Silent Hill: Townfall compared on RTX 5080 and PS5 Pro with DLSS 4.5 and PSSR 2 in 4K

An in-depth comparative study of psychological horror films has been published online. Silent Hill: Townfall, in which graphics quality and performance were compared on a PlayStation 5 Pro console and a personal computer equipped with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card. Both versions were run and recorded in native 4K UHD resolution on the corresponding monitor. The PC version was powered by an eight-core processor. AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, an ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WIFI motherboard, 32 GB of GoodRam DDR5-6000 RAM with CL30 timings, a fast 2 TB Lexar SSD and an 850 W MSI MPG A850G PCIe 5.0 power supply.

On a personal computer, the game was rated at maximum graphics quality presets with NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 upscaling technology enabled in quality, while the PlayStation 5 Pro console ran in Performance mode using the proprietary PSSR 2 neural network upscaler. In close-up scenes of the character’s face, the combination of the GeForce RTX 5080 and Ryzen 7 9800X3D provided a frame rate of 91 FPS, while the Sony console maintained a frame rate of around 60 FPS.^{In demanding scenes with detailed asphalt and physically accurate reflections in puddles, the graphics card’s performance was 72 FPS, compared to around 60 FPS on the console..}

A comparative visual analysis revealed a significant advantage for the PC version in handling fine geometric elements, hair, clothing folds and reflections on wet surfaces, thanks to the superiority of the DLSS 4.5 algorithms over the initial integration of the PSSR 2 upscaler. NVIDIA’s algorithm demonstrates less noise and the absence of flickering of subpixels in distant scenes, while the PlayStation 5 Pro version provides frequency stability decent image quality at the cost of a slight reduction in microtexture clarity. The measurements confirm the project’s high technological standards on both platforms, with the flagship desktop system clearly surpassing them.