floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUnreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performancewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkUnreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performancewww.tomshardware.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoRyzen changes their sockets less often too. I went from a 2600 to a 3700x to a 5800x with the same motherboard. Unless Intel really steps up their game I don’t see any reason to switch back.
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWasn’t that before they switched to LGA though?
minus-squareelgordino@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThey’ve committed to support AM5 (the LGA socket launched 2022) through at least 2027. https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/amd-promises-am5-socket-life-support-through-to-2027-and-beyond/#
minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m still running a 3700x and had been thinking about upgrading. Is the 5800x the best choice for am4?
Ryzen changes their sockets less often too. I went from a 2600 to a 3700x to a 5800x with the same motherboard. Unless Intel really steps up their game I don’t see any reason to switch back.
Wasn’t that before they switched to LGA though?
They’ve committed to support AM5 (the LGA socket launched 2022) through at least 2027.
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/amd-promises-am5-socket-life-support-through-to-2027-and-beyond/#
I’m still running a 3700x and had been thinking about upgrading. Is the 5800x the best choice for am4?