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297. AMD Zen 6 Hybrid CCD Leak, RX 9070 XT, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, AI | Bryan Heemskerk
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297. AMD Zen 6 Hybrid CCD Leak, RX 9070 XT, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, AI | Bryan Heemskerk

A Game Dev joins to discuss why AMD cancelled a 32 Core Zen 6 AM5 design, and RDNA 4. [SPON: Use "brokensilicon“ at CDKeyOffer for $23 Win11 Pro: https://www.cdkeyoffer.com/cko/Moore11 ] [SPON: Check out the Minisforum MDSA156 Dual-Screen Portable Monitor: https://shrsl.com/4tnv7 ] 0:00 TFLOPS vs RAM for Next Generation Performance 6:21 Has Unreal Engine 5 Failed? 30:08 UE5 - Built for RTX 6000 / RDNA 5 35:30 What developers should use UE5? 41:57 RTX 5000 Series Thoughts (Ray Tracing REGRESSION?) 50:29 GPU Pricing Stagnation hurts Game Devs 54:27 RDNA 4 & FSR 4 1:10:39 RTX 5070 Ti Expectations (Does it even matter?) 1:25:04 AMD Strix Point, Strix Halo, "Mega APU" Significance 1:40:32 Zen 6 Medusa – Is AMD phasing out little cores? 1:48:45 (NEW Leak) AMD Cancelled 16 Core Chiplets (For Ultimate V-Cache?) 1:59:17 Steam Deck 2 Performance Expectations 2:06:32 Generative AI in Game Development 2:26:23 The Potential...Downsides...of AI Last Episode Bryan was on: https://youtu.be/5v-U_Dk5oRA?si=dpKj5RM65bclDANw Bryan's Twitter Account: https://x.com/bryanheemskerk Bryan’s Latest Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2469200/Fera_The_Sundered_Tribes/ https://youtu.be/ki7t7Kv1F8s?si=dKPYfAm_MQMY-PiR https://www.tweaktown.com/news/96508/helldivers-2-studio-boss-says-the-game-doesnt-have-dlss-or-fsr-because-gameplay-comes-first/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/capcom-is-experimenting-with-generative-ai-to-help-generate-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ideas-needed-for-game-development/ https://x.com/Rahll/status/1859335268559618406

Broken Silicon · Moore's Law Is Dead

February 18, 20252h 39m

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Show Notes

A Game Dev joins to discuss why AMD cancelled a 32 Core Zen 6 AM5 design, and RDNA 4.
[SPON: Use "brokensilicon“ at CDKeyOffer for $23 Win11 Pro: https://www.cdkeyoffer.com/cko/Moore11 ]
[SPON: Check out the Minisforum MDSA156 Dual-Screen Portable Monitor: https://shrsl.com/4tnv7 ]

0:00 TFLOPS vs RAM for Next Generation Performance
6:21 Has Unreal Engine 5 Failed?
30:08 UE5 - Built for RTX 6000 / RDNA 5
35:30 What developers should use UE5?
41:57 RTX 5000 Series Thoughts (Ray Tracing REGRESSION?)
50:29 GPU Pricing Stagnation hurts Game Devs
54:27 RDNA 4 & FSR 4
1:10:39 RTX 5070 Ti Expectations (Does it even matter?)
1:25:04 AMD Strix Point, Strix Halo, "Mega APU" Significance
1:40:32 Zen 6 Medusa – Is AMD phasing out little cores?
1:48:45 (NEW Leak) AMD Cancelled 16 Core Chiplets (For Ultimate V-Cache?)
1:59:17 Steam Deck 2 Performance Expectations
2:06:32 Generative AI in Game Development
2:26:23 The Potential...Downsides...of AI

Last Episode Bryan was on: https://youtu.be/5v-U_Dk5oRA?si=dpKj5RM65bclDANw
Bryan's Twitter Account: https://x.com/bryanheemskerk
Bryan’s Latest Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2469200/Fera_The_Sundered_Tribes/
https://youtu.be/ki7t7Kv1F8s?si=dKPYfAm_MQMY-PiR
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/96508/helldivers-2-studio-boss-says-the-game-doesnt-have-dlss-or-fsr-because-gameplay-comes-first/
https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/capcom-is-experimenting-with-generative-ai-to-help-generate-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ideas-needed-for-game-development/
https://x.com/Rahll/status/1859335268559618406


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