HW News - AMD 5500X3D, Steam OS on ROG Ally, RTX 4070 VRAM Downgrade, AMD Vulnerability

Hardware news follows a busy two weeks of AMD Zen 5 CPU releases. AMD is still in the news, but this time, it's with a rumored "new" Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU. Other rumors include those of a 4090D with double the VRAM and an RTX 4070 SKU with downgraded VRAM to GDDR6. In actual news, the GPD Pocket 4 has some really cool modular configurations (such as a SIM card add-on slot), the Meta Quest 3S has seen a leak, Valve is bringing Steam OS to the ASUS ROG Ally, and the US government wants to make it easier to get out of recurring subscription payments.



TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Recapping the Week
01:31 - New Tests Added (Rodinia CFD & FSI)
07:52 - Rumor: AMD R5 5500X3D CPU for AM4
10:45 - Rumor: RTX 4090D & 4080 Double VRAM
11:57 - GPD Equips Zen 5 APU to Pocket 4 Handheld
14:10 - US Govt. Attacking Subscription Cancellation
15:44 - Meta Quest 3S Leak
16:45 - AMD CPU Vulnerability Sinkclose
18:49 - SteamOS Coming to ROG Ally
20:23 - Rumor: RTX 4070 VRAM Downgrade
21:36 - Google Builds Ping Pong Robot

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Jimmy Thang: Writing

[tszhin]

This is the year 2040, amd has just released the brand new 5350XTX3DXT

[Abrasive-Heat]

AMD does some nonsense that makes everyone mad.

AMD: Time to release another AM4 CPU.

[fnige]

The year is 2124, society has moved on from the need for silicon. AMD has announced their new cpu, the 5675x3D, a more efficient version of the 5650x3D

[deezy]

at this point AM4 is really going to outlive the AM5 architecture 😭

[brucethen]

"Dammit Jim, I'm a reviewer, not a doctor"

[LordLiquidBaconII]

Calling Louis Rossmann your anger translator really got me LOL

[Lishtenbird]

Aren't the double VRAM 4090s frankensteined locally from 3090s, where physically increasing VRAM hasn't been locked off yet?

[guffels]

calling Louis an anger translator is so on-point.

[After_Dawn]

The amount of obvious spambot posts when a video is freshly uploaded is unreal. YouTube needs to step up with their antispam algorithms.

[blackasthesky]

Louis Rossmann is probebly getting on the industry leaders' nerves in just the right ways. He can be so bitchy in his videos, and I am so here for it.

[JoeStuffzAlt]

There should be a "days since an AM4 announcement" counter every time you get news about an AMD CPU

[roger_isaksson]

3:12 Plase add CAD software to the suite. I reckon a lot of EE’s (Altium designer etc.) and ME’s (Solidworks, etc.) use workstation and prosumer parts in their office and home rigs.

[TheJoshScape]

For Adobe, if you forget to cancel by the renewal date, you have 10 days that counts as a trial period where you can cancel any time. Mention this next time, tell them you're in a trial period, and it's not for you.

[dextervenske]

I love AM4...it's brought decent CPU performance to a lot of people on a tight budget, especially the huge second hand market created by people having so much choice for upgrades. I hosted a LAN last weekend and 11/12 of the people attending had AM4, ranging from a 1600, to a 5600X. They did us good...

[ShelleyD]

Louis and Steve need to start a consumer advocate podcast

[JamieStuff]

As an engineer, I must thank you for pronouncing "Euler" correctly.

[pfandahalf]

I was curious why nvidia needed to downgrade to gddr6 on the 4070, and an article by digital trends on July 30, 2024 titled "The storm clouds for another GPU shortage are brewing " says "It appears that a batch of GDDR6X memory, made by Micron, failed to pass various quality checks. That’s pretty disastrous, as the entire batch is said to be good for nothing but being replaced. Take this with some skepticism, though, as it all appears to be a rumor — albeit from what seems to be a credible source." That must have been a hell of a big batch.

[postItNoteObsession]

AM4 5800X3D is our 2020s Intel i5 2500k.

[ProjectPhysX]

3:47 the speedup probably comes from AVX-512

[WayStedYou]

14:45 Louis translated it to fluent angry New Yorker