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New AMD Desktop Roadmap - No SR for FX in 2014

My board doesn't support AM+ Unfortunately, at least I don't think so anyway, its a Gigabyte 870A-UD3

From what I gather it only supports up to 6 cores, that's ok though I don't mind changing it as long as the RAM works
 
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Relentless81 said:
How reliable is this information? I don't want to buy an 8320/50 for myself at Christmas thinking its going to last me all of 2014 just for something to get announced/released a few months later
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It's not something I would worry about tbh.

AMD have Mantle coming and I'm pretty sure that if it meant showing the FX 8 chips as bad apples they would have done something about it.

The more I read about Mantle the more and more I realise that they're taking the load off the CPU as much as they can. That means games will purely lean on the GPU, making a new enthusiast CPU pretty pointless.

What AMD are doing IMO is removing the need for a massively powerful CPU and thus their existing ones make a great purchase.

Having tested all of the big games this year and seeing more than acceptable FPS counts I'm certainly not worried in the slightest that 2014 could leave me wanting on my CPU. In fact the more and more I look at things the more I just see this massive brick wall we have been heading toward for bloody ages.

The big technology race for enthusiasts is pretty much over now. Intel won, got their Blue Peter badge and have moved on to where the big money is - tablets. AMD are even making noises themselves.

However, what AMD are doing with Gaming Evolved is making sure that their hardware is good enough to run all of the latest games. They've got both consoles to help them toward the goal of sewing up gaming so if they're not rushing to get a CPU out with higher IPC that could take on the Intel chips in that department then I would see it as a sign that a FX 8 will be a safe bet for a while to come.
 
Thanks, very informative as was your thread on the 8320

I think I'm ready to go down the 8320/50 route for Christmas, I'm looking forward to it, my current Phenom 965 and motherboard will be 4 years old next March!
 
Relentless81 said:
My board doesn't support AM+ Unfortunately, at least I don't think so anyway, its a Gigabyte 870A-UD3

From what I gather it only supports up to 6 cores, that's ok though I don't mind changing it as long as the RAM works
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http://www.gigabyte.com/support-dow...3CD9676F5709861414F0&s=Socket AM3+&cs=AMD 870

According to that your board supports the 8320..



Just make sure your board is a 3.1 PCB.

Edit. My bad. It says it supports the 8120 not the 8320. I would imagine it's 4+1 VRMs then.
 
I honestly don't mind swapping out the board as I want decent on board sound next time around, how can I check if my RAM will be compatible or is it the case all DDR3 is fine? As its been 4 years I'm rusty!
 
Yeah, don't bother at all with Bulldozer.

You can get decent AM3+ boards for about £60, but if you want to run an 8320 overclocked well, you're looking at £80-£150 depending on features.

If your RAM is DDR3 it'll work, but ideally you want 1600-2400MHz RAM.
 
Really appreciate you taking the time to post the links but I have a preference toward Gigabyte for parts where possible

I just downloaded CPUZ but the NB and DRAM figures don't make sense to me
 
There aren't any good overclocking Gigabyte boards under £100, and the ones over are not as good as the Asus ones. You won't find many FX users who recommend Gigabyte unfortunately.
 
Now I remember you have to x2 the DRAM, so I only have 1333 memory, just tried it at 1600 and PC wouldn't boot :(

I'm open to suggestions if that's the case on the motherboard, brand preference is not always a good thing
 
It may be that your current CPU can't handle 1600MHz. The modules may have the speed printed on them. Running an 8320 with 1333MHz RAM will definitely slow games down a bit but it would work if you wanted to leave it a bit.

As for motherboards, those are the only two I'd consider with a budget of £100. None of the others will overclock well above ~4.3GHz, and some won't even overclock at all.
 
Ok cool, I'll somehow have to figure what speeds my RAM is capable of

I can up the budget a bit if I definitely don't need RAM and I'll take a closer look at the Asus models you posted
 
If I were buying a new system now, for a lower budget build I'd get either of those boards (£80-£100), 8320 and a good £30 cooler, which should give an easy 4.5GHz, maybe a little bit higher. For a higher end build, Asus Sabertooth (~£130), 8320, and AIO water or high end air cooler, for 4.8-5GHz.
 
I wonder if we will be running into CPU bottlenecks in the next two years after intel slows down their CPU development even more.

Or are we running into mantle-type optimizations that make the CPU obsolete for gaming.

Doesn't look good for consumers. Luckily my CPU will last me for years with single-GPU solutions.
 
Wonder how much of their resources are going towards APU development, is it possible that in a couple of years they are able to be positioned as a high end offering?

Perhaps in a way of streamlining the companies efforts on this front.
 
There's a limit to how much they can stick on the chip when it needs several cores and the GPU too (like no L3 cache).
 
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