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Guardian interview: Simon Rutter says great deal of effort has gone into making PS5 less noisy than PS4
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Same, and mine is like 7 months old and the latest model. Used to be completely silent now it's an airplane. I bought it to replace my launch pro for quietness lol
Yeah, I have to play with headphones if I want to hear what I'm playing.
Yep. I showed my first batch Pro to a friend and he laughed. His is near silent on the same games in the same intense areas. And we opened and cleaned both, it's not a dust thing.
People's experiences are wildly different.
Top tier strats. Get home theater users to wear headphones so they won't notice the lawnmower.
'Less noisy' is a paraphrase by the article's author, not a direct quote from Rutter. I wouldn't over analyse the phrasing of what is not a direct quote.
I also feel lucky as I have a base and don't think it runs particularly loud on a consistent basis. I have noticed more noise when I have a disc in than when I play on digital. Very game dependent as well.
I think that was Microsoft saying that rather than journalists. MS have repeatedly said it has been designed to be quiet, even in the marketing on their site. And given S and X I'm inclined to believe them.
I've no doubt PS5 will be quieter than my Pro, but I want whisper-quiet, not just less noisy.
My Pro can be noisy at times but comparisons with vacuum cleaners is ridiculous unless there's quiet AF vacuum cleaners I've not seen yet. Vacuum cleaners are several times noisier than any PlayStation lol.
You know Part 3 and GOWII will make ps5 weep like a little baby.
I dont think Sony's hardware can manage the output of its teams.
I dont think Sony's hardware can manage the output of its teams.
I mean, that should have been very clear during Cerny's presentation considering they detailed how the power draw and clock speeds are handled and why the PS5 won't have the same noise issues as the PS4 Pro. I can see why people are skeptical but the way thermals are handled is completely different from previous consoles.
Dude, it's going to be quiet.
MS aren't some kinds of wizards of silence. They just prioritized silence in designing the XB1 because they envisioned it seeing significant use as a media box and wanted to make sure that the acoustics didn't interfere with that. For, Sony that wasn't a priority. And so the respective boxes were designed as they were: XB1 as a very large, silent box. PS4 as a very small, noisy box.
This time around, Sony has heard the complaints loud and clear. Clearly they were willing to make certain design sacrifices in the name of acoustics, and I don't see any reason to doubt for a second that they succeeded.
MS aren't some kinds of wizards of silence. They just prioritized silence in designing the XB1 because they envisioned it seeing significant use as a media box and wanted to make sure that the acoustics didn't interfere with that. For, Sony that wasn't a priority. And so the respective boxes were designed as they were: XB1 as a very large, silent box. PS4 as a very small, noisy box.
This time around, Sony has heard the complaints loud and clear. Clearly they were willing to make certain design sacrifices in the name of acoustics, and I don't see any reason to doubt for a second that they succeeded.
Less noisy than base PS4 or the Pro is not something to achieve. Even half the noise of those things is still quite a lot. Given how huge that thing is it better be whisper quiet.
That's great, because if I'm going to try to squeeze a Dubai skyscraper underneath my TV, it had better be worth the trouble.
Doesn't explain the One X though, which was smaller, more powerful, and runs silent compared to the Pro.
The cooling solution and power management is designed in such a way that this kind of thing is very unlikely to increase fan noise.
The console came out a year later and cost £100/$100 more. It's not that complicated.
So that's the difference between a jet engine and silence? Sure thing.
It's part of what you pay for, yes.
I don't really know why the conversation has to be characterised by massive exaggerations on both ends. The Xbox One X is not silent. The PS4 Pro does not sound like a jet engine. The X1X is exceptionally quiet for a console and the PS4 Pro is exceptionally loud to the point where it can detract from the experience. Sony have made multiple comments about their measures to ensure it doesn't happen again. Obviously no-one knows for sure but those assuming they'll mess it up seem pretty suspect to me.
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I have four fans in my pc and can't hear a damn thing no matter what I'm doing on it yet my Destiny PS4 pro can be heard through headphones while it's in the other room. It's terribly designed and they better fix it or they won't have my money this gen.
And? The Series X GPU isn't running at 2.2+ GHz and uses a more traditional power management system. They took different approaches to the GPU (slow + wide vs fast + narrow; traditional power management vs constant "boost") and each has its own trade-offs. Obviously one of the trade-offs for having a super high clock speed is you need to deal with much higher power draw and more heat, but the difference with PS5 is they don't need to worry about outliers (such as Horizon's map) driving up heat and fan speed. They only have to hit one target.
It's not smaller. PS5 being longer doesn't make it "bigger". That's not how volume works.
It's also nearly 5kg if the Amazon leak is to be believed, which means there are some big heat sinks in there, possibly both sides of the PCB. I agree it's going to be quiet.
I fuckin hope so
First week of ownership, mine spun up so hard on the God of War map screen that I was worried it would catch fire, and it just kept getting louder and more aggressive with each passing moment until I said "fuck it I'll just navigate the old-fashioned way."
It's the reason I've put maybe a handful of hours into it since Spider-man released.
First week of ownership, mine spun up so hard on the God of War map screen that I was worried it would catch fire, and it just kept getting louder and more aggressive with each passing moment until I said "fuck it I'll just navigate the old-fashioned way."
It's the reason I've put maybe a handful of hours into it since Spider-man released.
No surprise there. That console is probably the largest major console in at least 25 years if not ever. The whole curvy design is to mask how thicc it is. Cooling is definitely their priority. Also, Cerny's GDC talk about how the console maintains steady power usage at all times seems like it would also improve temperature regulation.
I should hope so at this point, I don't need another PS console in the future sounding like a jet taking off.
Cost maybe one factor but the year makes no difference as both can go up to 170w under full load of a demanding game section. XBX has better perf per watt as they wisely waited for AMD's better GPU we all knew in the PC space was coming, it's not using less power and probably uses a bit more in general as other tests seem to point to. PS4 Pro is taking off at 137W with a less demanding game while XBX is very quiet at 172w under most demanding game.
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Is it smaller? It's shoter, but about twice as thick as the PS5.
