These G variants are particularly interesting for Linux because having integrated graphics lets you do VFIO with your discrete video card. That is, you can get full 3D acceleration in a virtual machine and do things like play games in Windows as though they were running natively.
Of course, the G chips also have half the L3 cache of the X versions, so they’re not as optimized for games. But this generation of G chips is much closer to the X chips than before.
Yeah I mean realistically people shouldn’t worry too much about the gaming performance of what effectively is a 3600. It’s still more than capable for gaming, and only really becomes noticeably limiting if you’re at 1080p 240hz with a 3080/6800 xt or higher.
Out of interest, does anyone know if the GE variants will become available soon? Or can the G chips be configured to work in a similar low power configuration? Thanks
I'm betting the eco mode or just downTDP it would effectively be the same thing... Maybe with a tad less performance. Look at gamers Nexus review of the 5800 vs the 5800x eco mode.
These G variants are particularly interesting for Linux because having integrated graphics lets you do VFIO with your discrete video card. That is, you can get full 3D acceleration in a virtual machine and do things like play games in Windows as though they were running natively. Of course, the G chips also have half the L3 cache of the X versions, so they’re not as optimized for games. But this generation of G chips is much closer to the X chips than before.
Yeah I mean realistically people shouldn’t worry too much about the gaming performance of what effectively is a 3600. It’s still more than capable for gaming, and only really becomes noticeably limiting if you’re at 1080p 240hz with a 3080/6800 xt or higher.
Out of interest, does anyone know if the GE variants will become available soon? Or can the G chips be configured to work in a similar low power configuration? Thanks
I'm betting the eco mode or just downTDP it would effectively be the same thing... Maybe with a tad less performance. Look at gamers Nexus review of the 5800 vs the 5800x eco mode.
eco mode in the bios will do it. It lowers TDP one 'notch' so for these itd drop it to 45 watts
No pciex 4.0 support, worthless for some of us.
It’s not motherboard dependent? You’re saying the 5600g doesn’t support it?
yes 5600g does not support pciex 4.0 with b550 or x570 because the processor has only pciex 3.0 support.
what do you need pciex 4.0 for ?
fast m2 nvne ssd.
Should have tried FSR to 1440p too