[wmf]

PS5 had Zen 2 which was fairly new at the time. If PS6 targets 120 fps they'll want a CPU that's double the performance of Zen 2 per thread. You could definitely achieve this with ARM but I'm not sure how new of an ARM core you would need.

[t-3]

Is there a need to ever target 120 fps? Only the best-of-best eyes will even notice a slight difference from 60.

[MBCook]

Yes.

You say that, but you can absolutely notice. Motion is smoother, the picture is clearer (higher temporal resolution), and input latency is half what it is at 60.

Does every game need it? Absolutely not. But high-speed action games and driving games can definitely benefit. Maybe others. There’s a reason the PC world has been going nuts with frame rates for years.

We have 120 fps on consoles today on a few games. They either have to significantly cut back (detail, down to 1080p, etc) or are simpler to begin with (Ori, Prince of Persia). But it’s a great experience.

[smolder]

My eyes are not best-of-best but the difference between 60 and 120hz in something first-person is dramatic and obvious. It depends on the content but there are many such games for consoles. Your claim that it's "slight" is one that only gets repeated by people who haven't seen the difference.

[t-3]

Honestly, I can't even tell the difference between 30 and 60. Maybe I'm not playing the right games or something but I never notice framerate at all unless it's less than 10-20 or so.

[smolder]

I would guess it's partly the games you play not having a lot of fast motion and maybe partly that you're not really looking for it.

[wmf]

I don't think my TV can display 120 fps and I'm not buying a new one. But they promise 4K 60 (with upscaling) on the PS5 Pro, so they have to have something beyond that for PS6.

[MBCook]

They have 120 today, it’s just not used much.

Even if people stick to 4K 60, which I suspect they will, the additional power means higher detail and more enemies on screen and better ray tracing.

I think of the difference between the PlayStation three games that could run at 1080 and PS4 games at 1080. Or PS4 Pro and PS5 at 4k or even 1440p.