I've noticed something by pouring over the specs of Ryzen MicroATX mobos (B350) and ATX X370 mobos:-
All boards have DVI, DP and HDMI outputs ready for Ryzen APU's to be released at some point in future. BUT there's a nasty catch to these APU's... None of the boards support HDMI 2.0 on the onboard connector. They are stuck at 4K @ 30Hz So no 4K output even for just bog standard Video via HDMI. That's NOT COOL for a product over six months away.
This is braindead thinking from AMD, It means no Ryzen APU HTPC's. It also begs the question of 4K Netflix on Ryzen CPU's. Do they have baked in DRM to play Netflix 4K content? From the mobo specs I'd say NO.
That's a big enough reason NOT to buy anything Ryzen based (even if the price/performance ratio is amazing), it makes current Ryzen mobo's and CPU's a dead end platform before they are even on sale.
If they supported HDMI 2.0 I'd be happy, but I honestly expected Ryzen APU & Mobo / Ryzen CPU + RX480/Polaris to support HDMI 2.0 at a minimum and 2.1 for Netflix content on TV's/Monitors.
All boards have DVI, DP and HDMI outputs ready for Ryzen APU's to be released at some point in future. BUT there's a nasty catch to these APU's... None of the boards support HDMI 2.0 on the onboard connector. They are stuck at 4K @ 30Hz So no 4K output even for just bog standard Video via HDMI. That's NOT COOL for a product over six months away.
This is braindead thinking from AMD, It means no Ryzen APU HTPC's. It also begs the question of 4K Netflix on Ryzen CPU's. Do they have baked in DRM to play Netflix 4K content? From the mobo specs I'd say NO.
That's a big enough reason NOT to buy anything Ryzen based (even if the price/performance ratio is amazing), it makes current Ryzen mobo's and CPU's a dead end platform before they are even on sale.
If they supported HDMI 2.0 I'd be happy, but I honestly expected Ryzen APU & Mobo / Ryzen CPU + RX480/Polaris to support HDMI 2.0 at a minimum and 2.1 for Netflix content on TV's/Monitors.
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