Can anyone confirm if this Randomly Random dude in Resetera is legit??? Does he have any history?
I don't know about his history, but I don't think you can go around posting stuff like this on Era if you're not vetted or willing to go through the vetting process after the fact. Plus, knowing that the devkits have been in the hands of most major third-party devs for a few weeks now, it was just a matter of time before what reads like legit information would start to leak out.
So, if true, then the news regarding the GPU clock frequency are a big disappointment. We were expecting an increase over the PS5 in that regard, but we're actually getting a downgrade, which means an embarrasing raw TF count just 20% higher than that of the Series X. Not even a miserable 50% improvement over the PS5. I guess we'll have to cross our fingers and hope that AMD's dual-issue computing is able to get close in terms of real world performance to the TF counts it promises considering the fixed and highly optimizable nature of console hardware. I'm also negatively surprised by the low amount of CPU cache - pathetic numbers.
Now onto the positives. I'm glad that they've seemingly incorporated an AI module to aid image reconstruction techniques as well as RDNA 4's RT advancements plus Cerny's RT secret sauce from that much-discussed patent. The 56CU active count is also an interesting revelation, since most of us were expecting a 54CU setup.
September 2024 reveal though... I know it is a similar timeline as with the PS4 Pro (September reveal, November launch), but I wish it was sooner. It'd be cool if the announcement happened within the context of a PS Showcase and we saw the next Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Sucker Punch and Firesprite games all running on the PS5 Pro.