GIGABYTE Claims AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSDs Are Faster on PS5 than PC

[Peter_Brosdahl]

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The PS5 made waves early on with its impressive load times. Once again, more waves are being made, but this time, they’re coming from GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE says that its AORUS NVME Gen4 SSDs are not only PS5 ready, but that they perform faster on the next-gen console than on PC.



The requirements for the PS5 expansion SSD were published back in July. A drive with 5,500MB/s or faster sequential read speed is recommended. The AORUS NVME Gen4 SSD has sequential read speeds of up to 5,000 MB/s, but the specifications also show that it has “up to 5,600 MB/s read speed on PS5 M.2 extension slot.” GIGABYTE hasn’t explained why the drive performs better the console.



PS5, we’re ready! It’s time to upgrade. AORUS...

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[Grimlakin]

What I don't get is HOW is it faster on the PS5? Does the PS5 have a special controller that takes over that function on the NVME. Or does it have the equivalent of some sort of 'storage coprocessor' that makes it faster only on a PS5.

That's like saying this motor makes 500 horsepower in a sports car chassis. But if you put it in a hot hatch it makes 560 horsepower. What the how?

 

[MadMummy76]

Yeah "faster" = you can't run a benchmark on the ps5 anyway so we can lie our hats off. When they say "up to" in the specifications you know they are full of ****.

 

[Grimlakin]

Yeah "faster" = you can't run a benchmark on the ps5 anyway so we can lie our hats off. When they say "up to" in the specifications you know they are full of ****.

The PS5 does a speed test and tells you if the drive is recommended or not. I think (but am not sure) it even displays the speed test results of the drive being tested.

 

[Brian_B]

What I don't get is HOW is it faster on the PS5? Does the PS5 have a special controller that takes over that function on the NVME. Or does it have the equivalent of some sort of 'storage coprocessor' that makes it faster only on a PS5.

That's like saying this motor makes 500 horsepower in a sports car chassis. But if you put it in a hot hatch it makes 560 horsepower. What the how?

Both the PS5 and XB have a special controller on the SOC. It doesn't go through a typical motherboard bridge iirc.