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Brexit weakened the pound, not the dollar :s
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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***
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Brexit weakened the pound, not the dollar :s
Soldato
I think he means with Trump being president now. A lot of speculation was stating that the dollar would weaken as a result.
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Caporegime
I was going to say.
Can't wait to see what my pound will be worth in March.
Can't wait to see what my pound will be worth in March.
I see an AMD dual core for £23.99
by your logic
OMMFG cars £10,000,0000!!! they should be cheaper by now
Associate
Whuuut??
Soldato
Waits for on topic post...
agree, this pointless crap about which brand is better than the other is stupid.
Doesn't matter how expensive they are, or how you get little to no % increase over the last gen.
They will still sell by the boatload. And people here will queue up to recommend them. Or even be saying they're good value, because they are /new and improved/ and must be better than everything that went before.
After all, all that R&D spend must be moving things along, right? "R&D spend" can't just mean the cost of all the lines of coke for the senior management, right?
Soldato
Zen CPUs name and prices leaked!!!
http://wccftech.com/amd-zen-summit-ridge-prices-details-leaked/
Summit Ridge CPUs will be naming as SR7, SR5 and SR3.
But price will start at Chinese RMB 1500 which is about $218.04 for SR3. So in UK we will look at £210 inc VAT for SR3.
Not good news about prices, dreams of cheap CPUs prices days are over. These high prices could possible to do something with Trump.
We probably look at £200-£300 range for SR5 and £300-£400 range for SR7.
Think SR7 will have 8 cores to compete with Core i7, SR5 will have 6 cores to compete with Core i5 and SR3 will have 4 cores to compete with Core i3.
http://wccftech.com/amd-zen-summit-ridge-prices-details-leaked/
Summit Ridge CPUs will be naming as SR7, SR5 and SR3.
But price will start at Chinese RMB 1500 which is about $218.04 for SR3. So in UK we will look at £210 inc VAT for SR3.
Not good news about prices, dreams of cheap CPUs prices days are over. These high prices could possible to do something with Trump.
We probably look at £200-£300 range for SR5 and £300-£400 range for SR7.
Think SR7 will have 8 cores to compete with Core i7, SR5 will have 6 cores to compete with Core i5 and SR3 will have 4 cores to compete with Core i3.
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Zen CPUs name and prices leaked!!!
http://wccftech.com/amd-zen-summit-ridge-prices-details-leaked/
Summit Ridge CPUs will be naming as SR7, SR5 and SR3.
But price will start at Chinese RMB 1500 which is about $218.04 for SR3. So in UK we will look at £210 inc VAT for SR3.
Not good news about prices, dreams of cheap CPUs prices days are over. These high prices could possible to do something with Trump.
We probably look at £200-£300 range for SR5 and £300-£400 range for SR7.
Think SR7 will have 8 cores to compete with Core i7, SR5 will have 6 cores to compete with Core i5 and SR3 will have 4 cores to compete with Core i3.
Nah, I can't see them trying to charge £210 for the bottom end Zen. Even if it is 4-core rather than 2 on Intel's side.
I think they'll start at £140 at the highest (i.e. that's the highest they'll charge for the bottom chip)
Don
Can't see that being the final naming - I mean what happens when the next chip is released, how does your average consumer (i.e. non enthusiast) compare SR5 to RR5 (Raven Ridge as an example - I don't know what the next core is actually called).
Even though both sides have confused at times with naming/performance - this is completely at odds with what has gone before.
Caporegime
SR3: 4 core 8 thread £200 | i7 6700K £340
SR5: 6 core 12 thread £300 | i7 6800K £450
SR7: 8 core 16 thread £400 | i7 6900K £1,000
I don't see anything wrong with that pricing, 6 core 12 thread for £40 less than a 6700K....
SR5: 6 core 12 thread £300 | i7 6800K £450
SR7: 8 core 16 thread £400 | i7 6900K £1,000
I don't see anything wrong with that pricing, 6 core 12 thread for £40 less than a 6700K....
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Caporegime
I'd take 8c/16t for £400 even if it's Haswell level IPC.
Caporegime
Nout wrong with that pricing at all.
I can't see it being that cheap through for the 6 and 8 cores though, unless the performance isn't there.
Although 6 core 12 thread at 300 pound's not exactly special (5820 was like 350). It'll certainly have a place in the market.
No way in hell do I think the 8 core will be 400 though, far too cheap.
Could the number following the 'SR' be a reference to core count? it's unconventional but it'd be a good way to increase yields and they could always sell a full blown 8 core model as an extreme edition for £800+.
If the 5 core model price matched Intel quad's I'm sure they'd do well, the trouble AMD have is that Intel have a lot of leeway on price reductions but that's the case no matter what AMD do.
If the 5 core model price matched Intel quad's I'm sure they'd do well, the trouble AMD have is that Intel have a lot of leeway on price reductions but that's the case no matter what AMD do.
Caporegime
Sadly the Core i7 6800K is around £420 to £430 now.
That means the 6C/12T is the same price as the Core i7 6700/6700K.
I suspect SR3 is a 4C/8T chip for the price of a Intel 4C chip.
Makes sense - if AMD say is more like Haswell level single threaded performance,they are offering more threads and cores for the price.
Plus the fact they actually included a decent cooler unlike the Core i5 and Core i7 K series chips.
It also explains the Intel pricing for the Core i3 K chip being £170 as the cheapest Zen will be at least £200.
That means until the APU is released the lower end chips on AM4 will be Excavator based.
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Caporegime
Yeah, I'm aware, sadly.
But because the 5820 existed, a product coming out years later at a similar price point isn't special. And if it has Haswell type performance, it'd be a pretty similar performing chip too, for a similar type of price.
Either way, a 300 pound 6C/12T chip with Haswell type IPC which is available is still very very good, and cheaper than current i7 4c/8T prices.
Really need to see what AMD do with their lower end offerings too though.
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