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AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

Martini1991 said:
They're not good enough. It was always the argument. Their core for core performance was just too lacklustre.

Even today, they're still weak.

Which is why I gladly hated on them, but I was more than happy to go Ryzen.
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8 Bulldozer cores roughly equal 4 Zen cores.
Which is not a problem. The problem is the poor optimisation of many applications for multi-threading and the spread myth that a dual-core Pentium or i3 is better. Which is nonsense.
 
EsaT said:
Because of Intel 2 cores was standard for cheap market PCs two years.


Without hyperthreading you would likely have lot more/more serious hiccups.
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For reference, i was playing bfv last night and i used the OSD with afterburner, my 2600k clocked to 4.6GHz for showing 100% on all cores at certain points:eek:, hurry up AMD i want my ryzen 7 now:p.
 
CuriousTomCat said:
We're at the end of Jan now so just 4 months to go until the new Ryzen launch at Computex. I'm desperate too.
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TBH, I used a Pentium at 233 MHz, then a Pentium at 450 MHz, then a Core 2 Duo, then a Core 2 Quad and NEVER ever been happy with the experience those systems given me. The last one was throttling like hell.
Meanwhile, I have a up and running Athlon 64 3700+ that is superb till the present day. And my Ryzen 5 2500U is also excellent. Completely different experience.

My point is completely naive to stay with a bottlenecking i7 waiting for the bright future and never given a chance to an AMD processor to prove itself.
 
4K8KW10 said:
TBH, I used a Pentium at 233 MHz, then a Pentium at 450 MHz, then a Core 2 Duo, then a Core 2 Quad and NEVER ever been happy with the experience those systems given me. The last one was throttling like hell.
Meanwhile, I have a up and running Athlon 64 3700+ that is superb till the present day. And my Ryzen 5 2500U is also excellent. Completely different experience.

My point is completely naive to stay with a bottlenecking i7 waiting for the bright future and never given a chance to an AMD processor to prove itself.
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I've had P166's, Athlon XP's, Cyrix and so on. None of what you describe makes any sense. All the systems I had did well for their capacity and IMO that you had such bad experiences says more about your competence with setting up PC's than anything else.
 
TrixX said:
I've had P166's, Athlon XP's, Cyrix and so on. None of what you describe makes any sense. All the systems I had did well for their capacity and IMO that you had such bad experiences says more about your competence with setting up PC's than anything else.
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The Pentiums were prebuilt OEM/OED machines (I agree that their capacity was extremely limited but to say they performed well is utter nonsense and anti-user). The Core 2 Duo was a laptop. Only the Core 2 Quad was DIY :D

Actually, the Athlon 64 3700+ is DIY, too.
 
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Wow you guys have been PC gaming longer than I have. I was late to the party because I was gaming on an upgraded Amiga 1200 until 1999 then I built my first PC with an AMD K6-2 333 and parts I recycled from the Amiga such as HDD and CD-ROM. I'd never even used Windows before so installing it was fun.
 
For those who are being impatient, remember that the CES Keynote was barely more than 3 weeks ago :p

Going to be a long 4 months for you lot :p
 
I am tempted to order my case and PSU at least. But I am just holding off as no doubt the case and PSU will be revised/dated by the time I buy the CPU and the rest of it. So I'll buy it all in one hit.

I am also buying an apartment...so I should probably prioritise things :p
 
I hope TR2 is released soon after Ryzen 2. I'm hoping for 32 cores without having to upgrade from a first gen x399 motherboard so I don't have to go E-ATX or get more powerful VRMs + cooling on the mobo.
 
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