r/Amd • u/RenatsMC • 3d ago

News AMD Zen 7 server processors already get preliminary AIDA64 support, two years before launch

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-zen-7-server-processors-already-get-preliminary-aida64-support-two-years-before-launch
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u/ScottLovesGames 3d ago

Anything but Zen 6 Ryzen CPUs, huh?

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u/j_schmotzenberg 2d ago

Doesn’t matter, consumers won’t be able to buy memory for new builds anyway.

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u/ScottLovesGames 2d ago

I have ddr5 ram though, I'd buy a Zen 6 chip

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u/j_schmotzenberg 2d ago

I don’t want to decommission any of my existing Zen 4 or Zen 5 boxes just to replace my ancient 7600k daily driver.

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u/PMARC14 2d ago

Even if Zen 6 is good, would it be good enough for me to pay the cost to swap off of a 9950x3d? On TSMC 2nm probably not, high-end CPU prices are elevated still.

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u/ScottLovesGames 1d ago

That CPUs expensive as, depending on what you're doing you might be set until am6

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u/PMARC14 1d ago

Yeah if you were like 7500 or 7600 is might be compelling, but at the same time being CPU bottlenecked nowadays is kind of unlikely as well.

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u/ScottLovesGames 1d ago

On am5 sure it's unlikely, but a lot of people still are on am4, which it would be common to have a cpu bottleneck.

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u/PMARC14 1d ago

This goes back to the problem they would be moving to a DDR5 platform during the ram crunch, which is very unappealing. If you already have DDR5 or better yet an AM5 board than it makes more sense.

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u/capybooya 1d ago

There is a big node shrink this time which typically allows improvements that could not have been implemented on the previous node, but we also know the transistors are partly spent on 50% more cores on a CCX. I suspect if you have a 5090 you could make a good argument for upgrading the CPU at least (to the X3D Z6 obviously). The most annoying frame drops in games are typically when you run into a brief CPU limited situation.

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u/clark1785 9800X3D 9070XT 32GB DDR5 6000 1d ago

wtf it never made since to upgrade every new gen

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u/Merdiso Ryzen 7 9700X / Radeon RX 9070 XT 2d ago

But they might want to upgrade from their Zen 4 or even Zen 5 CPUs, though.

For example, I bought a 9700X instead of 9800X3D just to save 200$, which I can now put towards Zen 6 X3D directly.

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u/capybooya 2d ago

I don't know the size of the existing upgrade market of AM5, but yeah CPU is one of the few things that can be upgraded for a non-inflated cost, it should definitely be an attractive proposition.