Monday, May 27th 2024
AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 "Granite Ridge" Desktop Processors Launch Late-July
AMD's next-generation Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" desktop processors based on the "Zen 5" microarchitecture, is rumored to launch in late-July, 2024, according to multiple sources in the ChipHell tech forums. The first four SKUs in the processor series will include one each of 16-core, 12-core, 8-core, and 6-core, spanning the Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, and Ryzen 5 series, just like the company's Ryzen 7000 series debut. The company could unveil these processors in its 2024 Computex keynote address early next month, talking about their features and performance in broad strokes, while we get technical previews in the run-up to the late-July launch.
A late-July launch of the Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" processors should also mean that the various motherboard manufacturers will showcase their upcoming motherboards based on the AMD X870 desktop chipset at Computex. Ryzen 9000 series are built in the existing Socket AM5 package, and should be compatible with existing AMD 600-series chipset motherboards. In fact, most motherboard vendors have already released UEFI firmware updates that include Ryzen 9000 series processor compatibility. Those buying a Ryzen 9000 series processor with an AMD 600-series chipset motherboard can simply take advantage of the USB BIOS Flashback feature that's available on most motherboards, including the entry-level ones.
Sources:
ChipHell Forums, Videocardz
A late-July launch of the Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Ridge" processors should also mean that the various motherboard manufacturers will showcase their upcoming motherboards based on the AMD X870 desktop chipset at Computex. Ryzen 9000 series are built in the existing Socket AM5 package, and should be compatible with existing AMD 600-series chipset motherboards. In fact, most motherboard vendors have already released UEFI firmware updates that include Ryzen 9000 series processor compatibility. Those buying a Ryzen 9000 series processor with an AMD 600-series chipset motherboard can simply take advantage of the USB BIOS Flashback feature that's available on most motherboards, including the entry-level ones.
83 Comments on AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 "Granite Ridge" Desktop Processors Launch Late-July
Yes, the 7000s look "cooler" :wtf: until the moment you try to clean the thermal paste :banghead:.
If you are concerned about the paste, then the Thermal Grizzly "Kryosheet" might be the solution for you. There is a pretty comprehensive review by Gamers Nexus, it does very well, and can if delicately treated by re-used, it doesn't dry out like thermal paste can and has very good results, right up there with the best thermal pastes, it is relatively expensive, but can be re-used if you swap a heatsink/water cooler, read/watch reviews, it's an interesting and good product and no-doubt other companies will make their own versions and competition will drive the price down.
I don't think I've ever seen another IHS with some many nooks and crannies still don't know why they designed it like that. When I see it and compare to every other x86 IHS ever produced the only thing I can think of is that was an engineer's idea of "cool but functional" and marketing ran with it because it looked "different". And let's not forget that complexity=cost so we paid more for the look of a part that will only ever be visible in store shelves and product brochures.
TL;DR I don't like it and I'll probably skip the 9000s if the IHS is the same.
I'm excited to see how they turn out. I may not be in the need for one, but I find it exciting to see how far things have progressed in such a short timespan.
And you think an engineer pushed "cool"? Also it is a mass produced part identical for all AM5 CPUs, under no circumstance would they have made a decision to significantly increase production cost of it.
Is THIS really even remotely in your list of factors for deciding a CPU? That you may have to break out a cotton swab?
I am only just now realizing I may be feeding a troll...... oops.
Upgrading to an X3D seems more bang for buck worthy than investing in an RDNA 3 card atm. Besides my current RDNA 2 card is an excellent over clocker anyway without saturating it with extra volts.
I must say it's hard to be excited about CPU release when we'll hear in autumn that MSRP for RTX 5080 is $1799 ($1200 + 50% performance / price uplift as per Jensen's Law)...
I'll believe it the day I see that IHS shape in their workstation/server CPUs.You might find this very hard to believe but appearence is a major consideration in product design. In most consumer products, marketing and design are the ones in charge of "cool". In CPU design it's the engineers.Like I said: complexity equals cost. Compare the IHS between 5000 and 7000 and tell me if both cost the same to manufacture. Without market data is hard to say how significant is the difference is.
And just so you know cost increases as a result of appearence considerations is everywhere because companies hire designers to make their products more attractive. In the vast majority of cases the effect the designer has on the product has absolutely no impact on it's perfomance. The result is we end up paying more for "pretty".Everything is in my list of factors. It's the weight of the factors that differs between people.
For me, the less I have to clean the better and that applies to everything, not just computer parts.Thanks! Not very filling and certainly lacking substance but hey, all comments are welcome!
As it happens my favorite food is other trolls. I usually don't bother with the small and feeble ones but don't worry because I can make an exception just for you. :laugh:
You keep on insisting that it's just to make it look cool, yet AMD fills most of these voids with components? Yeah, I don't see the reasoning behind your conclusion.
I'm glad you didn't parrot the usual "it runs so hot" bandwagon, and brought up a real issue instead (thermal paste cleaning).It's the same when you compare the 7700 to the 7700X, or if you apply your own power/thermal limit in the BIOS.
Same applies for the intel weird IHS, which resembles women's hygien pads.
www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/which-air-cooler-for-a-ryzen-9-5900x.321372/page-6