Tesla Model S offers gaming at PS5 level
Elon Musk has something for everyone who has not yet managed to get a Sony Playstation 5 – the new Tesla Model S. A cyberpunk demo shows that its graphics performance comes close to that of the PS5.
At the beginning of the year, Tesla technoking Elon Musk had indicated that the new Model S would be able to carry out Cyberpunk 2077. On the occasion of the presentation of the new model, he has now presented the “PS5 level performance” of the on-board graphics.
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A Tesla-branded controller. Paul Spivak (Reddit)
“There has never been a car with the latest computer technology and state-of-the-art infotainment that is literally on par with a Playstation 5,” said Musk during the demo. “That is actually PS5-level performance. It can handle cyberpunk. With 60 FPS it offers the state of the art in gaming. “
This is not surprising given that AMD announced last week that it would be the technology partner for the new infotainment system in Tesla’s Model S and Model X. The computing power will move to a little over ten teraflops. A Ryzen CPU is used, which is supported by one of the new RDNA2 GPU chips. The latest generation of consoles run on a similar technical basis.
With the Tesla, however, the full teraflops will not be available purely for gaming performance. After all, all other on-board functions also want to have their share of the computing power.
The Tesla controller. (Picture: Paul Spivak / Reddit)
To back up the full-bodied announcements, Musk showed off a brief demo of Cyberpunk 2077 running at high frame rates on the $ 130,000 Model S Plaid. A controller based on the new steering wheel of the Tesla was also on display. That seems to have only been used for decoration purposes. The game was controlled on the Tesla system via an Xbox controller.
For those of you who are wondering why you should need PS5-level gaming performance in your car, Elon Musk gives the following answer: “When you think about the future, when the car will often be used in autopilot or fully self-driving mode , entertainment is becoming more and more important. ”We’ll have to see whether we can actually play calmly in the car at 130 kilometers per hour.
