Your PS5 Pro may not run GTA 6 at 60fps

Details about the PS5 Pro continue to leak out everywhere, as we recently learned that it will likely target a console Holiday 2024 release window and it will apparently contain “PlayStation Ultra HD Spectrogram“Whatever that is. While the headlines say this is it.”The most powerful console yet“, we might want to tone down that language, e.g Digital Foundry He thinks the PS5 Pro may not be “professional” after all, at least when it comes to running what is arguably next year's biggest game.

He speaks on the March 19 episode of DF Direct, as spotted by him IGN, Digital Foundry Founder Rich Leadbetter analyzed the reported specifications of the PS5 Pro. The console's CPU is essentially identical to that of the base version, and they both sport Octa-core 16-thread Zen 2 processor With clock speeds up to 3.5GHz. The only difference here is that the PS5 Pro's CPU has a “CPU High Frequency Mode,” allowing the chip to boost its performance by 10 percent, to 3.85 GHz. There are some other notable differences between the two consoles, such as the PS5 Pro having 33.5 teraflops versus the PS5's 10.28 teraflops, but when it comes to producing better frame rates, the similarities in performance between the two CPUs have raised some concerns among savvy folks at Digital Foundry.

“Games that target 30fps right now won't target 60fps on PlayStation 5 Pro if they're CPU limited,” Leadbetter said of the console's performance. “So, you know, all the guesswork of, ‘Hey, this would be a great box for Grand theft auto 6. You'll be able to run this at 60fps. Unless there's some magical CPU stuff done by Rockstar, I suggest this won't happen. Extra 10 percent on the clock [speed] It won't do much at all. This will help you get the worst possible frame rates when you're CPU limited, but it's not a game-changer. “I think that's pretty clear.”

according to Digital FoundryHowever, the impact of the PS5 Pro's high processing power on actual game performance may not be that impressive. They said the system might make a console gamer considering a move to PC gaming think twice about the switch, but the incremental improvement to the base PS5's CPU performance probably won't tempt the owner of the current model to make the upgrade.

However, the PS5 Pro's improved hardware isn't without benefits. with Sony's proprietary PlayStation Spectral Supersolution upscaling technologyThe console will be able to display games at 4K resolution, with support for 8K and higher resolutions possible thanks to machine learning. But it seems that the timing of the console release is not right Sony won't release any “new existing major franchise” games until 2025. Until the company can showcase the “killer app,” something that makes the PS5 Pro look like a necessary upgrade, the console feels like a “nice-to-have.”

Kotaku I have reached out to Sony for comment.

With the lid on the PS5 Pro jar seemingly ripped off (although Sony has yet to officially confirm its existence, let alone the veracity of the reported specifications), the console maker is now reportedly trying to figure out how it happened. like Gizmodo Reported on March 19, the company It opened an internal investigation into the leaks To find the source of precipitation.