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

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.
 
Deathroned said:
I see, so you would rather have people on the government dole, but that is a subject for another matter and section of the forum, if only you knew the purpose of unions maybe you might understand, I suggest you read the 8 rules of Alinsky.
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Not really. We'd probably never get Zen APUs if we followed that path. :D
 
opethdisciple said:
You will notice a difference mate when you upgrade your CPU.
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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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Oh man, all this Ryzen hype has finally got to me. I have an FX-4350 which has served me well and it never bothered me, but now I feel like I must get an 8c/16t as soon as it comes out.
 
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Jumper118 said:
standard linus none informative, click bate poo, with half the video as an ad as normal :p
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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>
 
humbug said:
What list?
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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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what do you want him to say ? big events business ndas :p

we will know soon enough.as for linus same thing.he cant tell you.why are you suprised you learned nothing new.:D
 
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