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Model S Plaid 'more powerful than a PS5'

The infotainment system inside a Tesla Model S is now as powerful as a PlayStation 5, according to company chief executive, Elon Musk, speaking at a public launch of the Model S Plaid. 

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Tesla does, of course, have form in this area, having already shown off a 10 TFLOP in-car rig, but with no specifics beyond that. The new system’s CPU has not yet been revealed, but the game recommends an i7-4790 or Ryzen 3 3200G, so it’s clearly going to be a much better spec than either of those. 

Also visible at the event was a Tesla-branded game controller, with sticks in a PlayStation configuration. A standard Xbox One pad was also spotted sitting on the passenger side of the car’s fascia.

The Tesla Model S Plaid is on sale now, starting from $122,990.

Ian Evenden
Ian Evenden
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Ian Evenden is a UK-based news writer for Tom’s Hardware US. He’ll write about anything, but stories about Raspberry Pi and DIY robots seem to find their way to him.

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  • USAFRet
    but what’s really important is that in-car computer, which was shown running Cyberpunk 2077, with Musk commenting that the game can run at 60 fps

    I sincerely hope that when the fool doing this crashes, they are the only person involved.
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  • -Fran-
    USAFRet said:
    but what’s really important is that in-car computer, which was shown running Cyberpunk 2077, with Musk commenting that the game can run at 60 fps

    I sincerely hope that when the fool doing this crashes, they are the only person involved.
    Imagine someone playing Carmaggedon and getting pulled over. I wonder what face the police officer would make...

    Wait, would the car even notice the police? o.O

    Clearly the driver wouldn't... Too busy playing Carmaggedon!

    Regards.
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  • Flemkopf
    The Tesla Model S Plaid is on sale now, starting from $122,990.

    Ouch! And you can bet that they're going to be selling that on a seven year loan, so most people are going to be spending a lot more than that over the lifetime of that loan. I know it's being billed as a luxury car competing with Porsche and the like, but wow that hurts even thinking about it.
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  • danlw
    Great... Now all the scalpers will buy them up and resell them for 2.5x MSRP...
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  • jkflipflop98
    Flemkopf said:
    Ouch! And you can bet that they're going to be selling that on a seven year loan, so most people are going to be spending a lot more than that over the lifetime of that loan. I know it's being billed as a luxury car competing with Porsche and the like, but wow that hurts even thinking about it.

    I mean, it's the fastest 0-100 car on the planet. The fact that you're getting it for <$130k is actually a steal. And to some people $130k is pocket change that they blow in Vegas over a single weekend.
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  • terminator3
    How would cops react to someone playing any of the Need for Speed, Gran Turismo or GTA games?
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  • USAFRet
    terminator3 said:
    How would cops react to someone playing any of the Need for Speed, Gran Turismo or GTA games?
    Just like someone playing Minesweeper.
    Distracted Driving.

    And if a crash is involved, I hope someone is going to jail.
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