I've heard conflicting rumours about this, suppose we'll see what they end up releasing.Samsung hasn't even launched the 990 pro which is bits flagship pcie4 drive, nevermind Gen 5. Samsung are slow
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I've heard conflicting rumours about this, suppose we'll see what they end up releasing.Samsung hasn't even launched the 990 pro which is bits flagship pcie4 drive, nevermind Gen 5. Samsung are slow
Capframex have done some testing too and just reported 7950x CCD0 frequency is much higher than CCD1. Metro exodus running single CCD got 176fps but with the chip running at stock only got 151fps. Presumably older lower spec chips will perform better in games than newer high core count chips
Seems mad to me that Intel bring out a KS version very soon after releasing the main chip. Very similar with Nvidia and the Supers etc.Think the only people that buy the KS are the fan boys
That's not the same thing though. The KS isn't new or revised silicon, it's just uber tier, exclusive binning that Intel will guarantee will hit the very top clocks. And will then charge a premium for that guarantee, something that only the hardcore overclockers or Intel fans will pay for. Plenty of people got KS-level clocks out of K parts (and often even going beyond) because they were lucky to get high-quality silicon, but the KS is a guarantee for the limited stock they will specifically bin.Seems mad to me that Intel bring out a KS version very soon after releasing the main chip. Very similar with Nvidia and the Supers etc.
The XT lineup was a noticeably different stepping, so arguably refined silicon that yielded the improved clocks. Intel's KS is just a K that's ben explicitly binned for the top clocks, and therefore sold at a premium because of the clock guarantee that comes with it.AMD chips are normally unlocked so the equivalent of k chips doesn't really exist, closest was probably the 3000 series xt chips that were slightly higher clocked version of the existing line up.
Would be interesting to see CPU perf. in a taxing region. See here: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...il-go-go-go-xd.18951023/page-38#post-35820151RTX 4090 only gets 40FPS-50FPS with DLSS off at 4K with Ray Tracing.
Added Intel run RTX 4090 7700X amd
Interesting. Especially the fact that you could end up with a better chip in the k than the ks if you get lucky.That's not the same thing though. The KS isn't new or revised silicon, it's just uber tier, exclusive binning that Intel will guarantee will hit the very top clocks. And will then charge a premium for that guarantee, something that only the hardcore overclockers or Intel fans will pay for. Plenty of people got KS-level clocks out of K parts (and often even going beyond) because they were lucky to get high-quality silicon, but the KS is a guarantee for the limited stock they will specifically bin.
It was the same with the 8086K. Nothing more than a highly binned 8700K that Intel could segment out for the anniversary, guarantee and extra margin, evidenced by the proportion of "regular" 8700K units that could match or beat the 8086K drastically dropping once the 8086K became a thing.