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Ryzen "2" ?
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Soldato
Buy it now, buy the Ryzen 3700X next year, sell the 2700X.
Soldato
I would agree, but with talk of new mobos coming with PCIE 4.0 and various bits, I think I'm happy to wait and buy it all at once on the newer chipset to be honest.
Soldato
Fair enough. Personally I can't think of any new feature that could be added to a chipset that's worth waiting for, and unless there's some crazy element in the PCI-E 4 spec that would make existing motherboards electrically incompatible, you'll get PCI-E 4 with the new CPUs. Just like Sandy and Ivy Bridge.
Soldato
Tempted to sell up and give the 2700x a whirl. What memory speeds are people hitting now with a decent board and fast ram?
Soldato
Yeah you are probably right, but I figured I'm not desperate to upgrade, so I can just put some money aside until Zen 2 comes out and do a pretty hefty upgrade
Caporegime
That is my plan currently. My question is do I go for 16gb or 32?Yeah you are probably right, but I figured I'm not desperate to upgrade, so I can just put some money aside until Zen 2 comes out and do a pretty hefty upgrade
I went for 16gb on my current build over 5 years ago and in all that time only in a handful of situations have I seen it even go over 8gb usage, though I admit I don’t monitor this often.
Will probably go 16gb again and if ever needed go 32gb later.
Soldato
I'm on 16gb too, unless ddr4 prices drop significantly in the next 6 months I'll be running 16gb again, which is plenty for me, I rarely see above 10gb usage
Soldato
Huh.
Current Ryzen support FMA4, but is hidden from the OS.
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/f...ddenbut-is-working-on-amd-zen-processors.html
Current Ryzen support FMA4, but is hidden from the OS.
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/f...ddenbut-is-working-on-amd-zen-processors.html
Caporegime
I read they will drop, but I doubt it will be significantly. Not significant enough for me to say screw it, I will go 32gb instead of 16gb anyway. Just seems like a waste of money.
Soldato
It is a waste yes. Many years ago people were buying 16GB when 8GB was the norm because it was cheap enough to do so. I would rather put the money into SSD space or something though.
Caporegime
That is exactly why I went with 16gb as it was cheap. I will put the money saved towards going nvme ssd. Will go 1tb this time as games are really getting huge. Final Fantasy 15 with 4K textures is over 150gb!
Soldato
As a 2700x owner is there anything in the Ryzen master software I am missing out on by not having it installed?
Caporegime
no, its just an overclocking tool, overclocking works best from the bios.
Soldato
Take this with a grain of salt:
https://twitter.com/BitsAndChipsEng/status/1052194745647165441
So Zen 2 has a 13% IPC increase in scientific tasks?
https://twitter.com/BitsAndChipsEng/status/1052194745647165441
So Zen 2 has a 13% IPC increase in scientific tasks?
Nice if true, like to know what the Mhz increase if any is too.
Soldato
Staying away from the train, but if that is true and representative of wider performance boosts, and they get a small clock boost as well, that'd be some nice numbers, potentially 20%+ over Zen+/Ryzen 2XXX.
If that translates to game performance boosts in CPU limited scenarios and max framerates, then Intel's lead in this area is going to slim substantially; we'll see.
130 FPS -> 156 FPS for example...
That'd pretty much be up there with the best sort of leads Intel currently get.
Would be a very fun time for us enthusiasts if theres actually a decent clock speed boost vs older generation rather than minimal boost also.
If that translates to game performance boosts in CPU limited scenarios and max framerates, then Intel's lead in this area is going to slim substantially; we'll see.
130 FPS -> 156 FPS for example...
That'd pretty much be up there with the best sort of leads Intel currently get.
Would be a very fun time for us enthusiasts if theres actually a decent clock speed boost vs older generation rather than minimal boost also.
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Soldato
Think about what you posted ?............................................if the IPC increase is the 13% posted.........................then it really dosn't matter a toss what the Mhz increase may or may not be, it will just do the job.
I hate youtube algorithm, all of level1 tech hidden from my subscription feed simply because I didnt view any of their videos for a month so I missed his content, and now I watched this video they all popped up. He is one of the better journalists imo.