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AMD Ryzen Price leaks (8C/16T/20MB/4GHZ/95W UNDER $500!!)
snadge:
http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/102322-uk-us-prices-amd-r7-ryzen-processors-spotted/
$316-$419 depending on which R7 you buy
tests of a 3.1Ghz Manufacturing sample of an R7 chip have shown that it is just as powerful as Intels $1200 8C/16T 6900K in all tests (each at the same clock speed) and uses the same amount of energy (AMD uses slightly less than Intel actually, about 3%) - If AMD's top chip truly is going to be under $500 then its going to be a good buy and should hopefully drive Intels prices down, that said one can buy the much cheaper but slightly under-clocked version and simply overclock it!! therefore one can get the performance of Intels $1200 chip at a quarter of the price!
AMD have named the chips similar to Intels Core- i3/i5/i7 chips, AMD R3/R5/R7, I think this is a good idea
AMD R3 chips will be 4C/4T
AMD R5 chips will be 4C/8T and 6C/12T
AMD R7 chips wil be 8C/16T
and we are getting REAL CORES this time... unlike previous AMD 8 core chips in which a pair of cores share a single Floating Point Unit (FPU) meaning they were very inefficient and more like very efficient Quad-Cores
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgejkSWzvNs[/youtube]
Ronski:
Well if this is true and the pricing is correct it will be great news, and hopefully drive Intel prices down, Intel will need to innovate to stay ahead of the game, but I'm sure they will have something in reserve.
displaced:
Oooh, shiny!
But I'm sticking to my "It's not just about the processor" line. I need to see some top-quality motherboards with feature-rich, quick, reliable chipsets.
Seriously - these great CPUs are of no interest if the chipsets are crap.
burakkucat:
Why do young people who make videos, such as the one to which Snadge has linked, above, have the need to gabble? :-\
Whoever he was, he might have well been spouting Martian in a Russian accent. Totally impossible to follow (or understand). :-X
Chrysalis:
finally some proper competition in the cpu space.
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