ASUS Details Four New X570 Motherboards, including ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme

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ASUS published a listing late last month teasing one of its upcoming premium X570 motherboards for AMD Ryzen processors, the ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme. The manufacturer has now shared a lengthy Edge Up article that details the full specifications and features of that motherboard, as well as three of its upcoming siblings: the ROG Strix X570-E Gaming WiFi II, ProArt X570-Creator WiFi, and TUF Gaming X570-Pro WiFi II. Availability and pricing of all four motherboards are TBA.



ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme



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[Brian_B]

At first, I would say they are a bit late to the game, x570 has been around for a bit and it won't be long before we see either Zen4 or Zen3+.

But, on the other hand, Zen3 is just now starting to see pretty good availability after months of being backlogged. So maybe it is a good time to put out new hardware.

 

[Dan_D]

At first, I would say they are a bit late to the game, x570 has been around for a bit and it won't be long before we see either Zen4 or Zen3+.

But, on the other hand, Zen3 is just now starting to see pretty good availability after months of being backlogged. So maybe it is a good time to put out new hardware.

X570 will have some life left in it too as the transition to DDR5 will put people off to whatever they call the next platform. The fact is, it will be insanely expensive and probably not provide any real performance benefit in the short term. At least, that's how every single memory technology / standard transition I've ever seen has gone. In some cases, performance even fell in some specific cases. For the most part, the people who buy into DDR5 early will be doing it because they are generally early adopters and buyers of high end hardware.

On the mid-range and down, people will still buy the legacy platforms for a time while they wait for prices to fall. Those people won't be trying to feed the latest CPU's or the most expensive GPU's in most cases. In other words, we'll be seeing DDR4 based boards like X570 and B550 for quite awhile before they are entirely phased out.

 

[LazyGamer]

The fact is, it will be insanely expensive and probably not provide any real performance benefit in the short term. At least, that's how every single memory technology / standard transition I've ever seen has gone. In some cases, performance even fell in some specific cases.

I've always had that mental period where CAS latencies shoot up and I have to adjust my frame of reference. And then all the subtimings, especially those exposed on enthusiast boards?

For the most part, the people who buy into DDR5 early will be doing it because they are generally early adopters and buyers of high end hardware.

I'd usually wait until the first big price correction after the OEMs switch over, which usually happens after enough fabs switch over to the new standard and wind up overproducing. I'm also not usually in a hurry though, as per your statement above.

But also that switching memory technologies implies a platform switch, and I don't usually do that unless I'm running into bottlenecks!


Also, generally speaking, these boards should be ready out of the box for 5000-series CPUs. I realize that most boards on retailer shelves shipped with updated BIOSs, but it's nice to have a few SKUs that are sure bets.