The recent PS5 specs ‘leak’ is nonsense - here’s why
We’re not convinced…
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A recent PS5 ‘leak’ has apparently revealed the specs of the newestPlayStation 5dev kit - but we don’t believe it for a second.
An anonymous 4Chan user, who claims to work as a game tester at a third party studio,posteda list of specs that they claim are for the PS5’s second, and most recent, dev kit. But we’re not convinced.
Here are the specs that the poster claims the new PS5 dev kit has:
As well, as the Xbox Series X apparent specs:
We don’t think so…
4Chan is infamous for being unreliable. But, regardless of that, the specs themselves are pretty much nonsense andveryunlikely.
For a start, 18GB GDDR6 would essentially be a proprographics card. While the PS5 is going to be a powerhouse, we don’t think it’s going to be (or needs to be)thatpowerful. This is arguably more than any home console would need - even next gen.
In addition, the VRAM is much more than the PS5 would need. If there’s a split between video memory and system memory, like this leak seems to imply, 4GB isnot a lotand it would be an odd system to implement.
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That brings us on to theAMDZen 2 at 3.6GHz, which would basically be aRyzen 7 3700X. This would require alotof power and, in console form, is likely to get very hot - which goes against Sony’s aim for a moreeco-friendly console. Usually this could be combated in a gaming PC with a water cooling system but that’s almost definitely not going to be a feature with the PS5.
However, while most of these specs seem pretty unbelievable, the SSD specs are on par with what we would expect from the PS5 - very fast. This would make sense consideringSony’s aim to essentially do-away with loading times. There are also cores forray-tracingand3D audio, which are confirmed PS5 features.
These specs also line up with rumors that the Xbox Series X is more powerful than the PS5, although the PS5 will apparently beat it out when it comes to GPU.
Regardless of how many aspects line up, it’s likely a lot of these specs are educated guesses based on information Sony has previously released - and other rumors. Unsurprisingly, given how powerful the leak claims the next-gen consoles are and the source, we’re not convinced these are therealPS5 or Xbox Series X specs.
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