AMD Announces Socket AM5 Extension Until 2029 Launching New Ryzen 7 7700X3D and Radeon RX 9070 GRE Graphics Along With Ryzen 7 5800X3D Anniversary Edition
Along with new gaming processors and graphics hardware, AMD announced an extensive extension for its desktop processor platform at Computex. The company assured that its current socket framework will remain in service for a few more years, similar to the successful lifecycle of the previous generation technology. David McAfee, corporate vice president at AMD stated that:
"Our intent is to keep offeringupgrade flexibility and long term system ownership to PC builders around the world."
We’re committed to giving gamers high performance technologies with the flexibility to upgrade their systems over time. Ultimately, our goal is to deliver unmatched ownership experiences for players around the world.
Ten years of the AM4 platform is being celebrated with a special release of the most famous gaming processor in existence. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition is a tribute to the first CPU featuring the 3D V Cache technology and comes bundled with a Carbice Ice Pad thermal interface sheet to facilitate its installation and promote a more consistent temperature when utilized for long term use. It will launch with a retail price of 349 dollars.
AMD has officially extended the life of the AM5 platform, pledging to keep it supported until 2029. This ambitious lifespan commitment aims to avoid any sudden and abrupt need for complete motherboard changes and give consumers the opportunity to make incremental upgrades in the coming years. To make this investment more attractive to the end user and promote a larger user base on this platform, the Ryzen 7 7700X3D was launched, delivering advanced cache capabilities to a more affordable price point with its 8 cores, 104MB total cache, and 4.5GHz boost clock frequencies at launch time for 329 dollars.
Desktop graphics were also among the items shown by the manufacturer and we received confirmation that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE will be globally launched soon. Built with the new RDNA 4 architecture, the card features 48 compute units, 12GB VRAM, and boost clocks at 2.79GHz. It also promises 21 percent increased 1440p performance versus similarly priced competitive products based on the manufacturer's supplied metrics and will launch in reference and partner boards form factors with a base price of 549 dollars.
System memory performance received some updates by way of a newAMD EXPO Ultra Low Latency technology profile, enabling DDR5 memory modules to average an increase of 4 percent frame rates over standard EXPO tuned modules. Low Latency AMD EXPO memory kits should be shipping from verified partner manufacturers in the upcoming weeks.
