DDR5 Is Coming: First 64GB DDR5-4800 Modules from SK Hynix

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Post by ryansmccoy » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 12:50 PM UTC

DDR5 Is Coming: First 64GB DDR5-4800 Modules from SK Hynix
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Post by morceauxdebois » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:19 PM UTC

I'm happy that I put off upgrading my pc long enough to skip a RAM generation.

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Post by nullifidian » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:20 PM UTC

Will we get performance increases, and how big will they be in the average case, not for some specific codes with low cache hit ratio on large datasets, and attributed solely to bandwidth increases and not architecture IPC improvements?

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Post by satisfaction » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:21 PM UTC

morceauxdebois wrote: post #2

I'm happy that I put off upgrading my pc long enough to skip a RAM generation.

Same here, I'm running an FX-8370 and DDR3 now, going to build a Threadripper + DDR5 late next year, hopefully.

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Post by nullifidian » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:22 PM UTC

satisfaction wrote: post #4

morceauxdebois wrote: post #2

I'm happy that I put off upgrading my pc long enough to skip a RAM generation.

Same here, I'm running an FX-8370 and DDR3 now, going to build a Threadripper + DDR5 late next year, hopefully.

You are very patient. I'm not sure about skipping this generation, because who knows when we will get ECC UDIMMs for AMD cpus. It could be late 22 or or even mid 23.

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Post by orliesaurus » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:25 PM UTC

Yeah, but to the casual user like me, that's going to help with load times... go from 2 seconds to 1 second.

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Post by Spooks » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:25 PM UTC

morceauxdebois wrote: post #2

I'm happy that I put off upgrading my pc long enough to skip a RAM generation.

I like to grab RAM towards the end of the generation, so far it has been the best bang for my buck (for my personal computer). From the production estimates, looks like I'll jump into DDR5 at the end of 2023 or most likely 2024

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Post by speeder » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:25 PM UTC

morceauxdebois wrote: post #2

I'm happy that I put off upgrading my pc long enough to skip a RAM generation.

I have a 4690K and my RAM is a 32GB EVGA DDR3 ram that I suspect was made by hynix or the other manufacturer of fast rams, that runs at speed up to par with the slowest DDR4 but with DDR3 latency, it is very awesome.

I wonder if DDR5 will be fast enough to compensate for the slower latency (or maybe they improved latency this time?)

To be honest I didn't felt yet any need to move off my current machine, I would only upgrade its GPU, but I can't do that because I can't afford a new GPU AND a new Monitor (I use a CRT monitor with VGA cable... it is a very good monitor so no reason to replace it, but newer GPUs don't support it).

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Post by nullifidian » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:26 PM UTC

orliesaurus wrote: post #6

Yeah, but to the casual user like me, that's going to help with load times... go from 2 seconds to 1 second.

Load times? I doubt it. Load times are more about cpu and nvme.

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Post by satisfaction » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 1:27 PM UTC

nullifidian wrote: post #5

satisfaction wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, I'm running an FX-8370 and DDR3 now, going to build a Threadripper + DDR5 late next year, hopefully.

You are very patient. I'm not sure about skipping this generation, because who knows when we will get ECC UDIMMs for AMD cpus. It could be late 22 or or even mid 23.

I've been waiting for DDR5, I knew it was coming and my PC runs the games I play just fine on DDR3. I do have a Thinkpad p51 that has Xeon/DDR4, so I didn't completely skip DDR4.