{"id":196202,"date":"2024-09-15T05:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/sony-says-the-ps5-pro-uses-next-gen-amd-ray-tracing-tech-likely-rdna-4"},"modified":"2024-09-15T05:27:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T10:27:01","slug":"sony-says-the-ps5-pro-uses-next-gen-amd-ray-tracing-tech-likely-rdna-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/sony-says-the-ps5-pro-uses-next-gen-amd-ray-tracing-tech-likely-rdna-4","title":{"rendered":"Sony says the PS5 Pro uses next-gen AMD ray tracing tech \u2014 likely RDNA 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bu0NA6CnkjY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Something to look forward to: Improved ray tracing performance is one of the key benefits of Sony\u2019s newly unveiled PlayStation 5 Pro console. Prior to its debut, rumors had long suggested that the mid-generation refresh would incorporate ray tracing technology based on AMD\u2019s upcoming RDNA 4 GPU architecture. Recent comments from PlayStation designer Mark Cerny have all but confirmed these theories.<\/p>\n<p>In a detailed interview with CNET following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/104664-sony-playstation-5-pro-now-official-700-launching.html\">reveal<\/a> of Sony\u2019s PlayStation 5 Pro console, designer Mark Cerny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/exclusive-hands-on-i-played-sonys-all-new-ps5-pro\/\">confirmed<\/a> rumors that the device\u2019s ray tracing capabilities are built on an architecture not yet available in AMD\u2019s PC graphics cards. While Cerny didn\u2019t explicitly name RDNA 4, no other viable candidates are known.<\/p>\n<p>Cerny explained that the PS5 Pro leverages new ray tracing feature sets developed by hardware partner AMD for the next stage of its roadmap. Reports earlier this year suggested that RDNA 4 GPUs, expected to launch in 2025, will significantly enhance ray tracing performance compared to RDNA 3, and especially to the RDNA 2 chips that power the original PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something to look forward to: Improved ray tracing performance is one of the key benefits of Sony\u2019s newly unveiled PlayStation 5 Pro console. Prior to its debut, rumors had long suggested that the mid-generation refresh would incorporate ray tracing technology based on AMD\u2019s upcoming RDNA 4 GPU architecture. Recent comments from PlayStation designer Mark Cerny [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}