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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 25 May 2021
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Bofferbrauer2 said:

Not sure what I should think of Raphael

  1. No DDR4 fallback means high memory prices guaranteed
  2. 4 more PCIe lanes is great, but sadly still 4.0. Still not too shabby and those 4 extra lanes certainly come in handy.
  3. The increased TDP doesn't bode well to me. Like, at all. Looks to me like AMD wants to out-Intel Intel in holding the clock speed crown, performance/watt and efficiency be damned.
  4. Why change to LGA?

Yea, we will see how it turns out. In some ways, Intel and AMD has switched spots where Intel is now offering more features in their platform and backwards compatibility support for those that want to go the less expensive DDR4 route while AMD seems to be going the performance crown route while offering only pci-e 4. It kinda reminds me of Zen 2 vs 10th gen.

While it will be fine for Zen 4 overall as long as they have performance leadershiphttps://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1397220919865659410?s=20, hopefully they don't go full Intel.



                  

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