PlayStation 5 rumored to use 8-Core Ryzen CPU, cost $500

[Speed Weed]

Sources: 

https://www.techspot.com/news/77487-playstation-5-rumored-use-8-core-ryzen-cpu.html

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/playstation-5-psvr-2-on-the-way/

https://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/11/18/playstation_5_rumored_to_sport_ryzen_8core_cpu_cost_500

 

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Rumor mill: Does Sony’s reasons for skipping next year’s E3 include the PlayStation 5? That’s the rumor put forward by the same redditor who predicted the company’s decision, and they’ve also revealed some interesting alleged details about the upcoming console. 

On the same Reddit thread where they said Sony would avoid E3 before any official announcements were made, RuthenicCookie wrote about the long-rumored PlayStation 5. They claim it will be announced sometime in the middle of next year, with the full reveal coming at a later PlayStation Experience Event. The PS5 will then launch in either March or November 2020.

RuthenicCookie describes the PS5 as a monster, a “4K/60 stable and at the same time kinda monster,” adding that it features a Ryzen 8-core CPU, which aligns with previous rumors. Back in April, it was claimed that the console would also use a custom GPU based on AMD’s upcoming Navi architecture.

The Reddit user mentions that most developers already have PS5 dev kits—another rumor we heard earlier this year—and that the machine will cost $500 at launch. Games-wise, RuthenicCookie says three big upcoming PS4 titles—Death Stranding, The Last of Us Part II, and Ghost of Tsushima—will all be PS5 launch games. We still don’t know if backward compatibility will be present, but it seems a safe bet.

Additionally, the PlayStation VR is also getting a successor. The current version’s breaker box is being moved inside the console, while the PSVR2 will have a built-in camera. Moreover, new PlayStation Move controllers are in development. Sony is also said to be testing virtual reality gloves.

All this is just rumor, though RuthenicCookie’s previous accurate predictions do lend credence to the claims. They also called Bioware’s Anthem “a mess” in its current state, and said it will again be delayed, with the February 2019 launch date getting pushed back.

Hey, you know who this is? It's ya boy, Speed Weed. It is interesting to see Playstation consoles are catching up to the PC performance. Perhaps this could be a poor college gamers device for $500. 

[S w a t s o n]

 

[Cereal5]

7 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

either March or November

??? Not at all the close.

 

7 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

the console would also use a custom GPU based on AMD’s upcoming Navi architecture

No wonder we're waiting so long.

 

7 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

and that the machine will cost $500 at launch

That might be a pretty hard price to beat. But in 2 years, tech will have advanced even more, so maybe not by then. Guess we'll find out.

 

edit: You should work for a newspaper, your headline making skills are impeccable.

[GoldenLag]

Im guessing its Zen 1 and they re making the most out of it as Zen is plenty powerful for consoles

[Speed Weed]

2 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

 

No nothing about PS5. 

[S w a t s o n]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

Im guessing its Zen 1 and they re making the most out of it as Zen is plenty powerful for consoles

i dream about semi custom zen2 and navi apu, that would be some shit but not happening at $500

[S w a t s o n]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

No nothing about PS5. 

disagree

[Speed Weed]

1 minute ago, S w a t s o n said:

disagree

I don't see no quote regarding to the PS5 specs or any information about PS5 at all. 

[S w a t s o n]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

I don't see no quote regarding to the PS5 specs or any information about PS5 at all. 

yea let me just pull out the sony press release about the announcement for their new product that comes out in 2020

[GoldenLag]

6 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

i dream about semi custom zen2 and navi apu, that would be some shit but not happening at $500

Best case is 12nm but it unlikely as 12nm to me is a stop gap node and 14nm is going to be bulk forwards for a while. 

 

Heck i didnt even read the expected date of march 2020 and i still expect Zen 1 to be sold. 

[The Benjamins]

10 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Im guessing its Zen 1 and they re making the most out of it as Zen is plenty powerful for consoles

i would say atleast zen+, I can see why zen2 would not be used do to time line.

[Syntaxvgm]

that fan render looks terrible. 

[S w a t s o n]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Best case is 12nm but it unlikely as 12nm to me is a stop gap node and 14nm is going to be bulk forwards for a while. 

 

Heck i didnt even read the expected date of march 2020 and i still expect Zen 1 to be sold. 

 

1 minute ago, The Benjamins said:

i would say atleast zen+, I can see why zen2 would not be used do to time line.

Zen2 and Vega 7nm APU could be a real possibility actually but still too expensive for sony I think

[Nup]

I’d say it’ll be 14nm zen 1. There must be some  great value to be had there and may be at  globalfoundarie. And that’d still be a big jump from the current console cpus. 

[Lord Cluttermonkey]

I hope they'll focus more on the framerate this time around than those impossible to run 4k graphics. Even 60fps would make most games infinitely more playable

[Lord Cluttermonkey]

9 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

that fan render looks terrible. 

Every single leaked console render has looked terrible, thank god these leakers don't work on console design

[The Benjamins]

10 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

 

Zen2 and Vega 7nm APU could be a real possibility actually but still too expensive for sony I think

and the boost in CPU performance over last gen will still be huge.

[Rune]

what a cheap ass render

[Doobeedoo]

I knew it. I mean it was expected pretty much. Some didn't belives mebwhen I mentioned they'd go with 8 core. It completely makes sense so. 

[Syntaxvgm]

18 minutes ago, Lord Cluttermonkey said:

Every single leaked console render has looked terrible, thank god these leakers don't work on console design

 

7 minutes ago, Rune said:

what a cheap ass render

this is my favorite shitty fan render 

how tf is that supposed to work

[TimeOmnivore]

Cautiously looking forward to Sony's next console if it is indeed backwards compatible with the PS4. I would prefer if they would just stop locking games behind hardware, but that's unlikely to happen any time soon. Given that the only Sony consoles I've owned were the PS1 and PS2, it would be nice to be able to play PS4 games (and maybe PS3 remasters?) on updated hardware that would hopefully run the games better as well as whatever new games are on the horizon that will also be locked to Sony's hardware.

[The Benjamins]

37 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

 

this is my favorite shitty fan render 

 

how tf is that supposed to work

This is what would happen if marketing teams designed a product, they would expect the engineering team to some how make this magic work.

[Misanthrope]

(Addressing the article) Yeah yeah cool whatever: talk more about this "custom Navi gpu" since that's the part that's ultimately responsible for like 80% of the performance now that consoles are just conveniently packaged (and conveniently locked down) X86_64 rigs.

[goodtofufriday]

I REALLY hope sony isnt planning to hunker down with anything that is out currently. The cpu space is heating up and in 2 years what we have now wont be super relevent for gaming. 

 

Hopefully since zen architecture is backwards compatabile sony will be able to just drop in the reletively latest hardware at time of release. 

[Taf the Ghost]

1 hour ago, GoldenLag said:

Im guessing its Zen 1 and they re making the most out of it as Zen is plenty powerful for consoles

Navi is 7nm only, and the PS5 will be on 7nm. That's why it's coming out in 2020. They want silicon production costs to be down by then. The March window actually makes a lot of business sense, especially with Microsoft likely following on with Project Scarlett in Fall 2020.