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G.SKILL Launchs Flare X Series and Ryzen Optimized FORTIS Series DDR4
G.SKILL is announcing the Flare X series and FORTIS series, designed and tested specifically for the new AMD Ryzen processor platform. With a brand new architecture, processor, and chipset from AMD, high performance overclocking memory kits must be validated for optimized compatibility and stability for the new hardware.
Designed for the latest AMD Ryzen processor, the Flare X series DDR4 memory kit marks the return of the legendary G.SKILL Flare series that provided awesome performance in the previous generation of DDR3 memory. Built with carefully selected IC chips specifically tested and validated on the AM4 platform, the Flare X series will provide the best compatibility and stability for systems with the AMD Ryzen CPU.
FORTIS for Gaming
Designed for the best quality, reliability, and compatibility, the G.SKILL FORTIS series is the most ideal and cost effective DDR4 solution for building a performance AM4 gaming system.
AMD-Tuned DDR4-3200MHz CL14 64GB(4x16GB)
Not needing to sacrifice frequency for capacity, G.SKILL's R&D team achieved an impressive overclock on a 64GB (4x16GB) kit to frequencies of DDR4-3200MHz at ultra-low timings of CL14-14-14-34.
AMD-Tuned DDR4-3466MHz CL16 16GB(2x8GB)
Further pushing the boundaries of 16GB (2x8GB) memory kits on the AM4 platform, G.SKILL tuned it to a blistering fast DDR4-3466MHz CL 16-16-16-36. Tested on the 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 1700 processor and ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero motherboard, this is the fastest G.SKILL memory kit that's been designed for AMD thus far.
DDR4 Specifications & Availability
The Flare X and FORTIS series will both be available in DDR4-2133MHz and DDR4-2400MHz upon release under various capacity configurations, ranging from 16GB to 64GB. Flare X series will be available in higher memory frequency speeds of DDR4-3200MHz and DDR4-3466MHz. Both Flare X and FORTIS series will be available via G.SKILL worldwide distribution partners in March 2017.
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#5401464 Posted on: 03/03/2017 10:04 PM
I just think this is these are their opening kits.
As typical for RAM you will find almost any combination of CAS and clock later on in the large forest of fully differentiated yet for the most part indistinguishable SD modules...
In this case they put the low CAS high clock out and at the same time the entry models with higher CAS and lower clock... The mid section seems in the process of being binned after having identified the highest and lowest performers ...
I understand the concept of binning. However there's something about these new kits that just doesn't add up.
What you're saying would make sense if this was new technology and we were witnessing the introduction of a new kind of memory. But DDR4 isn't new, it has been in volume production for years and the processes should be highly optimized by now. There is nothing new about Ryzen that would require anything different, it's just the same old DDR4 RAM, the "optimized for AMD" is nothing but marketing speak, and probably the only thing missing from existing kits on the market is the addition of an AMP profile programmed into the modules instead of/in addition to an XMP profile. G.Skill surely has been binning these ICs for years and probably selecting the best for their Trident and Ripjaws series while dumping the lower performing ones into their other series such as Aegis and Value RAM.
So, why then are these new kits being introduced with timings that aren't seen anywhere else in G.Skill's entire lineup, including the cheaper series? Has G.Skill been holding on to these ICs and just not selling them at all until now? Are these modules using ICs that were binned so low that didn't even make it into Value RAM? That doesn't make any sense!
It makes a lot more sense if the higher timings are intentional. But then the question is why?
Sure it can be a marketing ploy, they could be introducing these with higher timings now, so they can then inflate the price of lower timing modules later. But then why aren't they doing that already with the other existing series? There are no lower priced Ripjaws modules with CL18, or even Aegis modules. These timings are just nowhere else!
Or could they be programming those higher timings into the "AMD optimized" modules because somehow they think it's best? Could their internal testing of Ryzen have shown something we don't know yet?
I just think this is these are their opening kits.
As typical for RAM you will find almost any combination of CAS and clock later on in the large forest of fully differentiated yet for the most part indistinguishable SD modules...
In this case they put the low CAS high clock out and at the same time the entry models with higher CAS and lower clock... The mid section seems in the process of being binned after having identified the highest and lowest performers ...
I understand the concept of binning. However there's something about these new kits that just doesn't add up.
What you're saying would make sense if this was new technology and we were witnessing the introduction of a new kind of memory. But DDR4 isn't new, it has been in volume production for years and the processes should be highly optimized by now. There is nothing new about Ryzen that would require anything different, it's just the same old DDR4 RAM, the "optimized for AMD" is nothing but marketing speak, and probably the only thing missing from existing kits on the market is the addition of an AMP profile programmed into the modules instead of/in addition to an XMP profile. G.Skill surely has been binning these ICs for years and probably selecting the best for their Trident and Ripjaws series while dumping the lower performing ones into their other series such as Aegis and Value RAM.
So, why then are these new kits being introduced with timings that aren't seen anywhere else in G.Skill's entire lineup, including the cheaper series? Has G.Skill been holding on to these ICs and just not selling them at all until now? Are these modules using ICs that were binned so low that didn't even make it into Value RAM? That doesn't make any sense!
It makes a lot more sense if the higher timings are intentional. But then the question is why?
Sure it can be a marketing ploy, they could be introducing these with higher timings now, so they can then inflate the price of lower timing modules later. But then why aren't they doing that already with the other existing series? There are no lower priced Ripjaws modules with CL18, or even Aegis modules. These timings are just nowhere else!
Or could they be programming those higher timings into the "AMD optimized" modules because somehow they think it's best? Could their internal testing of Ryzen have shown something we don't know yet?
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#5401530 Posted on: 03/04/2017 12:39 AM
How about some RGB love for AMD OP. lol
How about some RGB love for AMD OP. lol
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#5401586 Posted on: 03/04/2017 03:35 AM
Great to see everything falling in place
Great to see everything falling in place
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#5402002 Posted on: 03/05/2017 09:07 AM
Nice kits from G. Skill. Hopefully this will clear up some of the bandwidth issues on the lack of quad channel support on the AM4 platform. Not that it makes any noticeable difference, but it's always nice to have a little more of everything as a whole.
Nice kits from G. Skill. Hopefully this will clear up some of the bandwidth issues on the lack of quad channel support on the AM4 platform. Not that it makes any noticeable difference, but it's always nice to have a little more of everything as a whole.
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Because they aren't binned samsung ICs?
The 3200 are the latest and greatest from Samsung that cost significantly more.
Those kits with high timings are usually hynix/micron.