Kerbs07 Sorry, but in reality this is negligible and you're likely to not get any benefit. Particularly when they're showing 1080p results and whoever is running one of these CPUs probably will be on 4K or 1440p. This just sounds like marketing from AMD. If we get decent results at modern resolutions then yeah but not point for running a 1080p monitor. Just being realistic here. We already knew what difference RAM makes. Not sure what AMD is trying to say. Reply
ohio_buckeye Can’t say I agree with this article. Received an email from Newegg the other day showing 16gb ddr5 on sale for only $250. Ill stay with my LGA 1700 ddr4 build for a bit. Reply
usertests This theoretically works, it's a known benefit of X3D… but you need to buy a $470-500 CPU (if you're looking for the best one). The savings highlighted by AMD is only $70. If there's a cheaper 6000 MT/s kit, what about 4800 MT/s garbage tier? Micro Center has been peddling bundles with single-channel memory, such as 7500X3D + motherboard + 1x16GB for $300. If X3D can overcome the bandwidth being slashed in half, that'd be impressive. Reply
dmitche31958 JayGau said: You can't evaluate the performance gain with RAM speed by only looking at the average fps. 1% and 0.1% lows have to be taken into account. Pretty much every test I have seen in the last few years shows very little improvement on the average fps, but the 1% low can benefit much more from the RAM speed. That's relevant even at higher resolution, where the average fps is mostly limited by the GPU, but the 1% low fps is still affected by the CPU performance. And fluctuating 1% low is something you absolutely want to avoid (if the word "stuttering" means anything to you). Spot on. If your going to make a claim they should have done sons benchmarks on productivity apps that in most cases are not GPU bound. Reply
-Fran- Le sigh… For non VCache'd CPUs: Fr7Bfr-wPYw View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7Bfr-wPYw For VCache'd CPUs: aD-4ScpDSo8 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD-4ScpDSo8 It's been quite a while since it was proven the effects of lower speed RAM affect the VCache'd siblings A LOT LESS. Yes, they still get a hit, but the VCache helps with it. Only standout game from memory is SpiderMan, which really likes memory bandwidth to a weird degree. Also, this CPU is not aimed at productivity. For that you have either the 9950X or its VCache'd sibling. I couldn't find their test with the 9800X3D, but I'm guessing they haven't done it, since it's already KNOWN. This is to say, for once, AMD's marketing is not flat out wrong or deceptive. Regards. Reply
Gururu -Fran- said: Le sigh… For non VCache'd CPUs: Fr7Bfr-wPYw View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr7Bfr-wPYw For VCache'd CPUs: aD-4ScpDSo8 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD-4ScpDSo8 It's been quite a while since it was proven the effects of lower speed RAM affect the VCache'd siblings A LOT LESS. Yes, they still get a hit, but the VCache helps with it. Only standout game from memory is SpiderMan, which really likes memory bandwidth to a weird degree. Also, this CPU is not aimed at productivity. For that you have either the 9950X or its VCache'd sibling. I couldn't find their test with the 9800X3D, but I'm guessing they haven't done it, since it's already KNOWN. This is to say, for once, AMD's marketing is not flat out wrong or deceptive. Regards. I love how the 14700k shows the same effect on memory speed as the 7800X3D. Only 4% difference for both. Reply
thestryker -Fran- said: This is to say, for once, AMD's marketing is not flat out wrong or deceptive. Everyone knows the impact isn't as big on 3D V-cache, however their marketing is absolutely deceptive. They're not showing lows and the timings used aren't reported. FWIW HUB's written form is a much simpler reference: https://www.techspot.com/review/2866-ddr5-ram-stock-vs-xmp-expo/ -Fran- said: Only standout game from memory is SpiderMan, which really likes memory bandwidth to a weird degree. Hogwarts and memory latency. Reply
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