AMD Zen, news and comments

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@cobito said in AMD Zen, news and comments:

This came out a few days ago and only tangentially touches on Zen, but here it goes. It seems that AMD is taking a very different policy with respect to Intel regarding sockets. In this entry from Overclock3d they tell us that with the Ryzen that came out in 2017, AMD committed to giving a long life to its AM4 socket. Remember that this socket came out in 2016 to house the Bristol Ridge APUs.

A few days ago they released the second generation of Ryzens that are still compatible with the boards for Zen that only need to update the BIOS. And it seems that they maintain that the socket will remain alive until 2020.

From that date, the arrival of PCIe 4-0 and DDR5 memory would force the company to release a new one. I think it is interesting this stance in contrast to the absurd changes that Intel has been making in recent years.

I think Intel has had moments where it has had too many Socket changes, although in other cases it will have been forced by technical issues. But it is true that after the “famous” 775 it has been a restless butt and it has been noticed that they wanted to make people change their boards.
AMD does it very well with AM4, but it also had its moment of fame with the Socket FM1,2,2+…but I think it is good news that they decide to maintain this socket until 2020 (as long as it does not hinder performance, of course).

I would love to get a Ryzen, but my current 4790K offers a lot of play and it cost me a significant amount of money to just throw myself into the pool for my current use.

Best regards!!

[Obione]

They are working on it in every way: performance, temperatures, platform longevity, and support. They are lending micros to update the BIOS with the G series, I don't know if they will do it with the new Ryzen, but there are updates for Ryzen+ that even support XFR, which works great with a 2700X, and you also get a cooler that works well.

Meanwhile, there are people unlocking/hacking Intel boards that demonstrate a RefritoPasePorCaja made in Intel.