Jul 7, 2019 · The PCGH benchmarks shows Zen 2 winning 1 out of 5 game benchmarks, getting crushed in 1 out of 5, and hanging just a hair below the 9700k in the remaining 3. This appears to be typical.

Jan 10, 2019 · I know AMD has committed to the AM4 socket until 2020, but what is the likelyhood that a Zen 2 (3000 or whatever) will perform reasonably well on a B350 motherboard? I skipped Zen + in hopes of upgrading my mini-ITX build from an 1800X to Zen 2.

Oct 9, 2020 · Comparing Zen 3 to Zen 2 AMD's recent announcement regarding their new Zen 3 processors has gotten everyone excited for November 5th.

Oct 23, 2020 · I have a 3900x on an X470 mobo. Is it worth upgrading to the Zen 3? I know I can use the X470, but I won't get the benefits from Zen 3 like PCI-E 4.0, plus the IPC is supposed to be 20% better. So, Sell the 3900x and wait for the Zen 3 to come out? Or stick it out with the Zen 2 til Zen 4 comes...

Dec 8, 2004 · Hi all. This just popped into my head and is meant for those who have upgraded their Zen 2 CPU to Zen 3: when you completed the hardware side of the upgrade have you had to completely reinstall Windows and your system after the upgrade or would the build of Windows you were running with Zen 2...

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S offer impressive performance at a stellar price. In a world where technology is making vast improvements every day, Microsft is offering anything but a mediocre advancement. As a PC gamer, it’s interesting to me to see how consoles are growing closer and closer to PC gaming, confusing naming schemes, and all.

Jul 10, 2019 · This is to be expected because as bandwidth increases upwards, if you are able to keep timing tight and mean, like 14-15ns at 3400+mhz ram then your final latency should also go down. So yes high bandwidth ram is superior on Zen 2 when using aggressive higher voltage and timings than just raw high bandwidth using XMP. XMP is chump settings.

Jul 1, 2008 · So far, so good with this new BIOS (includes AGESA ComboAM5 PI 1.2.0.3a Patch A). I had not updated since November (which I know, is not a long time but I love me some ASRock BIOS updates). I am tinkering with the new "Zen5 Gaming Optimizations" (description in BIOS says "Improve the Zen 5...

May 30, 2019 · Early days still... But has anyone heard any rumors about better quad-channel memory support? For Ryzen 1000/2000 series, anything above dual wasn't optimal - is this still the case? /optimally, would like to add another pair of 8GB TridentZ's to my next upgrade plans

Apr 11, 2007 · TL;DR 32GB setups seem to be the sweet spot for performance on Ryzen 5000 series because you can run either 4x8GB single ranked sticks or 2x16GB double ranked sticks to take full benefit of the Ryzen 5000's memory controller. However, this also means if you pay top dollar for 4x16GB single rank sticks, you could also benefit. 2x8GB dual ranked sticks seem to be rare these days as they continue ...