I would be really love to see AMD winning any major OEM commitment to availability on release - or even as an advertised option for purchase. There was a lot of news about AM4 boards shipping to OEMs - it would be great to see that following through with a major partnership with one of the big OEMs.
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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***
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Depends on the software. In BF4 or BF1 maxed out I might well see a difference at 1080p and a 60hz monitor . In Doom (especially in Vulcan) I probably wouldn't detect a difference because a Phenom II is enough to push the minimum framerate well above the monitor's refresh - and there is negligible to no improvement to be had from a better CPU.
Certain things bother me. Missing visual effects I know could be there does(and there are some cases where a fast CPU helps with physics or lighting). For running with a 30fps cap to get a consistent framerate when I know I could be running at 60 - well I know I could improve but I'd like to keep the money for now.
It would be different if I had a VR headset and dropping below 90 induced motion sickness but I don't (nor do I have any intention of buying into VR).
An upgrade will come - but it will either be when I want to play a game where I find the performance intolerable or I see such an outstanding CPU+motherboard bargain I just can't pass it up. My PC's been upgraded piece by piece since building it in 2003. That occasionally means there's a bit of a hardware mismatch - but it's the software and my own subjective preference on how it runs that dictates when I upgrade components - not because X will bottleneck Y.
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Linus will be on the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Soldato
AM4 platform (Linus video above) sounds good. Is it missing anything obvious that the current Intel boards have? (Proprietary Intel tech aside)
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What list?
standard linus none informative, click bate poo, with half the video as an ad as normal
Not going to bother learning what the "top 5 features" are.
Here's what I imagine most our top "top 5 most wanted" features are:
1. More FPS.
2. Quicker.
3. Faster.
4. Less waiting.
5. More speed.
<Clooney> What else? </Clooney>
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Soldato
24 lanes is pretty pitiful if wanting a workstation. These things cost, though.
Soldato
Paid to promote list?
8 Packs lack of enthusiasm towards Ryzen worries me slightly, seeing as he possibly knows how it performs as he'll have been involved with the building of the OcUK CES rig?
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standard linus none informative, click bate poo, with half the video as an ad as normal
See where it says -----VIDEO SPONSORED BY AMD------
There is your clue. It's not as if they are pulling the wool over your eyes. Adjust for that when watching the video...
X370 is supposed to be 32 lanes. Only vague rumours though.
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IF the chipset has 24 lanes - Z170 has 20. the rest come from the cpu
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Not really. We'd probably never get Zen APUs if we followed that path.
do you think AMD APU's will have Vega and HBM?
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