Unfortunately for gamers and hardcore PC users, new information suggests that the AM5 platform, due to debut later this year alongside Ryzen 7000-series processors codenamed “Raphael”, will require DDR5 memory exclusively.
However, it has not been confirmed that the DDR4 memory controller is not physically present on the Ryzen Zen4 die.since AMD may continue to use DDR4 memory on its most basic motherboards (A620).
Despite this, the original source of this information, Tom’s Hardware, is quite certain that AMD has no plans to add DDR4 support to X670 and B650 motherboards.. In other words, all those users who want to use the full potential of Zen4 will have to upgrade their entire PC.
This means that, unlike Intel Alder Lake and its successor Raptor Lake, AMD Raphael will require large cash outlays from new usersbecause the price of DDR5 memory is still more than twice that of DDR4.
It’s true that the launch of the Ryzen 7000 is still a few months away, so a lot could happen by then. but DDR5 memory is not expected to reach price parity with DDR4 until at least 2023.
At this point, we remind you that the 12th generation of Intel went very well, with good consumption and an obvious improvement in IPC (instructions per core), and that AMD, for its part, is working on 3D chips that are set to revolutionize computing in the coming years.
The race to dominate the CPU sector is in the midst of the last decade, with players having good prices and very powerful hardware in their hands after too many years of Intel dominance. Competition is always good.
Source: Computer Hoy
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