PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech

Re:PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech by suby on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:46PM (#22631553)

How can this be true? If I put the PS5 within a small enclosed case with a poor ability to dissipate heat, it should overheat / throttle down thus making the throttling variable, no?

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Re:PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech by phonon on Thursday March 19, 2020 @06:31PM (#22632441)

Apparently they have a really good cooling solution (which they haven't disclosed yet) so that even in a (almost) worst case scenario, developers can rely on the performance specs.

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Re:PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech by leetcrew on Thursday March 19, 2020 @06:51PM (#22632608)

if true, this is kind of sad. would it be so hard to make a "dev mode" where the device pretends to be severely thermally throttled, target that performance for development, and then let everyone who isn't a complete idiot enjoy the full performance of the hardware?

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Re:PlayStation 5: the specs and the tech by wmf on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:55PM (#22631635)

We're talking about running the hardware within its ambient spec. For example, PC turbo implementations might run faster at 10C than 20C ambient but the PS5 won't.

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