The first and last AMD-based PC I built was an Athlon 2200+ (I think anyway). It was awesome. The only reason I didn't go AMD again is that Intel caught up and had something faster than an Athlon a few years later...
SO, the tide has turned again and I'm assuming Zen 3 will be faster for flight simulation than anything Intel offers later this year at any given price point. But... My understanding is that the even more significant changes are coming to Zen 4 later in fall? of 2021. I don't want to wait that long to retire a 4770k with a 1080Ti. I'm assuming at least a 40% increase in frames if I go to a mid/high level AMD Zen 3 and a 3080Ti later this year. Sound about right?
Then, I'm assuming an upgrade a year later for at lease another 20% on top of that for Zen 4. Zen 4 is really my performance target. My understanding is that AMD just made Zen 3 backwards compatible to those already using Zen 2. Ok, so putting that all together, here's the question:
Does someone like me have an option for a "FORWARD UPGRADEABLE" MoBo that will be able to transition for Zen 3 to Zen 4, or if those who catch Zen 3 must also update their MoBO for Zen 4 once that releases in late 2021?
Thanks for the help on the long term planning.
SO, the tide has turned again and I'm assuming Zen 3 will be faster for flight simulation than anything Intel offers later this year at any given price point. But... My understanding is that the even more significant changes are coming to Zen 4 later in fall? of 2021. I don't want to wait that long to retire a 4770k with a 1080Ti. I'm assuming at least a 40% increase in frames if I go to a mid/high level AMD Zen 3 and a 3080Ti later this year. Sound about right?
Then, I'm assuming an upgrade a year later for at lease another 20% on top of that for Zen 4. Zen 4 is really my performance target. My understanding is that AMD just made Zen 3 backwards compatible to those already using Zen 2. Ok, so putting that all together, here's the question:
Does someone like me have an option for a "FORWARD UPGRADEABLE" MoBo that will be able to transition for Zen 3 to Zen 4, or if those who catch Zen 3 must also update their MoBO for Zen 4 once that releases in late 2021?
Thanks for the help on the long term planning.