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[BluRayHiDef]

SK Hynix, a South Korean memory-semiconductor company, has officially announced the world's first DDR5 modules. According to the company, the modules are capable of transferring data at rates ranging from 4800 Mb/s to 5600 Mb/s and operate at 1.1 volts.

The modules, as well as modules from other brands, are expected to be released to retail markets in Q3 of 2021 but aren't expected to be widely adopted until 2022.

The world's first DDR5 DRAM has been developed, here's what it looks like

After almost htree years of waiting, DDR5 RAM is finally a reality.

www.criticalhit.net

 

[prag16]

Another excuse to continue to put off my full PC rebuild. I've rode my 2550k like the steed that it is for almost 9 years. Why would I stop now.

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

That's some low voltage right there. Better than DDR4.

 

[KellyNole]

Another excuse to continue to put off my full PC rebuild. I've rode my 2550k like the steed that it is for almost 9 years. Why would I stop now.

This lol. I keep wanting to upgrade my 2600k and system, but I have fallen into the oh next year the new chipset and ddr and pcie comes out.

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

This lol. I keep wanting to upgrade my 2600k and system, but I have fallen into the oh next year the new chipset and ddr and pcie comes out.

I respect that. One of my buddies is still rocking one, and playing all the latest games with an rtx 2060 to go with it. You might need an upgrade in the next year though.

 

[Max_Po]

Can you even game on that 2600k ?

 

[BluRayHiDef]

Another excuse to continue to put off my full PC rebuild. I've rode my 2550k like the steed that it is for almost 9 years. Why would I stop now.

Wow, I thought that my CPU was old; I'm using an i7-5820K, which I bought in 2016. A lot of users have told me in other threads that I should upgrade my CPU as soon as possible rather than wait for DDR5 since I expressed a desire to get an RTX 3000 Series card.

However, I've managed to get an RTX 3080 and my i7-5820K doesn't seem to be bottlenecking it significantly when running games at 4K. So, I'm sticking to my plan to wait for DDR5-compatible CPUs.

 

[Compsiox]

Fuck Hynix. Samsung B die for life motherfuckers!

 

[prag16]

Can you even game on that 2600k ?

My 2550k is still running new games fine. No I'm not rocking 144hz or even rock solid 60 for most games, but still man, god damn, 9 years.

I guess I'm waiting for 10nm and DDR5 now.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Will this make a difference for gaming?

 

[waylo]

Another excuse to continue to put off my full PC rebuild. I've rode my 2550k like the steed that it is for almost 9 years. Why would I stop now.

If you haven't rebuilt by now, you never will man. There will always be something better around the corner. Just bite the bullet.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

If you haven't rebuilt by now, you never will man. There will always be something better around the corner. Just bite the bullet.

You're right; there's always something better on the horizon. However, considering that the components of his computer that need to be upgraded the most are those that comprise the chipset, which is the most integral aspect of a computer, he should just wait a little longer since DDR5-compatible cbipsets will be released in an amount of time that is short relative to how long he's already waited. Upgrading now would be foolish, in my opinion.

 

[Diddy X]

How fast are DDR4 to compare

 

[prag16]

If you haven't rebuilt by now, you never will man. There will always be something better around the corner. Just bite the bullet.

Yeah the clock is running out. My CPU badly bottlenecks all the latest GPUs, so my hand will be forced. Probably some time next year or so. Seems that I'll still be able to play Cyberpunk fine, which is my main near-future concern.

 

[Xyphie]

How fast are DDR4 to compare

3200 or 3600 are the most common kits for DIY market.

Will this make a difference for gaming?

No. More bandwidth won't do much and actual latency is as low as it'll go.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

3200 or 3600 are the most common kits for DIY market.



No. More bandwidth won't do much and actual latency is as low as it'll go.

What makes you say that more bandwidth won't do much?

 

[Blond]

Next Gen already BTFO???

 

[Xyphie]

What makes you say that more bandwidth won't do much?

You can already get top-end overclocked DDR4 kits with >4400 speeds. They don't do much for current games.

 

[BluRayHiDef]

You can already get top-end overclocked DDR4 kits with >4400 speeds. They don't do much for current games.

They don't do much for current games, but what about future games? Also, what about the fact that current CPUs are designed to work with memory that fast?

 

[Knightime_X]

Can you even game on that 2600k ?

2600 and 2600k is a beast of a CPU.
Not so much for emulators like Dolphin and it's mighty fine for as long as it has lasted.

 

[DJT123]

My current PC just needs an Ampere card for the next few years. Next build will have DDR5 ram and a beastly AMD processor.

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

Wow, I thought that my CPU was old; I'm using an i7-5820K, which I bought in 2016. A lot of users have told me in other threads that I should upgrade my CPU as soon as possible rather than wait for DDR5 since I expressed a desire to get an RTX 3000 Series card.

However, I've managed to get an RTX 3080 and my i7-5820K doesn't seem to be bottlenecking it significantly when running games at 4K. So, I'm sticking to my plan to wait for DDR5-compatible CPUs.

Hmm maybe I don't need to upgrade from the 3770k...

 

[BluRayHiDef]

Hmm maybe I don't need to upgrade from the 3770k...

See for yourself. However, keep in mind that one of the commenters has asserted that my CPU (and RAM) are causing the frame rate dips that occur in the video.