AMD Ryzen

[iParanormalx]

Lol I'm enthused af but theres no way in hell im paying 3 times more for 1.1x the product.... unless i win the lottery, in that case i'm buying a powerhouse for everyone on this forum.

 

[PP Mguire]

Me too. I'm itching to upgrade my entire computer so I can use things like M.2 to have a smaller case. I can't justify paying $400 for a new Intel CPU/Mobo that's not much faster than my 2500K @ 4.5GHz.

I've always bought Intel, but I'm really annoyed with them lately. I feel like we're not seeing much improvement from them because they have no reason to improve, and thus we're getting these minuscule 0%-5% performance improvements with each new release... I wouldn't be surprised if Intel is suddenly able to improve 25% after Zen is released.

Lol I'm enthused af but theres no way in hell im paying 3 times more for 1.1x the product.... unless i win the lottery, in that case i'm buying a powerhouse for everyone on this forum.

That's what happens when the competition drops the ball gents. We're just lucky Intel decided to keep their Mainstream chips at a relatively decent price compared to the Enthusiast side.

 

[PP Mguire]

Ryzen to be released before GDC. We got at least another month.

 

[PP Mguire]

Crosshair VI detailed, awww yeee.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...vi-hero-flagship-motherboard-detailed.230297/

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

The only thing, and I mean ONLY thing that will turn me off of Ryzen is if AMD gets rid of ECC RAM support on consumer grade chips...

 

[PP Mguire]

The only thing, and I mean ONLY thing that will turn me off of Ryzen is if AMD gets rid of ECC RAM support on consumer grade chips...

Considering they are catering with a PRO moniker I would assume those are meant for workstation use and therefore might still have ECC support.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

I can only hope so, only reason I still support AMD is because AMD has been rather good about having such niche features. Made my server build about $300 cheaper than what it would have been if I had gone Intel.

 

[PP Mguire]

Intel has readied up 2 new chips for the Ryzen released, one of which being an unlocked i5 with HT. One is safe to assume Ryzen will be very competitive performance wise.

 

[PP Mguire]

1800X comes with a $490 price tag. Yes please.

 

[Slacker]

looking at the size of this thread-- maybe the pc market really is dead- too little to late for AMD---

but then I saw this

some humor in that- but it is really dry!