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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***

Although Firestrike is obviously predominantly a GPU bench, the physics test is generally quite memory sensitive as well as CPU.

Run on my daily clocks. I'm not a fan of synthetic, but considering the 6850K is 2c/4t down...

We really need to see some overclocking results.

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AlamoX said:
games benchs will be really boring, all cpus will score about the same, except some games that take advantage of multiple cores.
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It'll be interesting to see things like minimum frame rates though, which older CPUs often struggle with compared to newer ones. Whenever you see these "Sandy Bridge vs Kaby Lake" reviews that's usually what it comes down to. Whether that's important at all depends on the user and what other technologies are being used (e.g. GSync/FreeSync) of course.
 
This is what the gaming industry might need tho to start developing games with DX12 from the ground up. If AMD can produce a competitive affordable line of CPU's that the average Joe can afford and in the process cause the average number of cores that the average consumer has in their PC to increase, then game developers might start developing games to start taking advantage of this fact.

Hopefully we will start seeing the minimum number of cores necessary to run a game increase to 4 and the optimal move up to 6-8. At the moment, the optimal is still 4.
 
Silent_Scone said:
bewm.
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Look at the time...... It shows 2017-02-25. Thats 4 days from now!!!!! lol.

Also lets put it into perspective.
A 1700X 8c/16t CPU @ 3.9Ghz does 17917 physics with 2133 CL15 RAM Dual channel, and unknown graphic card.
while my validated and posted scores in the benchmark thread here are

a) 6700K @ 4.8 does 15300 Physics (16GB 3600 CL16 dual channel) 4c/8t (GTX1080@2190/2762)
b) 4930K @ 4.5 does 19598 Physics (32GB 1866 CL9 quad channel) 6c/12t (GTX1080@2164/2762)
c) 4930K @ 4.5 does 16472 Physics (32GB 1866 CL9 quad channel) 6c/12t (R9 Nano 1135/550(1100))

So lets do some number crunching and assumptions.
Assuming they are using GTX1080, but more likely a Titan X, if that 1700X can overclock to 4.5Ghz with the same crap memory it can do ~20674.

A 5960X @ 4.6Ghz does between 21600-22500 with DDR4 @ 2,666-3200 MHz (With 1080 or TXP)
A 6900K @ 4.4Ghz does between 24000-24200 with DDR4 @ 3200 (With 1080 or TXP)

So the question is how much boost do we get expect by changing the 2133 CL15 with something like 3200 CL14?
 
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Silent_Scone said:
Although Firestrike is obviously predominantly a GPU bench, the physics test is generally quite memory sensitive as well as CPU.

Run on my daily clocks. I'm not a fan of synthetic, but considering the 6850K is 2c/4t down...

We really need to see some overclocking results.

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To be fair the 6850k is a £600+ CPU. If AMD get close to that for half the money I'd call that a result even with a couple of extra cores. After all this is David v Goliath ;)
 
Troezar said:
Good shot take off a good $90 then, so close to $400. £350 for a guess?
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You have to add 20% vat on top though (assuming the USD price doesn't have sales tax). So closely to £390-400.

Is easy these days to find the max price of something in GBP compared to USD. Just convert it 1 to 1 because the exchange rate is close as much as the VAT is.
 
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