… Remember, we're getting the full eight CPU cores and 16 threads with Linux - developers get 6.5 cores on PS5 games, the rest reserved for the system. Finally, running out of native 1080p PS5 games to compare, I bent the rules slightly. …
… It's a game I know well in terms of its CPU and GPU-based bottlenecks and with path-tracing enabled, even the mighty RTX 5090 can find its limits. Or not. Part of the testing involves figuring out how to "game" the dynamic frame-gen algorithm to make it more... well, dynamic. …
… By running a combination of kernel patches and helper packages, your system is able to accurately identify running games and ensure they are only evicted or spill over from VRAM as a last resort. …
… And it would need to grant PS4 apps full CPU and GPU clock speeds, while also adding a per-title patching system to allow games to defeat their in-built resolution and frame-rate limits. …
… This is backed by a meagre 8GB of unified package-on-package memory, which limits the machine versus the 16GB of memory standard on new Macs from 2024. …
Death Stranding 2 may be the final big single-player Sony game to come to PC, so we were curious to see how well it runs on a mid-range system and scales to more powerful machines. …
… The key point is hitting a price point that makes the 5800X3D viable for those on popular Zen 2 chips like the Ryzen 5 3600 - carving out a middle-ground between waiting to upgrade later and investing in a high-end 9800X3D-based system. …
… For the systems that do not support ray tracing, SDF ray marching is used instead. We also utilise the SDF ray marching for distant reflections that exceed ray tracing BVH limits. …
… Game Chat is - in our opinion - the best integrated voice system on any console, with noise cancellation so effective that players can talk into the system microphone at distance without headsets, while game audio blares from speakers, and still be intelligible. …
… Unlike the purpose-built clouds or fog seen in other engines, Smolder integrates seamlessly with the game's lighting and order-independent transparency systems, allowing every light source in the scene to cast dynamic shadows through and from volumetric effects, such as smoke grenades. …