PS5 Pro’s $700 Price Tag: Worth It for Exclusive Ray Tracing Tech?

PC gamers, meet your new frenemy: the PS5 Pro. With exclusive AMD ray tracing tech not seen in even the mightiest RX 7900 XTX, Sony’s console might just make you rethink that $700 price tag. Mark Cerny teases next-gen features that could set new standards,…

Hot Take:

PS5 Pro: For $700, you could be the proud owner of a console that makes PC gamers green with envy. Move over, RX 7900 XTX, there’s a new sheriff in town, and it’s packing heat only seen in sci-fi movies. Welcome to the future, folks — prepare to ray trace your way to glory!

Key Points:

  • PS5 Pro priced at $700, features advanced ray tracing tech exclusive to Sony.
  • According to Mark Cerny, the PS5 Pro’s ray tracing capabilities are not yet available in even the most powerful AMD GPUs.
  • PS5 Pro’s GPU is about 1.67x faster than the base PS5, potentially using RDNA 3 architecture with new feature sets.
  • Sony claims the new ray tracing features are part of AMD’s next-gen updates, likely tied to RDNA 4 GPUs.
  • Release date for the PS5 Pro is set for November 7.

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