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Why would capacity come into play if you can see that there is no utilisation of it? I am not saying they shouldn't of tested 2x16GB but you can also see the capacity just wasn't being used which should mean the point is moot.
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AMD Zen 3 (5000 Series), rumored 17% IPC gain.
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Why would capacity come into play if you can see that there is no utilisation of it? I am not saying they shouldn't of tested 2x16GB but you can also see the capacity just wasn't being used which should mean the point is moot.
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I'm glad someone did this test. It's been shown before that 2 vs 4 DIMMS, and dual vs. single rank yields improved performance in Zen 1 and 2, but I wanted to be sure that it was still true for Zen 3 since 2 DIMMS are cheaper than 4 for the same capacity.
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Interesting, so you can gain 3 to 8% in games by running 4 sticks instead of 2.
apologies if this has been posted, but I have alerts set on a stock checker, and got one for pre ordering a 5900x on here, but if im not mistaken the price has jumped up im sure it wasn't £559.99 a few days ago !
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3ca-am.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3ca-am.html
It was £539.99 2 days ago.apologies if this has been posted, but I have alerts set on a stock checker, and got one for pre ordering a 5900x on here, but if im not mistaken the price has jumped up im sure it wasn't £559.99 a few days ago !
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...hz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3ca-am.html
thanks for the confirmation,
theres just no loyalty any more is there, im not bitter theres other places to shop! and someone will pay that price! but not me
Soldato
My advice for dealing with companies like OCUK when they are patently profiteering is simple. Don't buy from them. There are plenty of other retailers that are cheaper and even some selling at RRP. Blatant profiteers like OCUK deserve to be left holding tens of thousands of unsold stock, watch the price drop then and still buy it somewhere else.
Seems so although hopefully get an update soon on Wendell suggesting 2x16 is the sweet spot.
Everyone seen the HU 5600x review? It's a really great set of testing that he did using a lot of recent games and comparing it vs many popular CPU's:
The gains from a Zen3 in some of the more recent games are significant and it's incredible how the 5600x is basically as fast as the 5900x and 5950x for gaming and if you are gaming at 1440p or 4k then a 5600x is likely all you need. The gains over my 3300x in some of the games are phenomenal, although the average overall is only 25% more FPS.
I feel sorry for anyone who bought a 5950x just for gaming, because it's a really silly purchase uness you are using it for heavy production too. The 5900x is the clearly the best overall choice if you are both gaming and doing productive stuff.
Overclocking the 5600x basically yielded no significant gains, as expected for Zen CPU's.
The poor guy really need to go get some sleep.
The gains from a Zen3 in some of the more recent games are significant and it's incredible how the 5600x is basically as fast as the 5900x and 5950x for gaming and if you are gaming at 1440p or 4k then a 5600x is likely all you need. The gains over my 3300x in some of the games are phenomenal, although the average overall is only 25% more FPS.
I feel sorry for anyone who bought a 5950x just for gaming, because it's a really silly purchase uness you are using it for heavy production too. The 5900x is the clearly the best overall choice if you are both gaming and doing productive stuff.
Overclocking the 5600x basically yielded no significant gains, as expected for Zen CPU's.
The poor guy really need to go get some sleep.
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It's been obvious since the announcement that the 5600X would be the gaming sweet spot. All those 'but consoles have 8 cores etc' folk were told, even by HU Steve a couple weeks back that cores are ~irrelevent.
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They arent testing next gen console ports though are they. Its certainly possible that more cores will get used in future.
Nothing new there, and they also have rdna2 coming soon that they can slap any price that they want onto.
They only hit 4.6Ghz all core. GN managed 4.8Ghz all core and saw performance gains putting it closer to the 5900X.
It's more important for them to feel "vindicated" than to worry about what will likely happen in the near future
They aren't listening, we're wasting our breath. Or fingers.But the consoles only use 7 x Zen 2 cores at ~3.6ghz.
They are already far worse then 6 x Zen 3 cores at 4.6ghz.
just hold on for a few weeks they all will drop prices. simple they need to sell. prices are a joke. you seeing it a lot now days people have stock so take the **** with pricing.
I recommended a 5600x to my mate for gaming and then on launch I didn't follow my own advice and went with a 5800x
Kinda regretting spending the extra money after I saw the reviews come in, but I'm just telling myself the extra cores will be great when it eventually ends up in my NAS for virtual machines...
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Might end up being a wise choice then eventually.I recommended a 5600x to my mate for gaming and then on launch I didn't follow my own advice and went with a 5800x
Kinda regretting spending the extra money after I saw the reviews come in, but I'm just telling myself the extra cores will be great when it eventually ends up in my NAS for virtual machines...
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