Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Tsushima on PS5 delivers a presentation roughly equivalent to PC's high settings preset, utilizing checkerboard rendering for image reconstruction. However, image quality exhibits noticeable TAA ghosting, and foliage draw distance is below PC's medium setting, leading to visible distant pop-in. In addition, cutscenes on PS5 remain locked at 30fps.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 5
Ghost of Tsushima on PS5 runs with visual settings largely equivalent to PC high settings, including shadow quality, screen-space reflections, and terrain quality. Its main visual drawbacks are checkerboard reconstruction artifacts, lower foliage LOD distance, and cutscenes locked to 30fps.
Higher Res Mode
PS5Employs checkerboard rendering with noticeable TAA-style ghosting. Foliage draw distance is lower than PC medium settings, though density is high and overall geometry matches PC high.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 4 Pro
PS4 Pro features two graphics modes both targeting 30fps: an 1800p Quality mode using checkerboard reconstruction and a native 1080p Frame-Rate mode. Frame-rate stability is practically identical between the two, making Quality mode the preferred setting for 4K displays.
Frame-Rate Mode
PS4 ProNative 1080p display output including UI and text.
Quality Mode
PS4 Pro3200x1800 image reconstructed for 4K displays using checkerboard rendering.
Graphics modes on PlayStation 4
Base PS4 delivers performance equivalent to the PS4 Pro Frame-Rate mode, running at native 1080p locked at 30fps. Environmental effects such as volumetric clouds, dynamic weather, and GPU particle simulation function well on standard hardware.
Standard Mode
PS4Operates at native 1080p resolution.
Known issues
The PS5 presentation exhibits TAA-style ghosting artifacts during motion compared to native or modern temporal reconstruction methods on PC.
Video analysis
Independent technical videos referenced in our analysis.
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What is the PSFoundry Performance Score of Ghost of Tsushima?
Ghost of Tsushima scores 68/100 on PS4 Pro. The Performance Score measures technical performance only — frame rate, image quality, graphics modes, visual features, responsiveness, loading and stability — not how good the game is.
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