AMD - Zen chitchat

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Originally Posted by Terbinator

From my own perspective, it'd be nice if Zen2+ is AM4 so I can pick up a 16 core (or more?) monster down the line and replace the 5800X I have for 'cheap'.

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Those are my thoughts exactly, I'm not holding out hope but it sure would be nice to pick up a cheapish 16+ core end of line CPU in a few years time.

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Originally Posted by Corky34

So with the refresh of Zen 3 confirmed now what are peoples thoughts on the socket it's going to be using, i wouldn't have thought the 3DV Cache would necessitate a new socket but if it supports DDR5 then they'll probably change to a new socket while changing RAM slots, question is will DDR5 be (consumer) market ready in the next 5 months.

Would be nice to squeeze one more CPU into AM4, especially one with a claimed a 15% gaming performance uplift.

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My Guess is sticking the 3d V cache on die makes more memory bandwidth less important. i.e. no need for a new Socket with DDR5

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Originally Posted by badass

My Guess is sticking the 3d V cache on die makes more memory bandwidth less important. i.e. no need for a new Socket with DDR5

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It isn't just about signalling rates. DDR5 splits the dimm into two memory channels making it better suited to higher thread count workloads. More cache is always nice though.