Returnal PS5 Pro Upgrade Tested - A 2.5x Res Boost, But What Else Does it Do?

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Returnal (2021)
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A surprise update has landed for developer Housemarque's unique PS5 roguelike- bestowing PS5 Pro owners with a nifty resolution boost up to 1728p. The upgrade in image quality speaks for itself, directly translating the Pro hardware's higher GPU clocks to a greater pixel throughput in each frame. But what's the impact to performance - if any - and are there any other changes?

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00:00 Introduction
01:34 PS5 Pro Res Boost Explained/Comparisons
05:30 Other Possible Upgrades
06:28 Base PS5 Frame-Rate Revisited
07:48 PS5 Pro Frame-Rate Tests
10:15 Conclusion



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