The week before, the PS5 received the biggest update since its launch. Among the different novelties is, for example, the possibility of expand SSD storage via M.2 slot. However the update It is also accompanied by a small surprise that went unnoticed by the vast majority. In fact, Sony never mentioned it. We are talking about a slight jump in performance when running certain games.
On Digital Foundry, the portal specialized in technical analysis of video game hardware and software, discovered that the PS5 offers a better performance in titles like Control and Devil May Cry 5. Of course, do not expect the difference to be too significant, because the maximum improvement is just one 3%. According to the aforementioned media, this percentage impacts at times where Ray Tracing intervenes in the aforementioned games.
“In very select settings, it seems that all PlayStation 5 they work faster than before with this new firmware. Just a couple of percentage points, I think the maximum is 3%, but it can have a margin of error of 1%, “said Richard Leadbetter. The aforementioned highlighted” all PlayStation 5 “because, as you surely know, Sony recently released A review This model, already available in stores, weighs less because it integrates a smaller heatsink.
DigitalFoundry explains that these unexpected changes were identified from the firmware 2.0 beta, however, Sony kept them in the final version of the update. Now, since it is a minor increase, most likely many players don’t even notice
In the past, prior to the launch of the PS5, Sony anticipated that it was able to change the behavior of certain components through updates. At the time they talked about fan speed, which could be adjusted in the future if the games required it. And it is that, as it happened in previous generations, the titles that will truly take advantage of the hardware next-gen they will arrive, hopefully, starting in 2023.
