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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***
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Soldato
Two words that I am sick of hearing: "Overclocker's dream".
Honestly, why this weird obsession with overclocking. It made sense for a short window during which new chips were so unpredictable in quality that the manufacturers had to clock them significantly lower than their average potential to avoid a high return rate. And during this window some discovered they could get more performance out the chips, sometimes significantly more. It became a passion for some.
Those days are largely gone and even during that window it would have made no sense for a manufacturer to advertise something as an "overclocker's dream" because all that they would be saying was "we're releasing this configured product way below where we'd like to release it and below where it would be best for most people." The thing was uttered in an ill-thought out moment by an employee who blundered off-script and never mentioned again.
And in every AMD graphics thread ever more, some wag starts quoting it as if it means anything or has any bearing whatso****ingever. For Christ's sake! I would add a Mad smiley to this post but it looks so ****ing cute in its little Christmas hat...
Caporegime
It was never advertised as an "overclockers dream" its just something one of AMD's staff blurted out on an event stage.
Its one sentence uttered once by one indervidusl but never endorsed by AMD as a company that as usual has a very volatile army of hardware enthusiasts blowing it all way out of proportion.
Its one sentence uttered once by one indervidusl but never endorsed by AMD as a company that as usual has a very volatile army of hardware enthusiasts blowing it all way out of proportion.
Soldato
It sounds like someone doing a bad pirate accent from down South to me... "Arrh, thee sun be ryzen in thee east this maarnin'. Somebody be bringing mee my paarrat"
Soldato
I was making a joke before, but I really do reckon it will be spoken "risen", as it marks AMD's return from the dead (or deathly irrelevance, in any case)
Caporegime
Thats how it reads to me.
Its a similar play on words as Vulkan, Vulkan is German for Volcano, its a reference to Mantle
Ah twitch link excellent.
It looks like we didn't need to sign up for the stream, like we assumed we did earlier in the thread. (same link that Pants just reposted)
Caporegime
Ah twitch link excellent.
It looks like we didn't need to sign up for the stream, like we assumed we did earlier in the thread. (same link that Pants just reposted)
Yeah its weird that. "Sign up for Livestream" unless its a private stream? leme ask...
Caporegime
looks like its for additional stream content.
Caporegime
Wonder how much it'll cost to go to Zen from my 4770k
Caporegime
Probably not that much if Zen pricing leaks are accurate as your existing Chip with Mobo must be worth at least £200 on the market.
Caporegime
I don't want an equivalent, I want better than.
I want either the 6 or 8 core.
I'd be surprised if the 6 was any less than 300, if it is, then depending on performance, that's great.
I want either the 6 or 8 core.
I'd be surprised if the 6 was any less than 300, if it is, then depending on performance, that's great.
Caporegime
Caporegime
Problem with Zens launch will be the pound, and the 5820s launch price. At least for me.
It's unrealistic for me to expect a better chip than the 5820 if Zen is priced at the 5820's launch price, because the pound's crapped itself since then thanks to Brexit.
In the US there will be no problem though.
It's unrealistic for me to expect a better chip than the 5820 if Zen is priced at the 5820's launch price, because the pound's crapped itself since then thanks to Brexit.
In the US there will be no problem though.
Caporegime
Thats a good point, it could be 15% more, £345
Caporegime
I have no idea how anyone can even contemplate buying mainstream i5K's at the moment in the UK. OCUK's asking price is loltastic, and the i7 price just makes me weep.
Theres a partnership deal with amd rx480 and i5 6600k at the moment lol.
http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-and-intel-team-up-for-holiday-hardware-and-games-bundle/