The short answer to the query whether the PS5 HDMI cable supports 120Hz refresh rate is a yes, PS5 DOES come with an HDMI cable that supports a 120Hz refresh rate. However, in order to understand the capability of the PS5’s HDMI cable and what resolution and refresh rates it can support, you need to understand how the HDMI interface works. You have to particularly pay attention to the different versions of the HDMI cable and also of the HDMI port and how it has evolved. PS5 comes with an HDMI 2.1 cable, also known as an Ultra High Speed…
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Whether PS5 needs an HDMI 2.1 port or cable in order to run 120Hz depends upon the RESOLUTION you wish to play your games at. In other words, if you wish to play games on a 120Hz (120 FPS) refresh rate monitor on FULL HD (1920×1080) resolution, then NO, you do need to have an HDMI 2.1 port on the monitor or an HDMI 2.1 cable. On the other hand, if you wish to play games on 120 Hz but on 4K resolution, then YES you do need to have an HDMI port on the monitor as well as an…
One of the first questions that come to your mind when you buy a shiny new PS5 is whether it will be compatible with your old TV or monitor which still conforms to the old HDMI standards. Fortunately, the simplest answer to the question “can you use PS5 with HDMI 1.4?” is a yes. You can use your PS5 with an HDMI 1.4 port or with an HDMI 1.4 cable. The only issue with interfacing PS5 with an HDMI 1.4 is that the output capability of the PS5 will be bottlenecked. The version PS5 offers is HDMI 2.1 and it…
When the next-gen consoles were just around the corner back in 2020, people had really high expectations many even believing that the consoles would support 8K resolution and stupendously high refresh rates. But that is obviously not the case. As far as the question “can PS5 run 4k 120FPS games?”, the answer is a Yes. Yes, PS5 has the support to run games at 4K resolution at 120FPS. However, the reality of the matter may not be too compelling. The reality of the matter is that there are only a handful of games that PS5 can run at 4K 120FPS…
GTA 5 needs no introduction. It was the game that actually defined the PS4 console generation – albeit it was originally released for PS3 with inferior graphics. So popular is this game, that it is impossible not to find players that still want to visit Los Santos on their shiny new PS5. This begs the burning question “can you play GTA 5 on PS5 with PS4 Disc?”. This is the good old question about backward compatibility. Fortunately, the answer to the question is a resounding yes. You CAN play GTA 5 on a PS5 with your old PS4 disc? The…
The short answer to the question “does PS5 support 240Hz refresh rate?” is a no. While PS5 does have an HDMI 2.1 interface, it is not designed to support anything higher than 120Hz. However, the longer answer is that the question can be looked at in two ways. If you are asking whether a 240Hz monitor or TV will be supported, then the answer is YES, PS5 WILL support a 240Hz monitor or TV so long as it supports 60Hz and 120Hz modes. If you are asking whether PS5 supports 240Hz refresh rate for 240 Frames Per Second gameplay, then…
Imagine being a home chef with a kitchen full of utensils and recipes, but you are told that you can’t cook using your old recipes anymore because of the new stove you have purchased. That would be absurd, right? And that is exactly how a gamer feels when they are told that a gaming console is not backward compatible. A gaming console without backward compatibility does nothing but disservice to a loyal fan base. So does PS5 really do justice to its old fan base in this regard? are PS5 backward compatible with PS4 and the older gen consoles? There…
The new generation PS5 comes with guarantees to support high resolution and frame rates so it’ll be a shame if you miss out on these. However, the investment needed to support PS5 on its max-rated specs i.e 4K resolution or 120 FPS (or both) can be way too high for an average Joe to afford. As far as the question “is PS5 worth it without 4K TV?”, the answer is affirmative, at least in my strong honest opinion. While you do not need to invest in a 4K TV immediately. The graphics fidelity on PS5 will be leaps and bounds…
The short answer to the question can PS5 run 4k 60FPS games is a yes. The longer version of the answer is that it depends upon the game as well as upon the in-game graphics mode selected. While technically PS5 has the capacity to support up to 4k @ 120FPS gaming, whether a certain game would support such high frame rates at such high resolution or not depends upon whether the developer has enabled support for these specs. As a rule of thumb, if a game is demanding and taxing on the PS5 hardware, the developer will either sacrifice resolution…
The jargon surrounding the HDMI interface can get quite confusing considering the fact that while all HDMI ports and cables look the same, they can be drastically different in terms of performance. PS5 natively supports HDMI 2.1 output. If you do not have a TV or a monitor with an HDMI 2.1, that would then beg the question “can you use PS5 without HDMI 2.1 input port”? The short answer is a yes, you can use PS5 without an HDMI 2.1 port on your TV or monitor. However, you may miss out on some of the featuring when using the…