[SOLVED] Does a ryzen 5 3600 bottleneck a 3080?

[Speedy_H05]

Hey guys I really wanna buy a 3080 but I’m seeing mixed emotions online bout the 3080 being paired with a 3600 what’s your guys thoughts I’m looking to play cod mainly and streaming

 

[Phaaze88]

Covid. HURT.
It's unreal how badly it's affecting supply lines.

If it weren't for that, none of the supply and scalping BS would be as bad as it is right now.
Unemployment has gone up, factories and other businesses do not have as many people on the clock as they used to for obvious reasons.
= Supply is low, demand is high, and pricing is X_X as a result.

 

[cdrkf]

There's also the issue of limited capacity on the processes they are using.... almost everything AMD currently makes is on TSMC 7nm node - so they have to split the order between Ryzen cpu's and RDNA graphics cards. I think that is one of reasons nVidia went with Samsung 8nm for RTX 3000 cards as TSMC is really backlogged with orders (given they also produce parts for mobile stuff and so on).

 

[mdd1963]

An R5-3600 will not keep up with an R7-5800X....but, just because you are only getting 120 fps vs. 170 fps at 1080P, that does not mean the R5-3600 is useless...; it simply is not capable of saturating an RTX3080, but, really, only the 5800X , 10900K, 9900K, and similar offer the highest framerates with top tier GPUs at 1080P...

 

[Speedy_H05]

is am5 gonna be coming out next year if not Imma just buy both together lol

 

[InvalidError]

is am5 gonna be coming out next year if not Imma just buy both together lol

If AMD launches Zen 4 in 2021, most likely yes. Though based on pacing between Zen/Ryzen launches so far and the still mythical status of DDR5, Zen 4 may get announced in 2021 but have no real availability until 2022.

 

[Speedy_H05]

so you think it would be backward compatible so like will my 5900x work on the new mobos that come out with it

 

[InvalidError]

so you think it would be backward compatible so like will my 5900x work on the new mobos that come out with it

If by new motherboards you mean AM5, I give it a 0% chance. AMD likely has a truckload of design issues they identified on AM4 that they want to fix and those fixes will require a new socket.

 

[cdrkf]

If by new motherboards you mean AM5, I give it a 0% chance. AMD likely has a truckload of design issues they identified on AM4 that they want to fix and those fixes will require a new socket.

Also AM5 is likely to use DDR5 memory, so any CPU's designed for it will need a new memory controller. The only thing that could happen (based on AMD historically) is if they release a new cpu architecture on the new platform, they might release a version of it for the older socket as a final upgrade. Note I base this on the transition from the AM2+ socket -> AM3, Phenom II was designed for socket AM3 (with DDR 3 memory), however AMD released the Phenom II 920 and 940 for the older AM2+ socket (whilst the 925 / 945 were the AM3 variants). After those two all subsequent processors were released exclusively for AM3.

Honestly though I think this is unlikely given the vast array of potent (and high core count) options available on the AM4 platform, they are probably just going to move on once AM5 launches.

 

[InvalidError]

Also AM5 is likely to use DDR5 memory, so any CPU's designed for it will need a new memory controller.

Based on prior history of DRAM standard transitions since DDR1, AM5 CPUs will likely support DDR4 and DDR5 and motherboard manufacturers will be free to offer whatever number of different boards for either standard they want until one or two CPU generations into the socket where official support may get dropped but possibly still be present in silicon until the next socket.

 

[Speedy_H05]

aight but i should definitely wait for am5 that way I can make the huge jump right