Yesterday I spent the day playing Warzone on the PS5 after a week of playing it on my new PC with a Core i7 11700f and RTX3080. In the evening I went back to the PCā¦
There is a big difference, and itās mainly down to resolution, graphic features enabled, field of view, and even framerate. The PC is a huge winner.
Iāve been a big proponent of HDR on consoles and I think itās definitely a major selling point for both PS5 and Xbox Series X. I donāt have an X, but knowing from all the Digital Foundry watching Iāve done that itās equal or just slightly more powerful than PS5 at this point in time on delivered games (and thatās subjective since PS5 has some true exclusives like Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart that are both gorgeous and a true testament to the power of SSD), I can easily say that both consoles seem far behind what NVIDIA is doing with the 3080 and DLSS.
Yes, the cost is far more, but the performance is there, and specifically because you can run at 1440p and maintain 120fps or higher. Everything on screen is sharper. Field of view is wider, giving you an advantage over other players on the console platforms. My sniping is crisper on PC. Rendering never fails or slowly builds its way onto the screen, and yes, that still happens in PS5 Warzone from time to time.
In this case, itās a game that wasnāt built for PS5, so until we get to where games are specifically designed for the new consoles only we may not know how close they can get to a 3080, but right now today, they seem behind, farther behind than I expected. Lower resolution being upscaled to 4K with less graphics features enabled specifically shows it. Once you see an upscaled image on the consoles (or PC for that matter) and how much visual fidelity youāre losing, you will want more pixels with your excessive frames. I know I sure do!
All the above isnāt to say the consoles are a bad investment. I already have Demonās Souls, Astroās Playroom, and Ratchet & Clank to play on PS5 and marvel at. They are great games and may never be available anywhere else. Thatās why I will have Switch/PS5/PC as my gotos for this entire generation. However if money is no object or you just need one platform for most videogames, a well equipped PC is the right choice today in spite of the newfound power of PS5 and Series X. For the love of god, avoid Series S. The best deal if you have no discs for PS4 is definitely the all-digital PS5.
NVIDIA is just knocking it out of the park. I expect Nintendoās next system to be stellar if they stick with NVIDIA where Microsoft and Sony have not. Regardless, this is a new golden age of gaming IMO. SSDs alongside raw graphics horsepower are going to make the next ten years incredible. So keep the faith on those 30 series cards. Itās the right choice.
