Rumour has it that AMD will finally allow overclocking to be done with the upcoming Ryzen 9000X3D lineup of CPUs. That is both a huge change for the lineup and a promise the chipmaker may be fulfilling after all this years.
As a bit of insight: when AMD launched its first 3D V-Cache CPU alongside the non-X3D Ryzen 5000 Series back in 2020, and they were potent. To date, one of AMD’s best-performing X3D CPUs is arguably the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. The only downside with these processors though is that you can’t overclock. And by that, you can’t traditionally or manually raise their clockspeeds.
With the Ryzen 9000X3D series, reports say that AMD plans on allowing it to support “full overclocking”, meaning that you should be able to give it the juice – access to CPU voltages, clock changes. Access that were not available with the Zen3 and Zen4 series. That said, it is also been mentioned that AMD will introduce some safeguards, such as placing a limit on how much you may overclock the new Zen5-powered CPUs. Understandably so, given that 3D V-Cache is susceptible to voltage changes.
The same reports also suggest that the Ryzen 9000X3D and Zen5 CPU series will support enhanced overclocking for DDR5 kits. At current, AMD is aiming for DDR5-6000 as the sweet spot, the same as Zen4, but it is gunning for frequencies of 9,000MT/s and 10,000MT/s, respectively.
As always, this is still merely a rumour and until AMD officially confirms it – the chipmaker is reportedly holding an event this month – it would be best to take this bit of news with the usual dousing of skepticism.
(Source: Videocardz)
