Ryzen

[Mercutio]

It seems that we'll be seeing RDNA 4 and at least the higher-end Zen 5 X3D devices in January. AMD released its plans for CES today and it sounds like everything they have for next year is on that list.

Edit: forgot the important linky part.

 

[LunarMist]

What is the meaning of that RDNA? Is it like rDNA, e.g., the 16S rRNA we used in the 2000s to determine the species?

 

[Mercutio]

I think it's just Radeon DNA. I'm not sure what part of that is the deoxyribonucleaic acid part, but I'm not a marketing guy.

 

[Santilli]

Should I let AMD software have access to my location? I need your advice. My first instinct aft reading their useage is it's a bunch of garbage designed to have you give them your personal information??? Suggestions???? Is there any real benefit to the software?

 

[LunarMist]

No.

 

[Mercutio]

It's just asking to grab more telemetry. I can't think of a reason to allow that either.

 

[Santilli]

Thank you both.

 

[LunarMist]

The 9800X3D] looks excessively good for the gamers. I wonder if the 9950X3D will be any good?

 

[Mercutio]

Everything about X3D is optimized for gaming. If your needs don't line up with small and extremely low-latency I/O tasks, I doubt you're going to get anything really interesting out of the new parts. The best case is probably that they're the same speed as the xxxxX versions, but that hasn't been true in previous generations, either.

 

[Mercutio]

I finally had an excuse to buy and use a 5700X3D in a build, as a drop in upgrade for a 2700X. I've had the CPU for a while, just no reason to do anything with it.

The promise of AM4 is real. I think it's about 60% faster than the old CPU and it's working well on an x370 motherboard, keeping up with my 7600X for eSports games and the same GTX 1080 installed.

I realize a 7600X isn't exactly high end, but I spent $160 to effectively make a new PC vs the $200 just to move to AM5/DDR5 and before I get a CPU is a pretty solid bargain.

I guess they're $180 when they aren't on sale. Still a great deal. Goddamn.

 

[Mercutio]

This guy just posted a 75 minute explanation of what all the advanced DRAM timing settings on Ryzen motherboards do, just in case anyone else has some hope of ever getting all four of their DIMMs to work some day.