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My PS4 Pro sounds like its going to take off running games in 2k
- Thread starter Calverz
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It's an intended feature of the console. It's meant to drown out any outside noise so you can focus on the game.
Yeah, my Pro is extremely loud nowadays as well. Wasn't like this originally. God of War, Detroit, and now Yakuza 0 all sound like there's someone vacuuming in the background.
Unless it's been updated since launch I think only IW is 4kcb. Mwr was 1620p I think.
One of the funniest posts and first reply I've seen in years haha.
And yes ... it is normal. During Rocket League, the Console really lives up the game's name.
I even hear the fans when I play with headphones.
I've been playing God of War, Assassins Creed:Origins and Horizon recently on the Pro and to be honest, my console is pretty quiet during normal gameplay.
The menu screens though...that's a different story. Sony needs to force developers to stop running menus with uncapped frame rates.
The menu screens though...that's a different story. Sony needs to force developers to stop running menus with uncapped frame rates.
This kind of response is getting ridiculous. I don't even have a Pro, but I've seen enough threads like this one that I'm put off from buying one. It may not be intended or desired behavior, but from what I've been reading and hearing, it is normal.
Aren't PS4 pros loud normally though ?
I still have an OG PS4 which is pretty loud these days and it's one of the main reasons I am still hesitant to upgrade to a Pro.
I have afew friends who have Pros and they also say they get pretty loud when running games like NBA2k, GoW and Horizon.
I remember playing uncharted 4 on my OG and holy crap did that game make the fans go crazy.
Same. It drives me insane. I avoid all pro-enhanced games now, because they are the only ones that do this to my system. It's such garbage, especially for someone like me who lives in Phoenix where it is >100 degrees F during the day.
If it was Horizon or God of War sure, but Modern Warfare?
Not all PS4s are supposed to be loud but it seems to be a total roll of the dice whether you get the loud ones or not.
Sounds like a normal Playstation console to me. My ps3 had a strong fan, on pair with a Boing 747
It is totally "normal" for a PS4 Pro to be loud. Most of them are. A few people got lucky with quiet ones apparently. But even people who have opened up their consoles and done all the voodoo of re-applying thermal paste still have loud consoles in some cases.
Pretty much this. I honestly don't believe anyone who says theirs is "whisper quiet."
Pretty much this. I honestly don't believe anyone who says theirs is "whisper quiet."
Sorry I couldnt read your post, the fan on my PS4 is too loud.
really tho for as much shit as the og Xbox One got for its design that shit was dead quiet (and both S and X are the same way) you would think that with both a slim and a pro Sony would have found a way to not wake up an entire block when a dude just wants to play Madden but here we are.
really tho for as much shit as the og Xbox One got for its design that shit was dead quiet (and both S and X are the same way) you would think that with both a slim and a pro Sony would have found a way to not wake up an entire block when a dude just wants to play Madden but here we are.
I have the newer model and it's insanely loud on certain games. I have to wear headphones to enjoy playing.
No it seems pretty normal. My PS4 Pro is loud as fuck, especially compared to my XB1X.
One X is very quiet but it really gets hot during 4K games. Ventilation is extremely important.
you know whats weird?
mine also has that extremely annoying whistle sound, in god of war it was INSANE
but in detroit become human it isnt that bad, and i play on a 4k tv and that game looks GORGEOUS, how does it go louder in other games than that baffles me tbh.
i pray that ps5 has a bigger fan that makes less noise or something, why the ps4 has such a small fan is a shame :(
mine also has that extremely annoying whistle sound, in god of war it was INSANE
but in detroit become human it isnt that bad, and i play on a 4k tv and that game looks GORGEOUS, how does it go louder in other games than that baffles me tbh.
i pray that ps5 has a bigger fan that makes less noise or something, why the ps4 has such a small fan is a shame :(
Did everyone's unit that's loud start off silent but get shitty later on? I'm sitting on a new unit that's been whisper quiet in GoW/Detroit. Got me sweatin.
More like bigger heatsink, fan is pretty big. And better overall airflow. Fan it's only a part of cooling systems.
It seems random what games it does it on. The Yakuza games it's a Saturn V lifting off, but it was relatively quiet throughout God of War.
This. It's really weird to change Kratos' armor and hear the thing taking off.
Well, mine is typically whisper quiet. I don't hear it except rarely. Playing through long God of War sessions did engage the fans frequently, but typically I don't hear my Pro at all.
I bought it recently, within the past three months, and I also keep it on a totally open shelf with nothing else around it (in a fairly big room). Not sure how much that has to do with it or not.
The Pro is trash tier hardware. Not in terms specs I'm fine with those, but someone messed up the system cooling in a massive way. Personally I think it is hardware recall worthy, but that's never going to happen because the things work even though they make far more noise than any piece of electronics has the right to. Overall the Pro just feels cheaply built. So disappointed in Sony over this terrible hardware design.
I'll let others beta test the next system. Definitely not jumping in day one.
I'll let others beta test the next system. Definitely not jumping in day one.
Right, so when people talk about PS4 Pro's being loud we're talking about actually playing demanding 4K games like God of War. Not indies or stuff that hasn't been upgraded with Pro support. Obviously less demanding stuff isn't going to kick the Pro into the gear.
People just have different definitions of "whisper quiet." For PC building, at least, it's always meant "you literally can't hear this unless you put your ear right next to it." If you can hear the fan (even if it just sounds like moving air), that's not whisper quiet. That's an audibly loud fan.