Recent content by msroadkill612

A rig that saves the costs of GPU, & associated power & heat downsides, yet provides entry level GPU perf, makes any incremental costs for an AM5 mobo academic.

With hindsight, given the fairy tale lifespans users have received from their AM4 moboS, few would regret any AM4 premium. Yet even with this example, & and the same situation now (~no future Intel cpuS vs 5+ years of busy AMD roadmap), there seems no end to the trolling on this. It seems an...

I could really end up hating having a power junky like Intel's big boy on my desk. Looks like a piano. A product is only as good as its price.

Never call a new platform proven.

no u havnt or its wrong - the apu loses 8 lanes to the desktop ryzens ur mobo may still let u bifurcate the 8 lane slot tho to x4x4

That seems true - the 5600g cpu is way better, but gpu, not much, & gpu is what counts for gaming. Yes, that is very good synthesis... IF u compare the Intel alternative to the apu. If however, u compare the AMD alternative to apu & dgpu, then the 3600/5600x & DGPU has a lot going for it - 8...

So they keep saying, & yes, clearly gddr dgpu have way higher onboard/internal bandwidth & still get maxed out at 100% gaming usage, but they have been using that old APU saw for a long time, during which RAM & platform/Fabric bandwidths have improved markedly (I hear 1:1 5000 (2500 FCLK) clocks...

Yes - I thought similarly about their next apu in the wings - ~100% gpu improvement - & I suspect they can easily bring release forward when it strategically suits them. too soon shoots themselves in the foot - its so good it ruins a lot of profitable existing AMD products still - vega apuS...

"No one buys an APU to pair it up with a powerful (and extremely expensive) GPU. " NO one savvy buys an APU to pair w/ ANY GPU There are far better amd options for that Much of this review is very silly - testing it being put to a foolish use Conversely, no one savvy would buy an intel &...

Its not just ram that uses the Fabric bus.

I hazily recall hearing of a german laptop maker that does really classy stuff at fair prices. https://www.google.com/search?q=german+made+laptop&oq=german+made+laptop&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.13439j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The point here is that we sheep have, (since pcie2 gpus anyway) for many years been overspending on gpuS & wasting 8x pcie lanes. even on pcie 3, 16 lanes rarely helps. the upshot is u can have a; cheaper to build, as good, 8x pcie 4 GPU, yet still be as future proof as a 16 lane pcie 3 gpu...

u would have hated $2 AMD shares & Ryzen.

Not all know eg. that single channel ram is vandalism on an APU.

OR... 2023 games have beem tempted by the pervasively affordable & mobile apu's market size, and adapted away from dgpu strengths (as they had to when IGPs and ram were crap) & toward apu strengths, like high bandwidth Fabric links to slower, but ~huge, GPU cache. I hope amd starts to put its...