Repurposed Xbox silicon powers a fascinating China-only PC motherboard.
AMD recently - and somewhat stealthily - released the 4800S Desktop Kit for Chinese OEMs.
The idea that this product even exists is baffling, but there is some logic to it.
Not every PS5 or Series X chip that makes it off the production line is functional.
There can be imperfections in the silicon that write off the chip - or parts of it.
There’s also precedent with this happening before.
The AMD 4700S Desktop Kit follows the same principles, although that’s built around defective PlayStation 5 processors.
I do own a 4700S, but it’s a bit of a dead weight.
Meanwhile, the cooler is slight to say the least.
With the 4800S, AMD resolves all of these issues.
I do actually own the 4700S Desktop Kit - and others have covered it extensively.
We bought the 4800S on the recommendation of DF supporter, Fidler_2K, who noted its more luxurious spec.
However, actually acquiring one was problematic.
I bought the 4700S on eBay from an Italian supplier.
So, thanks to Will, Stella and indeed Fidler_2K for making this project possible.
Where to begin with 4800S Desktop Kit testing, though?
However, the biggest impact to performance is going to be in the memory system.
A standard desktop CPU is paired with SDRAM modules that you choose yourself and insert into the motherboard.
The 4800S desktop kit comes with GDDR6 on the board.
This memory is typically used for graphics purposes, not CPU.
you’ve got the option to see how that pans out in the graphs below.
However, something interesting happens when the transfers break through the cache limit of the Ryzen 5 3600.
Before we go on, some words of caution in how the data should be interpreted.
However, equally, we need to accept that consoles are very different beasts.
The Xbox CPU is out of its natural habitat.
On PC, games need to work on a plethora of different hardware.
There is no OS reservation here.
Even so, I trust you’ll find the following pages quite interesting!
