During Sony's Road to PS5 live stream event, they unveiled the next-generation console's design philosophy, as well as some key specs. All this equates to three main changes to the console: developing a custom SSD, updated CPU and GPU with additional features, and more immersive audio. As a result, Sony has upgraded both the CPU and GPU to an 8-core Zen 2 based processor and an RDNA2 based GPU with 36 CUs paired with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM. Aside from that, the PS5 will also come with a new geometry engine that handles vertices and triangles to optimize performance. While they did not unveil a targe resolution and frame rate for games, they did confirm that the PS5 will be backward compatible with games from both the PS4 and PS4 Pro. The PS5 will also come with the new Ray Tracing feature using the custom RDNA2 GPU's intersection engine. Sony PS5 Specs: 8-core Zen 2 based CPU @ 3.5GHz Geometry engine RDNA2 based GPU with 36 CUs, 10.28 TFLOPs 16GB GDDR6 RAM 825GB custom SSD Compatible with select HDDs and NVMe SSDs TEMPEST Engine When Sony started making noise about the PlayStation 5, gamers continue to question “should I wait for it?” “should I go for the PS4 Pro instead?” or “should I hang on to my good old PS4?” In this video, we enumerated the things we’re considering for the PS5 and see if you should really upgrade this Holiday 2020. Read more in our articles including "Sony unveils PS5 specs and features" and "WATCH: PlayStation 5 - Should you upgrade?".
During Sony's Road to PS5 live stream event, they unveiled the next-generation console's design philosophy, as well as some key specs. All this equates to three main changes to the console: developing a custom SSD, updated CPU and GPU with additional features, and more immersive audio.
As a result, Sony has upgraded both the CPU and GPU to an 8-core Zen 2 based processor and an RDNA2 based GPU with 36 CUs paired with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM. Aside from that, the PS5 will also come with a new geometry engine that handles vertices and triangles to optimize performance. While they did not unveil a targe resolution and frame rate for games, they did confirm that the PS5 will be backward compatible with games from both the PS4 and PS4 Pro.
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