Gutted about the lacklustre quality of the PS4 beta

[Edellis]

PS4 version likened to PC on highest settings, Framerate achieves 60, occasionally drops, all physics present, no limitations on on-screen characters.


No console game that shares a PC port will ever look better on console. But then again that's not the reason you buy a Console, is it?


Why are people so stupid.

[Left_Hand]

I play the game on the pc, with everything maxed and it runs perfect smooth and looks beautiful, and this on a cheaper system than a PS4, the new Kaveri APU from AMD is incredibly cheap and a powerhouse for the budget conscious gamer, highly recommend it.

[slayersamelia]

I downloaded the PS4 beta last night and the game looks gorgeous in 1080p on my telly. I've got a decent gaming pc too, but don't tend to ever set that up in the living room so the benefit of having FFXIV on the PS4 is immense. If anything I've noticed a level of detail on the PS4 version that I hadn't on the pc - mostly due to using a 42" over my normal screen. Got a decent alienware so the pc isn't a slouch by any means, but at least so far on the PS4 the load times are much shorter. I'm sure if I timed it, it'd be a matter of seconds, but it is a noticeable improvement over the version I use on the pc. I've similarly been impressed with the shadow effects, general crispness of the characters etc. as well.

I think the PS4 version will be more than sufficient for people that have that system and want to play FFXIV.

I'm currently testing the dual-shock controller out to see if I can get my head around it. I'll probably look out a keyboard and mouse and try that too to see how they compare to each other. I have to admit I've been impressed with the use of the touchpad on the DS4 controller - it's good to see it get some use!

With the game being playable on pc and ps4 I will be able to chop and change as necessary if the mrs wants the tv of an evening.

[mouseno4]

This topic is still going i see. Interesting.

[Pseudopsia]

I play the game on the pc, with everything maxed and it runs perfect smooth and looks beautiful, and this on a cheaper system than a PS4, the new Kaveri APU from AMD is incredibly cheap and a powerhouse for the budget conscious gamer, highly recommend it.

Ah no. You will get very low frame rate at 1080p. You likely have to play at 720p to get acceptable framerates. Unless you're buying discrete GPU that's $200+ with that kaveri APU, the PS4 APU is faster.

GPU:
The best kaveri APU, A10-7850K, has 512 cores. Compute performance of 0.86 Tflops.
The PS4 APU has 1152 cores. Compute performance of 1.8 Tflops

With using APU on PC you're stuck with slower DDR3 memory, PS4 uses GDDR5 memory.

A10-7850K APU is even slower than xbox one APU.


CPU wise it's harder to tell which is faster, however PS4 has access to low level API. On a PC you have to hope Mantle takes off to alleviate CPU bottlenecks.

Here's benchmark running, not even at highest settings, with A10-7850K APU and it's very choppy at 1080p.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPZSFtbZfTo

[Fiever]

Maybe so but if SE can't make the PS4 ver graphics the same as the PC ver then how do they expect ppl to go out and spend 400$ and or buy there game for PS4

Because of games like FinalFantasy XV and other games from other devs.
If you're buying a PS4 purely for JUST ONE GAME then you are buying it for the wrong reasons

[MidnightTundra]

The misinformation being spread that PCs are ridiculously expensive is disheartening. A 600~700$ (including the OS, RAM, PSU in price) PC will probably run this game better than the PS4 and the PC is mid-ranged. You don't need a high end PC for a game that doesn't even support DX11 features (yet). For a $400 console, the quality looks good. I've heard the frame rate is very inconsistent but it's an MMO. What can you expect? Visually, if it wasn't on par with the PC version, I'd be disappointed. This game isn't taxing on the GPU, it's the CPU that's probably the bottleneck here.

[Namasu]

I believe they were referring to the PS4 version looking as good as it does on PC to them.

Dude...are you like Odin?

[Fiever]

The misinformation being spread that PCs are ridiculously expensive is disheartening. A 600~700$ (including the OS, RAM, PSU in price) PC will probably run this game better than the PS4 and the PC is mid-ranged. You don't need a high end PC for a game that doesn't even support DX11 features (yet). For a $400 console, the quality looks good. I've heard the frame rate is very inconsistent but it's an MMO. What can you expect? Visually, if it wasn't on par with the PC version, I'd be disappointed. This game isn't taxing on the GPU, it's the CPU that's probably the bottleneck here.

I dunno about that. Seems to run and look just fine. Actually I was impressed they were able to pull PC High settings I think with a much much much more stable fps than my laptop high settings that I needed to set the 30fps cap due to massive judder.
Also my family was quite amazed how good it looked... but cannot wait to see their looks with FFXV

[MidnightTundra]

I dunno about that. Seems to run and look just fine. Actually I was impressed they were able to pull PC High settings I think with a much much much more stable fps than my laptop high settings that I needed to set the 30fps cap due to massive judder.
Also my family was quite amazed how good it looked... but cannot wait to see their looks with FFXV

Depends on your laptop's specs. Chances are the PS4 is much more powerful than your laptop unless you're running a 780M/Intel combo (incredibly expensive) which is only slightly more powerful than the Ps4. If the PS4 is a lot better than your PC set up, by all means play it on PS4. My fam plays on PS3 and I tell them it'll look exactly like mine (PC) when the PS4 ver comes out. They're definitely excited and it is most certainly an improvement over the PS3 version.