The highly anticipated PS5 Pro could show very good performance, if we are to believe AMD’s technical director. He recently shared some pretty juicy information on the subject.
More broadly, AMD-branded gaming hardware, including the PS5 Pro, should soon experience a definite technological leap. Let’s see what awaits Sony’s next console, among other products powered by Team Rouge.
A PS5 Pro that should deserve its name
We’ve been hearing everything and everything to the contrary for months about the PS5 Pro expected this year. Sometimes overpowering, sometimes not enough, we will be sure when official information is shared. As such, a particularly credible lead has recently emerged. At the No Priors YouTube channel, Mark Papermaster, technical director at AMD, answered a few questions. Among these, the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into Team Rouge products.
In addition to the graphics cards, the infrastructure of the PS5 (and therefore the PS5 Pro) is precisely powered by an AMD chip. As such, Sony’s next console will be able to benefit from the benefits of AI to benefit from better performance. In this area, AMD is lagging behind NVIDIA and DLSS, its AI-powered upscaling technology. 2024, however, is an opportunity for AMD to catch up, for the greatest benefit of gamers. The surprise had also been revealed before its time following the terrible major hack against Insomniac Games.
AI at the service of video games, for better or for worse
The PS5 Pro will therefore benefit from AMD’s advances in the field of upscaling using artificial intelligence to display better fluidity. On paper, this would allow Performance modes in particular to maintain a framerate of 60 fps with better quality resolution. A certain FF7 Rebirth would have needed it, its technical results on this point not being very good. However, a patch should be deployed shortly on this subject.
For the magic of AI to work on the PS5 Pro, this will go through the graphics chip, or the GPU for short. The Viola APU that the console should carry does not in fact have an NPU. Some concessions will therefore have to be made by Sony for upscaling via AMD machine-learning to fulfill its role. Head to the PS6 to give more room to AI (preferably in its best aspects)?