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AMD Announces Socket AM5 Longevity till 2029 (www.techpowerup.com)

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 19 points 3 days ago

2029? I'll likely end up skipping AM5 altogether, then.

Darling 5800X3D, carry us forward. 🙏

[–] Stupendous@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When I went AM5 when that was new everyone was like DDR5 is overpriced. Stick with AM4 and buy a better GPU. 2029 AM5 at least now. I'll be on AM5 until at least 2035. Really I want to take it to 2040

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 6 points 3 days ago

Die shrinks are over. You're good for a long time.

[+] Horsey@lemmy.world -37 points 3 days ago (5 children)

My top of the line, no compromises PC built in 2016 benchmarks lower than my iPhone 15 Pro. If you’re keeping your PC that long for gaming, you’re insane.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm using my 2016 machine for gaming. And it was not top of the line, by a long shot.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

My i5-8350u laptop benchmarks slightly more than my Mi 11 lite did. Now I use a 2017 Redmi which is still fine. And I play older games on both my laptop and phone. It's decent enough.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, I'm sure it really matters that your iphone can play subway surfers great at 142fps /s

Edit: not sure if you can really do an accurate "benchmark" when there isn't any games to actually compare to

[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 5 points 2 days ago

People have different standards, and performance isn't everything. The Steam Deck is basically equivalent to a mid-to-high-end PC from 2016, and there are tons of people using that as their main gaming PC even docked. I like to upgrade my main rig every 3 to 4 years, but that's well into enthusiast territory. No one I know does the same.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

My 2018 machine (9900k at 5GHz) blows every phone the fuck away, I’m for sure going to be using it in two years.

Shit, I have a 2014 machine that’s my dedicated VR machine for anything that doesn’t need crazy power (most VR games, honestly), 4790k and a 2070s.

What specs do you have that my phone would benchmark better than lawl

[–] clifmo@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

I bought into AM5 at launch for this reason. Ddr5 being "expensive" at the time is a drop in the bucket today. Planning at least once CPU upgrade this cycle. I actually bought a second set of ddr5 and m-ATX mobo before the price jump that'll run my 7000-series CPU in a SFF case eventually. Just need a video card to pair with it whenever I do upgrade CPUs in my workstation.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In other words, there's no way in hell we can innovate and make money right now, so you're stuck here until the AI bubble bursts. Consumer innovation is on full stop while we focus on the corpos.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

AM5 had a poor launch because of high memory prices in the pre AI era.

Releasing AM6 later might allow AMD to make the platform more economical at launch.

Or if they launch AM6 early and support AM5 via a dual socket generation (unlikely TBH), that's also good. Use older memory for normal workloads. Upgrade if you want top of the line perf.

[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I upgraded 2.5 years ago and went with AM5 with the plan of entering low and exiting high (cheap mid CPU at start and one more with the best last).

I'm happy with my choice, since I upgrade the whole system every 5-8 years.

But I hold a small basket while this can also mean slow consumer innovation in the future due to AI hype... We will see...

Anyway next CPU in more than 3 years.

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