Anyone disappointed with AM5 X870 boards?

[hornetstinger]

You can get surround sound including a subwoofer channel from Optical, right?

You need surround decoding, on a AVR etc to get the .1 LFE channel.

 

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X870 boards became available a few days ago and all I can think is "meh". X670E boards are clearly the better buy and cheaper. 7000 is far more appealing than 9000. The ever increasing prices and lessening performance uplifts with each generation are starting to feel eerily familiar. It's almost like we're on the verge of the post-Conroe era all over again. The past ~7 years have been a competitive landscape but I fear that we are returning to another innovation crawl; especially should Intel's upcoming CPUs also be datacentre-focused with a mediocre performance increase for consumers and gamers.

What's everyone's thoughts?

I have just purchased Asus ROG Strix X870E-E GAMING WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard which is an upgrade on Asus Prime X670E-Pro WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard I had since new. Not expecting a massive step up in performance but when the new AM5 3D CPUs arrive I will upgrade that part too.