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

I'm I'm super hoping these CPUs will be a massive success for AMD but II aways get slightly nervous of any product that has preorders before NDA lifts for performance/reviews
 
Uh, what's with the new french site leak? everything looks good but a simple 4790K is faster in gaming and the conclusion is that it's a good 7700K due to the pricing, is that from an old 1700(X) sample?
 
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brigantium said:
Uh, what's with the new french site leak? everything looks good but a simple 4790K is faster in gaming and the conclusion is that it's a good 7700K due to the pricing, is that from an old 1700(X) sample?
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With similar IPC, for low-threaded games this is to be expected due to the lower clock speed.
 
Bonjour said:
With similar IPC, for low-threaded games this is to be expected due to the lower clock speed.
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Well, many popular games are low-threaded and some of them are used as a benchmarking reference to highlight CPU/GPU weaknesses, while non-gaming software is used to highlight the glory of multicore.
 
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From the leaks it looks like its at minimum Haswell level IPC, last i saw Haswell level CPU's were perfectly fine for Single Thread Gaming, i know my 4770k is atleast and its only now running at 4ghz... So all the doomsayers and sky is falling type people need a reality check, even if the chip does not go much past 4ghz for the 8/16 variety, who cares when its clearly obvious it is as competitive as a chip over twice its cost, that right there is enough for me to bite.

In Multithreaded tasks its an entirely different kettle of fish, it appears to be actually better than Intel at this.

If your happy with the out of the box performance with no need to OC as its obviously limited then this is the obvious choice.

I would say if you want futureproofing with atleast Haswell level IPC in single threads and industry leading Multithreaded performance at a much cheaper price point than the competitor, then its obvious its the clear choice to me.
 
i think in many games a 7700k is obviously going to be in front.clock speed in most games does matter but...ask anyone with a modern 6 core plus machine who uses it daily would they take a 7700k over it most wouldnt.multitasking is more common people are streaming and recording gaming more often now it just makes sense.

its pretty obvious that is going to be gaming intel probably still infront by quite a bit on the whole multitasking up with x99 lower tier platform.intel x299 will adjust that balance when its out.

it is kinda funny that for last two years many have mainly wanted more clock speed or denied wanting more cores but now the pricing is decent then the more cores is attractive.especially on older i5s and older i7s.when you could have had this performance as said a few years ago for not too much more.:p
 
~>Dg<~ said:
i think in many games a 7700k is obviously going to be in front.clock speed in most games does matter but...ask anyone with a modern 6 core plus machine who uses it daily would they take a 7700k over it most wouldnt.multitasking is more common people are streaming and recording gaming more often now it just makes sense.

its pretty obvious that is going to be gaming intel probably still infront by quite a bit on the whole multitasking up with x99 lower tier platform.intel x299 will adjust that balance when its out.

it is kinda funny that for last two years many have mainly wanted more clock speed or denied wanting more cores but now the pricing is decent then the more cores is attractive.especially on older i5s and older i7s.when you could have had this performance as said a few years ago for not too much more.:p
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Hopefully this is the push the industry needs to start coding for more cores, if 4/8 becomes the common choice or even 6/12 then hopefully developers will put the extra effort in to utilize them. Obviously with similar architechture being in consoles this may also help drive the industry forward.

The more people that adopt CPU's with more cores, the better its going to be for everyone eventually.
 
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