Recent content by Dr. Dro

The chiplet architecture Ryzen and EPYC utilize is particular to locality, if you can comport a workload's full demand onto a single CCD and avoid sending data through the infinity fabric or accessing data on cache that is currently residing in an adjacent tile (worst-case scenario), this is...

It's on the marketing material for the PG Riptide D4 that OP has, but it's got a big asterisk next to it saying that the officially supported speed is 3200. https://pg.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z690%20PG%20Riptide/index.asp#Specification But yea, you know Z690... feisty as it comes with memory, even...

At the prices asked, it's a total upsell. That's the CPU that'll go to the bargain bin for below 9800X3D prices down the road, just as it happened to the 7900X3D... because it won't push the frame rates gamers want, and it won't pull its productivity weight for the creator camp. It's a CPU that...

OP's got a K now, a... 13600KF. Who's gonna tell them... :oops: Time for a reality check? A ultra high end 4600 MT/s DDR4 kit is absolutely worthless for a Z690 PG Riptide/D4. That's the kind of kit you run on a Maximus XIII Apex alongside a i9-11900K. Preferably one with a particularly good...

I'll take the blame, since I brought up that the R9 X3D CPUs tend to perform better under Linux, as corroborated by the phoronix review. They are MUCH faster under Linux than they are under Windows. Same applies to the 7000X3D series, by the way. They're still great on Windows but you'll get the...

I mean, there is some merit to it, the problem with the 285K is almost like the problem with Bulldozer, even though they don't share the same root. It's nice on paper, like, really nice. But in practice, well, it's a steaming heap. 285K will always be a CPU that shines in theoretics and...

I've done it, but many of the games I play are a no-go due to the anti-cheat systems. Not to mention the Nvidia drivers are still completely ass, and I expect them to be double ass on new hardware like the 50 series... and I'm one of the nutters who actually bought a 5090. When will I get it...

Indeed, that is exactly what I mentioned. It scales much better under Linux, to the point I think using Windows is actually actively detrimental to this architecture. Their results are crazy good. Unfortunately, I cannot give up on Windows just yet, because I like my video games too much. It...

I do not understand your point. Windows runs Windows games better because there's no translation layers involved and the graphics drivers are much more mature. This is especially true with Nvidia GPUs, because the Nvidia drivers on Linux are decidedly worse than on Windows and also inferior to...

Yeah, even after the hotfix they released recently. It's a good CPU, but it has some critical regressions that really affect games.

Yeah, it is and remains the same, there was no change in this department. It's that since Zen 5 3D achieves higher clocks, it's not worth purchasing the R9 model to get a few extra MHz. And you naturally wouldn't need both a 9950X and 9800X3D computer, since the 9950X3D could perfectly service...

Because the hardware is not capable of it. AMD provides a custom scheduler driver that's supposed to inject in games through the Xbox Game Bar, which sets the affinity of the detected game to run on the more appropriate CCD for best performance. The caveats of this are obvious: 1. It needs the...

Solid performer. Personally, I don't think it's too expensive for what it offers. Usual caveats of the previous generation X3D apply, and looks like the Ryzen 7 remains the go-to for gamers. Both cheaper, faster, and doesn't suffer from the scheduling issues introduced by the split CCD design...

I had them all, the Fury X, the Frontier and the VII... I am also very fond of the Fury X... it was treated so bad, though. Genuinely one of the most interesting pieces of silicon ever developed

The only card I ever regretted parting with was my Radeon VII so I guess that counts for something! :D