A small but important bit of news as developers are getting round to using the recently unlocked 7th core on the PlayStation 4. If you missed the tech news, remember when Microsoft released some extra processing power for the Xbox One making it a bit closer to PlayStation 4? Well, Sony did the same for the PS4, and Kholat is one of the first games to make use of the extra oomph.
“The game will run at 1080P@30, ” explained developer IMGN.PRO, “We’re very satisfied with this result, it enabled us to keep the eye candy, which owners of higher tier PC machines could enjoy while playing Kholat.”
The team say there maybe be an Xbox One port in the future, and “we’re aware of the rising hype for VR gaming, so we don’t say no for such update in the future.”
Source: WCCFtech
scavenga
I gotta admit, the thing I’m most curious about when it comes to the 7th core, is how the PS4 hardware will cope with that “extra oomph” – I mean, when I start up a simple game and forget to close down Netflix first, it sounds like a 70’s vacuum cleaner.
Not to mention how it sounds when I’ve been playing Dying Light or Mad Max for more than 10 minutes.
Opening the door to that last bit of processor will make me fear for a literal meltdown of by beloved PS4…
ron_mcphatty
Yeah good points, mine is also hoofingly noises, even though it’s sat vertically well ventilated behind my telly! Is the home screen supposed to be affected by the 7th core being unlocked? I don’t have the number of game and app icons limited and scrolling left and right quite often chugs.
Avenger
It shouldn’t affect the hardware at all. Built to cope with voltages, power, and temperature of the full kit, plus it has plenty of safeties in place.
Might be marginally noisier. Maybe.
Fan noise doesn’t surprise me though, it’s a small bit of kit.
scavenga
Maybe mine makes more noise than thine, it’s positively howling at times. It’s like a divorce waiting to happen when I use it when not home alone.
tactical20
Not really interested in the game, but read up about the ‘true story’ behind it on Wiki and that was pretty weird.