PS5/PS5 Pro Reportedly Getting New Mode That Has Fans Excited
The leak comes from none other than YouTuber Moore's Law Is Dead (MLID), who was the first insider to leak the PS5 Pro and internal Sony documents with its specs, prompting an official copyright strike. Now, MLID claims that they have similar documents with information about the said low power developer mode.
Without going into too much technical jargon, it seems that this mode will run games with reduced specs. MLID is convinced that this mode is designed for games to run on the rumored new PlayStation handheld.
Here's what the low power mode will reportedly do (thanks, ResetEra):
Limit CPU to 8 threads
Reduces GPU clocks by ~15%
Cut GDDR 6 bandwidth in half
Reduce 3D Audio Processing performance by 75%
Limits PS5 Pro to 36 Compute Units
No PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) or VR support
The idea here is that targeting this mode mode will ensure that there is a version of each game that runs on the upcoming handheld as well.
Another known leaker, Kepler_L2, agrees with MLID's theory.
'This is 100% an emulated performance profile for the handheld since the biggest weakness of that APU is memory bandwidth, and this profile is reducing PS5 bandwidth,' they tweeted.
Fingers crossed for a new PlayStation handheld!
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