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I get it's good, but what took them so long? Wouldn't many people who had 300 series motherboards already have upgraded? They were stuck for 18 months without a path forward.

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They're trying make switching to Intel less appealing when upgrade time comes. Until 12th gen, they didn't seem to view that as much of a threat. Now it apparently is. Competition is good!

interesting. I hadn't considered AMD doing this due to Intel 12th gen. If true, that's a sign that AMD isn't doing this to help customers, but to hurt intel

which helps customers. hence why competition is good.

> AMD isn't doing this to help customers, but to hurt intel

Seems correct. ASRock already allowed 5000 series CPUs on their X370/B350/A320 motherboards with a beta BIOS released in 2020[1]. AMD told them to stop[2]. That beta BIOS was never officially released.

https://wccftech.com/asrock-amd-ryzen-5000-cpu-bios-support-...

https://wccftech.com/amd-warns-motherboard-makers-offering-r...

AMD, like Intel, was almost certainly gonna take advantage of a lack of competition to try and maximize their returns from their existing chips. Without competitive pressure from Intel they have no incentive to release better chips.

It’s not that AMD is good and Intel is bad, or vice versa. It’s that only Intel is bad and only AMD is bad.

What we need is a healthy back and forth competition between both the companies (and some ARM sprinkled in as well).

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