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Now, this technique would typically generate jagged edges and ugly artifacts whenever objects are in motion, but that’s where the temporal antialiasing comes in.
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The Pro should then use an algorithm to rebuild the image and fill in the empty squares for a 4K screen. Those 4 million pixels are arranged into a 4K checkerboard pattern where half the checkerboard squares contain image data and the empty half contain nothing.
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The “streamlined rendering techniques” likely refers to a special feature built into the AMD Radeon graphics processor of the Pro where games only have to render approximately half of the pixels of standard 4K. That’s still around 4 million individual pixels, which is twice what you get from a native 1080p image - hence the need for a more powerful CPU and GPU in the Pro. When we decode Cerny’s high-elven language, we can break down some of what is happening (with some help from the smart folks over at Digital Foundry). “When coupled with best-in-breed temporal and spatial anti-aliasing algorithms, the results can be astonishing.”
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“With PS4 Pro, our strategy has instead been to foster streamlined rendering techniques that can take advantage of custom hardware,” he said. And since you probably only ever play console games with your naked eye, that perceived reality is all that will matter to you.Īs for the specific sorcery that the PS4 Pro uses to accomplish that? Well, Cerny alluded to those during his on-stage talk. It wants to use the special, baked-in features of the Pro to give players an experience that will looks indistinguishable from 4K to the naked eye. “It’s not native 4K. But as you see for yourself, it’s perceptively so close that you wouldn’t be able to see the difference.”įor Sony, that is the key. “There’s a lot of magic sauce happening,” Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst said during a roundtable with reporters yesterday. You can get our thoughts on the game by heading to our God of War review.Image Credit: Harrison Weber, VentureBeat Pre-orders for both the game and bundle are live now. God of War and the God of War bundles will be out on April 20. He comes complete with a new son that players will interact with when they're not working together to fight off mythic bad guys with combat not too dissimilar from FIFA. God of War is the latest entry into the franchise of the same name, rebooting Kratos from his Greek god origins, and transporting him into Norse mythology. The God of War logo on the touchpad is a bit much to be honest. The controller is a little less adorned, maintaining the silver and gray color scheme, with a few runes here and there. The gold and gray atop the silver PS4 Pro is a nice touch actually. The design on the PS4 Pro is of Kratos' Leviathan Axe, with some ancient runes on the "blade" portion of the design. The bundle will retail for $399.99 USD and include a God of War-themed PS4 Pro and controller, a copy of the game, and some digital content. So native 4K is not the be all, end all of PS4 games.Īs for the limited edition PS4 Pro Bundle, it will launch on April 20-the same day as God of War. Also consider the games that do run native 4K on the PS4 Pro like FIFA 17, NBA 2K17, and Mantis Burn Racing. Horizon Zero Dawn also uses checkerboard and was widely praised for its 4K graphics. That's not to say God of War won't look good when it runs on the PS4 Pro and latest 4K TVs. Sony notes that players using 1080p HDTVs will also benefit thanks to supersampling of higher resolution to the display. However, Sony points out that God of War does not support native 4K resolution, utilizing a 2160p checkerboard instead.
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In a post to the official PlayStation blog, Sony outlined that when played on a 4K TV with HDR, God of War outputs in a dynamic 4K resolution. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email announced a new God of War PS4 Pro bundle, and with it the first details of God of War's 4K capabilities get confirmed, including the fact that God of War won't support native 4K on PS4 Pro.