Over the course of the past week, we’ve posted a look at PS4 Pro launch title support and the debates of 60 vs. 30 FPS and 1080p vs. 4K, as well as our full review of Sony’s latest console. Now? It’s ...
Straight off the bat the biggest improvement that you’ll get by stuffing an SSD into your PS4 is improved loading times. Simply put, just about every game you own will load much faster from an SSD.
Tested has some interesting results for the world, where it has tested the PS4s internal HDD against a Samsung-built SSD, and a hybrid 1TB drive. Check out the video below. As you can see, the SSD isn ...
Long loading times are one of our biggest issues with current-gen consoles. Games are getting bigger, more complex, with ever-increasing levels of details in art assets - but the fundamental basis of ...
The hardware tinkerers at Tested installed three different hard drives in a PlayStation 4 to uncover the benefits of each. In the nine-minute video above, you'll see Tested pit the PS4's standard 500 ...
If you’ve played any game in the past few years then you’ll understand a harsh reality: load times are getting longer. As our gaming worlds got bigger, textures and geometry got more detailed, ...
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has a fancy SSD, but unless you can afford a $500 console—or the $700 Pro version—you’re stuck with agonizingly slow loading times on the PS4. However, all is not lost. I decided ...
Tested got its hands on a PS4 and switched out its standard 500GB hard drive for two new drives: a 250GB Samsung solid-state drive (SSD) for $175 and a 1TB Seagate hybrid drive (SSHD) for $110. Both ...
It was the straw that broke the camel's back. In testing Just Cause 3 on PS4 and Xbox One, we found ourselves slumped in front of our screens, waiting for interminably long load times to finally ...
The Seagate Game Drive External SSD for PS5 and PS4 is a solid but unspectacular external drive that offers premium build and performance, with a PlayStation-themed finish. The speeds on offer are ...
Compare the performance of Final Fantasy XIV on an SSD versus the PS4’s regular hard disk. Final Fantasy XIV is now available on the PlayStation 4 in the form of a beta. The game plays as well as you ...
One of the nice features about the PS4 that Sony added was a hard drive that is user serviceable. That means the user can easily change out the hard drive on the game console without voiding their ...