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AMD will be officially releasing their Ryzen 7 CPUs on March 2nd, so there's not long to go! They can be pre-ordered right now too if you're that excited about it. Like with everything though, as always, I do recommend waiting and not pre-ordering anything. Wait for some real-world benchmarks.

You can watch the official announcement below:
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The three processors in the Ryzen family that will be available first are:
- Ryzen 7 1800X: 8 cores/16 threads, 3.6 GHz, 4.0 GHz boost, 95W, $499
- Ryzen 7 1700X: 8 cores/16 threads, 3.4 GHz, 3.8 GHz boost, 95W, $399
- Ryzen 7 1700: 8 cores/16 threads, 3.0 GHz, 3.7 GHz boost, 65W, $329

They claim to have made a 52% improvement on instructions per clock, which is a massive leap when it comes to processors, truly incredible. Their original goal was aiming for a 40% increase, but they seem to have broken through their own target:
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They also showed off some more of their own benchmarks:
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Just take a moment to let that settle in. This is a $399 processor, from AMD, that is not only keeping up with, but just about beating a $1K+ processor from Intel. Now, I know these are their internal benchmarks and not to be completely trusted, but if it's even close to that it means these processors truly pack a punch worthy of gamers.

The processors sound really, really good. That price-point is pretty damn good too for 8 cores.

I imagine this is going to put AMD firmly back on the map, for everyone. This should make Intel sweat at least a little bit.

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gurv Feb 22, 2017
Quoting: SirBubbles
Quoting: morbiusAMD's new GPU architecture should come out as well, I just wish situation with the drivers for Linux was not so bad, right now they offer better bang for a buck, but only if you're running Windows.

Don't radeons chew up a bit more power than nvidia? Also the driver situation for linux has a sad, sad history of being a tad deficient. I don't know if it's getting a good deal better or not, but I remember having to compile kernel modules for Mandrake Linux and having them break every other boot. Fun times.

Just look at the benchmark Phoronix just did
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon-nvidia-hitman&num=3
On 1080p ultra, the RX 480 sits just between the GTX 980 and GTX 1060.
The AMD open source driver really has come a long way!
And with Valve now employing 3 developers to work full time on the AMD driver in addition to AMD own team, it's only going to improve.

Some features are unfortunately not yet available easily since they are not mainlined yet in the kernel (namely display related feature like FreeSync and HDMI audio) but it should be done by this summer, fall at the latest.
Teal Feb 22, 2017
I would be glad if anybody finds any information on support of AMD-Vi.
cRaZy-bisCuiT Feb 23, 2017
Don't get me wrong, those look like a fairly good processor! Since the IPC is almost the same in comparison to Intel Core i processors >= 3570k I see no reason to upgrade. Game hardly profit from more than 2 Cores, some do use 4 Cores but quite a few, especially under Linux, are still bound to the speed of only one core!


Obviously this processor will beat down 4-6 Core processors when it comes down to multi core performance benchmarks and use cases. :)
Aryvandaar Feb 23, 2017
I've been waiting for Ryzen to buy my new rig.
Guest Feb 23, 2017
Much excite about this
Pompesdesky Feb 23, 2017
I really really hope that if the performance is on par with Intel, and even if Intel strongly decreases their pricing, people will massively buy the AMD solution. I would love to see Intel pay for their bad practises, be it with regards to end customers with their crazy prices (hi there Nvidia as well) or shadow business practices making that you'll hardly find an AMD processor in OEM desktops and even less in laptops :><:
natewardawg Feb 23, 2017
Quoting: PompesdeskyI really really hope that if the performance is on par with Intel, and even if Intel strongly decreases their pricing, people will massively buy the AMD solution. I would love to see Intel pay for their bad practises, be it with regards to end customers with their crazy prices (hi there Nvidia as well) or shadow business practices making that you'll hardly find an AMD processor in OEM desktops and even less in laptops :><:

Some YouTubers, like LinusTechTips, did some ad-hoc benchmarking at the expo and it looks like performance per dollar blows away Intel! :)
Pompesdesky Feb 23, 2017
Quoting: natewardawgSome YouTubers, like LinusTechTips, did some ad-hoc benchmarking at the expo and it looks like performance per dollar blows away Intel! :)

I'm quite confident about it, my fear is that as in the graphics card space a lot of users only like AMD being competitive to buy their usual stuff (Intel/Nvidia) at a more affordable price. I see a lot of these whinning about the price, wishing AMD gets good stuff at a good price and not buying AMD... and then after a few years they cry again because AMD didn't get sufficient revenue to support a healthy R&D and Intel/Nvidia get in another cycle of customer fist f*****g.....
Eike Feb 23, 2017
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Trouble is: I'm not sure replacing my Intel 3570K would actually speed up any game. If it does, I will strongly consider buying an AMD CPU.
natewardawg Feb 23, 2017
Quoting: EikeTrouble is: I'm not sure replacing my Intel 3570K would actually speed up any game. If it does, I will strongly consider buying an AMD CPU.

You may want to check the end of the year when we will probably have a lot more games coming out with Vulkan support. There will possibly be a difference between the 4 threads in the 3570K and the 16 threads in the Ryzen CPUs. Until then, I think you're absolutely right, it won't helping gaming much.

For folks like me who do game development or artists who do 3D rendering, these CPUs will help a ton since rendering or baking lightmaps of a scene can literally take days to render! A faster multi-core CPU is a huge win! :)
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