
If Intel are 'rebranding' 10nm to 7, then arguably TSMC could justifiably call their 7nm EUV 4-layer "TSMC 4nm" to be in line with Intel's rebrand. Transistor gate size in nanometers is becoming more meaningless by the day, with TSMC 7nm EUV having around double the double the density of the original N7 process. ThegnomeUh no, it's "Intel 7" which is just them renaming their own 10nm node to keep in line with the other companies.Ah yeah, I remember that news. Going to stay away from first gen anything for now, since second gen seems to be a huge improvement for both Intel and AMD. Some call it cynicism, but I call it "decades of experience".Yeah, not touching it, not that I could afford it at the moment anyhow, but hey. Posted on Oct 22nd 2021, 16:47 Reply #2 TheLostSwedeĬhrispy_Is anyone else going to be giving Z690 a wide berth? There are too many "first-gen" things going on with Z690 that makes me think there will be a lot of bugs to iron out.Īs always, I'd rather be wrong and for Z690 to be a solid platform at a sensible price but I suspect it'll just be a bunch of $700 boards riddled with issues that need fixing.

Some call it cynicism, but I call it "decades of experience". I love jumping on new platforms relatively soon but I will be waiting for multiple other people, reviewers, and fixes to happen before I even consider Z690.Īs always, I'd rather be wrong and for Z690 to be a solid platform at a sensible price but I suspect it'll just be a bunch of $700 boards riddled with issues that need fixing. Is anyone else going to be giving Z690 a wide berth? There are too many "first-gen" things going on with Z690 that makes me think there will be a lot of bugs to iron out.įirst LGA 1700 socket potentially affecting cooler mountings, RAM topology, power delivery designs.įirst PCIe 4.0 chipset support from Intelįirst hybrid CPU architecture for Intel and Microsoft.Įach and every one of those likely means there will be some teething troubles.
#Wait boardmaker full#

Oct 18th 2021 Huge List of Close to 100 Upcoming Z690 Motherboards Leaks (32).Sep 22nd 2021 Intel Core i9-12900K "Alder Lake" Beats Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX at Cinebench R23 nT (95).
