Wednesday, June 16th 2021
AMD Socket AM5 Motherboards Arriving in 2022, Paves Way for Zen3 + 3DV Cache on AM4
AMD Socket AM5 motherboards are set to arrive in Q2-2022, according to PJ, the editor of Uniko's Hardware. This would mean that the Zen 3 + 3D Vertical Cache chiplet AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su showed off in her Computex keynote, could very well be built in the Socket AM4 package, compatible with existing motherboards. The prototype Dr Su showed off appeared Socket AM4, too. AMD claims that the 3D Vertical Cache feature, when paired with a "Zen 3" chiplet, improves gaming performance by a significant 15 percent, helping AMD catch up with Intel's "Rocket Lake-S" processor at gaming. Elsewhere across the landscape, PJ predicts that the Z690 chipset, which goes with "Alder Lake-S" processors in the LGA1700 package, will arrive by Q4 2021, with cost-effective chipsets such as the B660 and H610 in Q1-2022.
Sources:
PJ (Twitter), VideoCardz
40 Comments on AMD Socket AM5 Motherboards Arriving in 2022, Paves Way for Zen3 + 3DV Cache on AM4
Never understood the incremental upgrading. You're already on DDR4 and a 3900x? Why not just wait for AM5 if you're an AMD fan? I don't think DDR5 will have quite the performance similarities to DDR4 as DDR4 did to DDR3.
I don't think I'd buy something on the ass end of its iteration.
As for someone also on AM4 right now, I would go to a v-cache chip if they released it for AM4. That way I stay on the platform little longer and I can skip the first gen AM5/DDR5 stuff and jump in at a revision of the product that will be better than first gen. DDR5 most likely won't hit its sweet spot until 2 years after launch.
So the question is to build on the latest/lastest AM4, or keep on waiting and build a new AM5 PC???
hmmmmmm Ya, and I make exceptions for really good pricing too.......
I think you got that backwards:/ :shadedshu:
I have a feeling also that Zen4 might have an AM4 version too (of course with DDR4), after all it's just the same CPU die with different IO die.
Sitting on a DDR3 system this long has him in a weird place right now. We are at the tail end of DDR4 and DDR5 won't be worth touching for at least 2 years.