Intel Allegedly Pushing Manufacturers to Drop DDR4 Support in 700 Series Motherboards for 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” CPUs

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Enthusiasts who plan to upgrade to Intel’s upcoming 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake-S” desktop CPUs and 700 Series motherboards may have little choice but to pair them with DDR5 memory, according to an exclusive report from TechPowerUp, which claims that Intel is trying to fuel the adoption of DDR5 by telling manufacturers to avoid releasing 700 Series motherboards with DDR4 support.



This isn’t the worst news for Intel users who wish to stick with last-generation memory, as 13th Gen Core processors will function on 600 Series motherboards, many of which have DDR4 support, but enthusiasts who are planning to make the jump to the latest and greatest chipset may want to prepare themselves accordingly for DDR5’s annoyances, such as relative scarcity and higher price premiums.



It remains to be seen how successful Intel’s push for DDR5 memory will be, but it seems...

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[Brian_B]

This doesn’t make a ton of sense. Intel could always remove the DDR4 controller from the CPU if they wanted to. And what does Intel have to gain from pushing DDR5, they are out of the RAM business.

 

[LazyGamer]

Seems to me that this has already largely happened - board makers didn't bother producing higher-end DDR4 boards in the first place.

 

[Denpepe]

This doesn’t make a ton of sense. Intel could always remove the DDR4 controller from the CPU if they wanted to. And what does Intel have to gain from pushing DDR5, they are out of the RAM business.

They don't want to do that since the chips would then no longer be compatible with 600 series DDR4 boards.

 

[Brian_B]

They don't want to do that since the chips would then no longer be compatible with 600 series DDR4 boards.

That certainly hasn't stopped them in the past

 

[Grimlakin]

I think this is on Intel not motherboard manufacturers. Intel wants the best performance numbers and doesn't want them attributed faster memory and proven with ddr4 memory testing.