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sunshowers 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: AMD's Strix Halo under the hood

Hi Nirav! Long time admirer.

Gen 4 x4 or gen 5 x4? I saw that gen 5 x4 results in maybe a 3% decrease in 5090 performance compared to gen 5 x16.

nrp 3 months ago | [–]

Gen 4 x4. That’s a limitation of Ryzen AI Max.

sunshowers 3 months ago | | [–]

Thank you! Even gen 4 x4 doesn't look too bad, just a 6% drop at 4k with a 5090.

I realize pairing this with a 5090 is a bit ridiculous, but... is it?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-p...

Tepix 3 months ago | [–]

That really depends on the use case, does it not?

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