Sony’s Playstation 5 should have a futuristic effect, and this is particularly possible with the new controller. Small inconsistencies, however, tarnish the overall impression.

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Daniel Herbig Alexander Spier Michael Wieczorek Playstation 5 in the test: Sci-Fi made of plastic Magnet for scratches and fingerprints Quiet gaming Not hotter than 60 Degree Fleet, but small SSD Old games, new games Trend-setting gamepad Conclusion Table The start of a new Playstation also marks the beginning of a new era: Because the Playstation sells better than other consoles, it sets the tone for many game developers – and indirectly affects the console competition from Microsoft and Nintendo as well on gaming PCs. With powerful hardware and a fast SSD, the Playstation 5 gives developers more leeway for graphics and world design. But the most surprising innovation is in your hand: The Dualsense gamepad sucks us into the game with its outstanding force feedback better than other controllers.

It was seven years ago that the Playstation 4 was released, The technically pimped up Playstation 4 Pro is also four years old. The technical upgrade that the PS5 received compared to its predecessors is correspondingly large. The manufacturer Sony has installed eight Zen-2 cores from AMD, which clock at a maximum of 3.5 GHz. The combination processor also has an RDNA-2 GPU with ray tracing cores. 36 active Compute Units clock with up to 2230 Mhz, which is a computing power of 10, equivalent to 3 teraflops – a little less than that 12 Xbox Series X teraflops.

Magnet for scratches and fingerprints This hardware power needs space: The Playstation 5 is 39 Centimeters high and in the 500 Euro expensive version with UHD Blu-ray drive 10 Centimeters thick. The digital edition that works without a drive and 400 costs euros, is still 9 centimeters thick. Both variants come with a stand, for which you should calculate another 2 centimeters. The PS5 can be placed or placed, the stand works in both orientations – but when lying down it cannot be screwed tight. Access to all contents of heise + exclusive tests, advice & background: independent, critically sound c’t, iX, Technology Review, Mac & i, Make, c’t read photography directly in the browser register once – read on all devices – can be canceled monthly first month free, then monthly 9, 95 € Weekly newsletter with personal reading recommendations from the editor-in-chief FREE- Start month Start FREE month now Already subscribed to heise +?

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