My build uses a dgpu, I started this thread in attempt to use non supported cpus as to not be bottlenecked by the at the time 2/3400g, there is a decent amount of reward in it, and I'd rather a zen3 apu that I currently can find for $30-50 usd less than the corresponding zen2 apu
Risking my hardware has always been on the table, I've flashed bioses on with a flashcat I could no doubt recover it that way too. And if I brick it in the process I could justify the purchase of an x300. Some of my workloads have begun to utilize multicore much better and games also have too with the consoles having powerful 8 core cpus aswell.
I love, respect, and echo this mindset.
Would be nice, I honestly think we're gonna have to wait for am5 before and new support on the amd side, as iirc 5000g don't have gen4 pcie anyway.
Honestly I forgot to consider if any APUs even supported 4.0, and even the 5700G is only 3.0, so I guess we won't be getting it.
Honestly am5 apus could be amazing, the possibility of an 8 core zen 3D or zen4 cpu with some decent sized rdna 2+ igpu would be a beast. Effortless AAA 1080p high/ultra 60+fps, roughly current gen consoles in a single package, maybe even non competitive 1440p or 4k gaming.
Yeah, really looking forward to those. The main benefit would be from DDR5 though - today's speeds are nothing to write home about, but once we start seeing reasonably priced kits above 6000MT/s, and especially when we start getting into the 8000MT/s range, then we're suddenly looking at low-end dGPU memory bandwidth. A bunch of decently clocked RDNA2 CUs alongside that and we'd be looking at a real performer.
We may not need to wait that long, with AMDs 3D stacking tech, they could put massive amounts of cache on die, to kinda bandaid the lower bandwidth of ddr5 to gddr6, infinity cache on the rx6000 cards does a pretty good job with a smaller memory bus compared to the larger busses on the equivalent segment nvidia cards.
Heads up, I hardware flashed P1.60 for the X300 onto my A300 and I'm able to run a 5700G. However, it looks like it breaks ram overclocking.
That is correct. I used a flashcatUSB since I was unable to find a way to flash with software.
Zero risk of bricking hardware with the clip on bios flash programmer. Cost is less than $10. The time consuming part is getting the clip on there properly and finding the right software for your flash chip.
A clip isn't necessary- there is a small 2x10 pin header under the ram that goes straight to the bios pinouts. I don't remember off of the top of my head which pin goes where.
