Best Video Game Consoles in the UK

The Sony company managed to develop the most powerful gaming console as of today, which offers the support of such cutting-edge technologies as HDR and 4К resolution output. The new console is a modified Sony PlayStation 4 model, though its title has a “Pro” suffix.  This suffix indicates the use of a new more powerful hardware, which offers a performance higher than that of a predecessor. The PlayStation 4 Pro integrates the most powerful console graphics subsystem available on the market today. The GPU with an impressive 4.20 TFLOPS of processing power opens the new possibilities for game developers in creating more visually sophisticated digital worlds and for gamers in indulging themselves in stunning gaming titles. The raw GPU power is backed up with the modern features support that’s why Sony PS4 Pro offers 4К video output both cabled and streamed and enables you to enjoy a smooth and detailed picture all the way. Using the reworked and optimised for the Pro model Netflix and YouTube video content services help you utilise the advanced capabilities of the Sony Playstation 4 Pro fully. Thus having connected your PS 4 Pro to a LED TV with a big screen that supports the 4К resolution and HDR standard that becomes very popular, you will experience the most technically advanced and visually riveting video gaming and videos watching to date. Another noticeable step in technical evolution that this gaming console by Sony has made is a significant frame rate increase in virtual reality experience, which makes gaming even more immersive. Cooperative gaming and user communication features were also enriched by the implementation of the Share Play feature that allows reassigning your gaming controller to another person, inviting your friend to your gaming session as a spectator and play PS titles without installing them to your console.

We use to say that there is always room for improvement. The Sony company, which produces a great number of digital devices and innovative gadgets is well aware of that. In the company’s opinion, the world famous Sony PlayStation 4 gaming console needed an upgrade both in design and features. The Sony PlayStation 4 Slim incarnation was produced to become a perfect balance of elegant, aesthetical shapes and powerful components that ensure a stable operation in any title developed for PS4. The slimmer PS4 variant runs even more silent and dissipates less heat, which is without a doubt to the credit of more elaborate arrangement of the internal elements and heatsinks. Reworking the console externals resulted in Sony’s discarding the glossy case elements, which were making fingerprints, dust and dirtying more conspicuous. So the refreshed and reshaped Play Station 4 Slim with its entire case in matte finish has much better resistance to dirtying. The support of the new HDR standard that offers more dynamic colour transitions in certain scenes and more overall contrast makes colours look more vivid and rich. Besides the slim gaming console version is fully compatible with the games and discs for a standard Play Station 4 edition, thus renewing the console does not require renewing your game collection. You can store your movies, music and other data on an external hard drive and get a quick access to them by connecting the drive to your PS 4 Slim, which frees the console onboard storage for gaming content.

The Microsoft corporation is famous not only for the Windows operating systems series but for their entering into gaming console market with the Xbox One model and their latest effort called Xbox One S. The renovations affected many aspects of the console and made it rather different from its previous version. The first aspect to consider is the size with the dimensions cut by 40 %, the power adapter was carried in the console case contrary to the external power adapter design for the Xbox One. The second important aspect that has changed is the maximum video out resolution, which was ramped up to the 4К. Thus you will have an optimal level of detail even with the modern large TV panels. This Microsoft gaming console comes with a gamepad, which visually does not differ from the one of the standard Xbox One. However, the new gamepad has got the Bluetooth support to second its standard wireless connection protocol. The Bluetooth support means that the new gamepad can be easily hooked to your PC or notebook, which widens the area of its application. The efficiency of internals cooling was also increased not without the help of introducing new grilles in the console case. Summing things up, with the Xbox One S your aesthetical feeling will be pleased and gaming performance requirements will be satisfied. Your personal gaming experience can be improved by using a pair of high-quality headphones for TV as games will sound more immersive and involving.

Microsoft Xbox One console is equipped with AMD Jaguar Accelerated Processing Unit analogous to that of PS4 but clocked at 1.75 GHz. The AMD Jaguar CPU consists of 2 quad-core modules with as many as eight cores. The GPU used for the Xbox One is 853 MHz AMD Radeon GCN chip, which is analogous to RADEON HD 7790 desktop GPU. The GPU and CPU are closely integrated and share 8 GB of DDR3 RAM with a bandwidth of 68.3 GB/s, 3 GB of which are reserved for the utility software and the operating system, and 5 GB are available for games. To further accelerate the system performance, the manufacturer decided to complement the Xbox One memory subsystem with a 32 MB eSRAM module, which has a memory bandwidth of 109 GB/s.

The Nintendo Wii U console is equipped with a tri-core IBM PowerPC 750 (Espresso), which is clocked at approximately 1.24 GHz. The CPU of the Wii U console operates with 2 GB of DDR3 RAM memory. The GPU used in this Nintendo console is AMD R600/700, clocked at approximately 550 MHz and with 32 MB of eDRAM cache memory. The GPU supports 3D video and images. The memory architecture of the Nintendo Wii console allows the Espresso CPU and Latte GPU to access both the main 2 GB DDR3 memory pool and the eDRAM cache memory on the GPU, thus boosting the overall system performance.