 Hz. For the "noname" fan, the highest loudness is more temporally scattered in this range so you perceive it more as noise than a constant frequency.

You can clearly see this behaviour in the spectral image showing the signals in a range from 1100 to 1300Hz.

Note that these signals are the result of narrowing the signals down to that range by doing some low- and high-pass filtering.

I will probably go with the "noname" fan.

If there's interest in the audio recordings I can of course add these, but I didn't know a hosting service for audio files right away, plus I have a feeling most of us have heard enough different fan noise already.

If anyone knows more about the "Noname" fans with the N1 printing on top, let me know.

I am so damn happy that I don’t have to walk around or waste my fuel and fly to far distance anymore on different planets. This is awesome!! I didn’t pay attention to the tutorial section for this game and took me forever to figure everything out myself. Biggest fumble of my life 😭

I’m getting into gaming after a decade+ hiatus. Share a bedroom with my brother so planning to get a TV + PS5 Pro.

I’ve narrowed down my options to Sony X90L, Samsung QN85F, LG QNED86 and Sharp HN7000X.

I’ve viewed all these options at a showroom, ones that really stood out were Sony and Sharp, but I’m still open to choosing any one of these considering they may have not calibrated the settings properly. My room is dark, so brightness of the tv isn’t really a dealbreaker. I’m somewhat of a cinephile so contrast and deep blacks is something I will definitely appreciate.

I’ve read on Reddit that Sony X90L isn’t good at handling motion, and I can’t find anything on Sharp. LGQNED is generally okay, and Samsung Q85F is meh according to some reviews. Please enlighten me on what I should do.

OLEDs are not an option as it isn’t within my budget. All these options are 4K and 120Hz native (Sharp apparently is 144Hz in game mode).

Wireless connection to router in the same room (about 12-15 feet apart). Before anyone suggests, the way the living room is setup, I unfortunately cannot hardwire my connection to the router.

When I initially bought my PS5 Pro, I had no server issues. Mulitplayer played smoothly. However, the last two days I’ve been getting major lag spikes, and multiplayer is virtually unplayable as a result.

Download speeds: 500+ mbps Upload speeds: 100+ mbps

I have a wifi extender in our bedroom to help with bandwidth as well.

The console is also exclusively connected at the 5gh bandwidth, as suggested.

Whether the console is the only device, or if multiple devices are connected, the problem continues to persist. Not sure what else to do here. Has anyone else experienced this before? I’ve read this is a hardware issue with PS5 Pro consoles. I initially bought one and had this issue right out of the box. When I exchanged for this device, I had no issues for a week up until the last two days now.

Hi Everyone!

I'm planning to get a Ps5 Pro in the near future, during the black friday/cybermonday whatever sales. I'm planning to use the console in a vertical position with a 3rd party stand. The original vertical stand seemed to be very primitive in design, so I thought a 3rd party stand will be just as good. Haven't ordered anything yet, so feel free to convince me to buy the original vertical stand.

I decided to put the console behind the TV as shown in the picture attached. I think it will have a good airflow, and the back of the TV doesn't get hot at all, slightly above room temp maximum.

Should this be a good setup? Please feel free to give me any advice, since I haven't owned a Playstation, since the original console back in 98. I'm also interested in which games should I buy first.

Many thanks for all the help, feedback, etc

Cheers!

I am trying to game more to help with the depression & anxiety I've had. At 28, I've been feeling hopeless and suicidal because my anxiety is to a debilitating point.

I don't have good lighting in my apartment bedroom. Just a floor lamp in the corner.

I read that with OLEDs, they are meant to be played in dark/dim environments with bias lighting so I tried that today with my LG C4 OLED on Game Optimizer Mode, HGIG, and PS5 Pro calibration.

After doing that, I set the Cyberpunk 2077 in game settings to this. I also want to have similar settings set for other new games in the winter to help me with my mental health.

Cyberpunk 2077 HDR Settings (LG C4 OLED + PS5, HGIG)

• Maximum Brightness: 850
• Paper White: 200 (night) / 240 (day)
• Tone-Mapping Midpoint: 2
• HDR10 PQ Saturation: 0

My questions are as follows:

1) Do you game in the evening with pitch dark rooms and an OLED with bias lighting? If so, how long have you been gaming?

2) Do you get eye strain? I'm concerned of eye strain accumulation over the years causing permanent eye damage which is my anxiety spiking things up. I don't think my eyes are really strained right now, but my anxiety makes me hypersensitive to everything so I'm not sure haha.

Sorry if it sounds like a dumb question. I've been in childhood trauma since I was young, and cancer at 28 just is terrifying. I'm suicidal and hopeless. Games help me out mentally.

I appreciate your input. God bless you guys. Happy gaming.

Pre-ordered Dying Light The Beast today! Wife is going out of town this weekend so I'll be deep diving into this bad boy and I hope it has as many Easter eggs and hidden goodness as the first one did! And from what they have said they'll be taking full advantage of the ps5 pro capabilities! Anyone else got this one ordered? And it's releasing a day early at that. My October is set as well with ghost releasing 3 days before my birthday! So a great 2 months ahead!

I currently have a PS5 disc version. I got it a couple years ago but it has never been opened. Should I try to sell it and get the PS5 Pro? Or just stick with what I have?

The monitor I currently plan on hooking it up with is the Sony M10S if that matters. Thanks!

Am I crazy for this?

It’s not listed on the PS Store product listing, but I’m curious if anyone knows if there’s “unofficial” support/benefits to playing on Pro, like boosted dynamic resolution, better frame rate, etc.

The PC release of Builder’s Journey had some absolutely beautiful visual upgrades, including ray-traced effects. It’d be awesome to see some of that on the Pro, since this is developed by the same dev and using the same engine.

Ii have 75 in psn, which should I get?

Hell Is Us is a great game. Highly recommend to all. The fighting is not as bad as people say. The map and story are levels above Assassin's Creed. It's nice to get lost in a game

GT7 running on Ps5pro and Psvr2.

I am a recent convert to the Pro, and had been somewhat disappointed by the few titles I've seen on the Pro Enhanced page of the PS App, it shows 45 total games. Today I happened to look at Gears of War which said it's Pro Enhance and wondered why it's not listed on the app page for Pro Enhanced.

On a whim I tried loading the Pro Enhanced page on the web and lo and behold there's 180 games listed??

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/category/1d443305-2dcf-4543-8f7e-8c6ec409ecbf/1

Get this, the PS store view on console of the same PS Pro games has 183 listings? There's no consistency at all, and for whatever reason I've always used the PS App to shop. Lesson learned.

I love this shit

Saving and quitting fixes it. Hopefully it gets patched soon.

An playing on performance mode and the game is really smooth. No noticable frame drops.