ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme Clocked to 5400MHz on Gigabyte Motherboard

[btarunr]

ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules, NAND Flash products, and mobile accessories, today announces that the XPG Overclocking Lab (XOCL) has clocked the SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme RGB DDR4 memory module to a frequency of 5400 MT/s. The result was achieved on a GIGABYTE B550 VISION D motherboard featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 4700G processor.

Manufactured with only the highest quality chips and PCBs, the SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme offers excellent stability, reliability, and performance and supports the latest Intel and AMD platforms. The SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme sports an elegant and solidly constructed metal heatsink adorned with bold geometric lines and a triangular RGB light bar that perfectly fits the module's overall design.What's more, in line with its limited-edition status, the SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme comes in a special edition packaging that features a glossy exterior and premium box.



The SPECTRIX D50 Xtreme has full XMP 2.0 compatibility to make overclocking effortless when installed on PCs that also support XMP 2.0. XMP 2.0 support means users have more ways to access memory overclocking, including directly from the operating system rather than via more complex BIOS settings.

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[bonehead123]

sOOOOO....

Factory O/C your ram, throw it in a "special" prettied-up box, jack up the price by 2-3x, and call it a day

Great plan for boosting the bottom line, eh ?

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

sOOOOO....

Factory O/C your ram, throw it in a "special" prettied-up box, jack up the price by 2-3x, and call it a day

Great plan for boosting the bottom line, eh ?

That's what they do.... I'm fine with 3200-3600mhz on my ryzen system anyway, haven't noticed a difference with my own senses between 3200 and 3600, so I don't really have a desire for anything faster.

How about those renoir APUs for memory overclock though? If AMD was able to apply that to Zen3, it's really going to be an amazing series.

 

[Caring1]

Make them fully compatible with aXMP and they will sell better.

 

[owen10578]

That's what they do.... I'm fine with 3200-3600mhz on my ryzen system anyway, haven't noticed a difference with my own senses between 3200 and 3600, so I don't really have a desire for anything faster.

How about those renoir APUs for memory overclock though? If AMD was able to apply that to Zen3, it's really going to be an amazing series.

Zen 3 has the same IOD as Zen 2 so the memory OC potential is going to be the same. Shame because some higher memory speeds would be awesome. Curious what those Renoir APUs can do with these kinds of memory speeds though, maybe closing the gap on a GTX 1050 in terms of GPU performance.

 

[Valantar]

Wow, it would be amazing to see some iGPU gaming benchmarks with this kind of memory speed. I got a ~18% boost on my 4650G going from 1900MHz to 2100MHz on the iGPU and 3200C16 to 3800C16 (1900IF) RAM, and a lot of that increase came from the memory. Obviously not worth the price premium, but cool nonetheless.

Of course, DDR5 APUs are going to be great.

 

[owen10578]

Wow, it would be amazing to see some iGPU gaming benchmarks with this kind of memory speed. I got a ~18% boost on my 4650G going from 1900MHz to 2100MHz on the iGPU and 3200C16 to 3800C16 (1900IF) RAM, and a lot of that increase came from the memory. Obviously not worth the price premium, but cool nonetheless.

Of course, DDR5 APUs are going to be great.

If it can get close to a GTX 1050 then the price premium might be justifiable in an ultra compact build like in an InWin Chopin.

 

[mouacyk]

Theoretical bandwidth is 84.375GB/s. This result is way off the mark.

 

[tabascosauz]

Wait hold on, a Hynix die running a 1.6V XMP profile??

Hynix must have come up with something new, because all the existing 8Gb and 16Gb Hynix dies will perish in the blink of an eye if you try to daily something north of 1.55V......not to mention heat at 1.6V is no joke.

Also, 64ns seems high and copy speeds low, but there's no way this overclock is stable, so wack and unpredictable AIDA numbers are nothing surprising.

Renoir will continue to be the DRAM and IF king until next gen APUs, so we're probably going to see more of these news.

 

[Valantar]

If it can get close to a GTX 1050 then the price premium might be justifiable in an ultra compact build like in an InWin Chopin.

I kind of doubt it'll get that high in real world gaming. Mind you, my 3DMark Night Raid (3DMark's newest iGPU-oriented DX12 benchmark) results are higher than the average 1050 (avg. 15900 vs. ~17500), but the situation reverses in Time Spy (avg. 1851 vs. ~1640). Fire Strike is much the same (avg. 5692 vs. ~4140). Now, typically we see differences like this explained as being due to memory bottlenecks, but there's also the question of how well each architecture is able to translate their theoretical compute performance into gaming performance, an area where Pascal beats Vega outright, and at least these canned benchmarks seem to indicate that the Pascal still wins out in more complex DX11 loads. DX12 (Time Spy) parity doesn't seem too far out of the question though, at least not with an overclocked Vega 8.

Wait hold on, a Hynix die running a 1.6V XMP profile??

Hynix must have come up with something new, because all the existing 8Gb and 16Gb Hynix dies will perish in the blink of an eye if you try to daily something north of 1.55V......not to mention heat at 1.6V is no joke.

Also, 64ns seems high and copy speeds low, but there's no way this overclock is stable, so wack and unpredictable AIDA numbers are nothing surprising.

Renoir will continue to be the DRAM and IF king until next gen APUs, so we're probably going to see more of these news.

Hey, is this a RAM kit where those heatspreaders actually have a function? Interesting!

 

[owen10578]

I kind of doubt it'll get that high in real world gaming. Mind you, my 3DMark Night Raid (3DMark's newest iGPU-oriented DX12 benchmark) results are higher than the average 1050 (avg. 15900 vs. ~17500), but the situation reverses in Time Spy (avg. 1851 vs. ~1640). Fire Strike is much the same (avg. 5692 vs. ~4140). Now, typically we see differences like this explained as being due to memory bottlenecks, but there's also the question of how well each architecture is able to translate their theoretical compute performance into gaming performance, an area where Pascal beats Vega outright, and at least these canned benchmarks seem to indicate that the Pascal still wins out in more complex DX11 loads. DX12 (Time Spy) parity doesn't seem too far out of the question though, at least not with an overclocked Vega 8.

You know your scores I would consider pretty close to a 1050 already lol I bet if you can run it with higher memory it would be even closer. That's an impressive performance out of an APU no matter how you look at it, I have a GT 1030 in a Dell 3020SFF overclocked to the max and it can only do 4000 ish on firestrike so your APU is already faster.

 

[tabascosauz]

I kind of doubt it'll get that high in real world gaming. Mind you, my 3DMark Night Raid (3DMark's newest iGPU-oriented DX12 benchmark) results are higher than the average 1050 (avg. 15900 vs. ~17500), but the situation reverses in Time Spy (avg. 1851 vs. ~1640). Fire Strike is much the same (avg. 5692 vs. ~4140). Now, typically we see differences like this explained as being due to memory bottlenecks, but there's also the question of how well each architecture is able to translate their theoretical compute performance into gaming performance, an area where Pascal beats Vega outright, and at least these canned benchmarks seem to indicate that the Pascal still wins out in more complex DX11 loads. DX12 (Time Spy) parity doesn't seem too far out of the question though, at least not with an overclocked Vega 8.


Hey, is this a RAM kit where those heatspreaders actually have a function? Interesting!

From whereabouts did you buy your 4650G? It's the very chip I'm interested in at the moment for memory OC, posted over in the Ryzen owners thread.

The only things stopping me right now from trading my 3700X for a 4650G after I get a Vermeer chip are the lack of warranty from AMD and the fact that the eBay sellers don't take returns.

 

[Valantar]

You know your scores I would consider pretty close to a 1050 already lol I bet if you can run it with higher memory it would be even closer. That's an impressive performance out of an APU no matter how you look at it, I have a GT 1030 in a Dell 3020SFF overclocked to the max and it can only do 4000 ish on firestrike so your APU is already faster.

Yeah, it's really impressive, I'm very happy with it. I haven't had time to test it much (I've got a bit of an over-ambitious project with it, modifying an old Arctic Accelero S1 passive GPU cooler to act as a semi-passive CPU cooler for it (140mm fan that kicks in above 60°C), and fitting that into my Lazer3D HT5 case isn't exactly easy ), but from what I've done so far it's an incredibly impressive APU. On an open bench with that cooler setup the fan kept fluctuating on and off every minute or so while playing Rocket League (1080p "quality", ~70fps), i.e. the APU was hovering around 60°C while under a relatively light CPU load but a 100% GPU load. No complaints.

From whereabouts did you buy your 4650G? It's the very chip I'm interested in at the moment for memory OC, posted over in the Ryzen owners thread.

The only things stopping me right now from trading my 3700X for a 4650G after I get a Vermeer chip are the lack of warranty from AMD and the fact that the eBay sellers don't take returns.

I was holding out hoping there would be some APU news alongside the Zen 3 announcement, so when there wasn't I went and ordered the 4650G from hardwarestore2000 on Ebay. I don't plan to abuse it, and I've never had a CPU fail, so I'm not too concerned about the warranty in this case, but I didn't want to order off AliExpress or Taobao either. Given just how easily mine got my cheapo (E-die) Ballistix Sport LT 3200C16s to 3800C16 (with IF@1900) I understand why you would want one for memory OC. That IMC must be pretty amazing.

 

[owen10578]

Yeah, it's really impressive, I'm very happy with it. I haven't had time to test it much (I've got a bit of an over-ambitious project with it, modifying an old Arctic Accelero S1 passive GPU cooler to act as a semi-passive CPU cooler for it (140mm fan that kicks in above 60°C), and fitting that into my Lazer3D HT5 case isn't exactly easy ), but from what I've done so far it's an incredibly impressive APU. On an open bench with that cooler setup the fan kept fluctuating on and off every minute or so while playing Rocket League (1080p "quality", ~70fps), i.e. the APU was hovering around 60°C while under a relatively light CPU load but a 100% GPU load. No complaints.

So seeing how you're running it semi-passive that means you're running it without an overclock? That makes the performance result even more impressive then. I think the Renoir APUs would be awesome for a passive ITX case design for sure. No need to cool a seperate GPU.

 

[tabascosauz]

I was holding out hoping there would be some APU news alongside the Zen 3 announcement, so when there wasn't I went and ordered the 4650G from hardwarestore2000 on Ebay. I don't plan to abuse it, and I've never had a CPU fail, so I'm not too concerned about the warranty in this case, but I didn't want to order off AliExpress or Taobao either. Given just how easily mine got my cheapo (E-die) Ballistix Sport LT 3200C16s to 3800C16 (with IF@1900) I understand why you would want one for memory OC. That IMC must be pretty amazing.

Ach, that looks like a seller I would be happy to buy from. Unfortunately they have no listings. There's this guy selling a 4650G right now and that's about it:

NEW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 3 7GHz 6 Cores CPU AM4 Socket Processor for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for NEW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 3 7GHz 6 Cores CPU AM4 Socket Processor. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.ca

The single rank Viper Steel sticks look like a great opportunity to shoot for 4000MT/s on Renoir.

 

[Valantar]

So seeing how you're running it semi-passive that means you're running it without an overclock? That makes the performance result even more impressive then. I think the Renoir APUs would be awesome for a passive ITX case design for sure. No need to cool a seperate GPU.

CPU is at stock (I tried undervolting it, but even the slightest adjustment dropped clocks too, which is honestly fine for my use, but I left it), iGPU is at 2100MHz (up from 1900) at ... 1.15V IIRC. Couldn't get it higher without boosting voltages higher than I'm comfortable with (and this ASRock B550m-ITX board reports some ridiculous voltages even at stock). Highest power draw I've seen at the wall is ~110W with the OC, which given the single m.2 SSD, single fan, and nothing else beside the motherboard and RAM aligns pretty nicely with ~65W total APU power draw.

Ach, that looks like a seller I would be happy to buy from. Unfortunately they have no listings. There's this guy selling a 4650G right now and that's about it:

NEW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 3 7GHz 6 Cores CPU AM4 Socket Processor for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for NEW AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G 3 7GHz 6 Cores CPU AM4 Socket Processor. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.ca

The single rank Viper Steel sticks look like a great opportunity to shoot for 4000MT/s on Renoir.

To be honest, I would be shocked if my RAM couldn't hit 4000MT/s comfortably. I don't know anything about manually OCing RAM though, so I'm only pushing it as far as 1usmus' dram calculator lets me - and sadly that just gives me a "not supported" error when trying above 3800.