Thursday, December 29th 2016
AMD's Upcoming Ryzen Chips to Reportedly Overclock @ 5 GHz On Air
French hardware magazine "CANARD PC HARDWARE" has apparently confirmed that AMD's upcoming Ryzen chips will be able to achieve overclocks of at least 5 GHz on air, if an easter egg hidden on the magazine's Ryzen feature. On page 10 of the digital magazine (which you can look at on the provided link) as well as the physical version, a cryptic string of binary code can be found on top of the page (for reference, the string is as follows: 010110100110010101101110010011110100001101000000010000010110100101110010001111010011010101000111). When you paste this string of binary code on any online binary to plain text converter, you get a revelation that's sure to put a little more coal on the hype train's furnace: ZenOC@Air=5G.
Apparently, the entire article is premised on an early engineering sample that the magazine managed to put its hands on - so we're not even talking about final-stepping silicon. Granted, the information, left as more of an Easter egg tease than a reveal onto itself, raises more questions than it answers (as any good, hype-generating event always does): at what voltage were the 5 GHz achieved at? How many cores did the Ryzen sample possess? Were they all operational? Was it a stable overclock? If so, for how long? What cooling solution was used?
There are potentially many more questions left unanswered by this tease, but nevertheless, this seems like a good sign for the Ryzen bandwagon.
Sources:
Reddit; user lolwut996633, Reddit; user DotaldTrump
There are potentially many more questions left unanswered by this tease, but nevertheless, this seems like a good sign for the Ryzen bandwagon.
90 Comments on AMD's Upcoming Ryzen Chips to Reportedly Overclock @ 5 GHz On Air
Bulldozer
:fear:
www.techpowerup.com/200725/intel-devils-canyon-to-usher-in-5-ghz-on-air-overclocking-era
Please?
www.techpowerup.com/154160/intel-sandy-bridge-e-can-reach-close-to-5-ghz-on-air-cooling
Pretty, pretty please?
www.techpowerup.com/92543/core-i7-975-xe-breaks-5-ghz-barrier-with-air-cooling
One last time, please?
www.techpowerup.com/212531/intel-core-i7-5775c-broadwell-scrapes-5-ghz-oc-on-air
None of these reports mean squad. Every one of them has been BS.EDIT though SL was able to bin 5GHz 4790Ks...that was kinda a thing
:p
Many Sandy Bridge-E also hit 5Ghz.
For i7-975 yes it is far away from 5Ghz.
5775C is worse. I see 4.2-4.3Ghz in all review. Probably because EDRAM hold back overclocking. 5Ghz require at least single stage phase change.
For Zen I think 4.2Ghz on air is reasonable.
I think it meant to be a ticket for those looking to ride the disappointment train.
I hope to own one shortly after release as my system has aged well, but is really showing its age.
This clickbait article has been getting more use than a hooker on a submarine.
Does anyone really believe that glofo fine tuned the process enough to achieve skylake level clocks (especially when it looks like the delay is from an immature process)?
I'm surprised TPU beat it to the punch, driving that hype train right off of a cliff.
AMD caught Intel off guard over 20 years ago and you guys still think its gonna happen again. Its not. Let it go.
I just wish this would not be another hipe train about an AMD product, but we will see soon.