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

[awaybreaktoday]

https://videocardz.com/66359/amd-radeon-rx-500-series-to-launch-in-april

We finally have more news regarding the upcoming Radeon RX 500 series.

AMD Radeon RX 500 in April
Let’s start with the launch date. According to Heise.de, AMD is planning to unveil it’s RX 500 series in April. The launch will be split into two parts, each for different performance segment.

That said, on April 4th Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570 will be available for sale. A week later, on April 11th AMD will unveil its Radeon RX 560 and Radeon RX 550 series. All cards, except RX 550, are most likely rebranded from Radeon RX 400 series.

AMD Radeon RX Vega will not be released in April, which somehow confirms our initial information, that Radeon 500 series are expected in May. So in other words, expect Radeon RX 500 rebrands in April and Vega a month or two later.


is the above rubbish?

 

[ben90]

Can any of you folks give a list of reviewers you trust? I'd like to make sure I'm watching legit sources in the next few days.

 

[Frozennova]

I am wondering will their be benchmarks released midnight tonight?

Nope NDA lifts 2pm tomorrow

 

[RavenXXX2]

I'd rather trust the people here. I hope AMD don't mess this one up.

Plenty of fanboys in here too who are more than happy to skew the results.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Can any of you folks give a list of reviewers you trust? I'd like to make sure I'm watching legit sources in the next few days.

Digital foundry and Anandtech, hardware unboxed are good too.

 

[harney]

Some benchmarks of how much memory speed can effect games (obviously not all games need memory speed): http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html

It's with a 6700k at 4.5 GHz, so almost the fastest single-thread performance currently available (i.e. removing any single-thread based bottlenecks)

This shows testing Zen with 2133 MHz memory (and an old BIOS) isn't really very useful. We'll need to look out for reviews that have faster memory, and ideally a couple of the games from this review on the list.

I assume with ZEN being more efficient re IMC it may play a bigger part having balanced faster tighter mem...will know tomorrow

 

[lltfdaniel]

People forget the UK is a nobody.
Just because it becomes the 2nd of March here doesn't mean anything.

I was hoping it was makes sence only to me because its gmt time zone, like being in the middle of the earth.

Anyways thanks guys for pointing it out 2pm tomorrow i didn't know this.

 

[SiDeards73]

I think a lot of people rate Digitalfoundry reviews right? to be honest i rarely watch any youtube reviews of anything... so im not sure who are the more reliable channels are.

 

[labbby]

Plenty of fanboys in here too who are more than happy to skew the results.

brb just grabbing your tin foil hat for you

 

[SimBy]

Why? why come troll this thread? your obviously massively butthurt you bought 2 AMD cards, suck it up, move on dude, your getting sad now

You are not new, you should know by now that Loadsa$ is almost always jokingly trolling

 

[haszek]

I like oc3d reviews. They are long but very often he has little things that nobody mentions about.

 

[Martini1991]

brb just grabbing your tin foil hat for you

He's not wrong.
Although frankly it goes both ways.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I think a lot of people rate Digitalfoundry reviews right? to be honest i rarely watch any youtube reviews of anything... so im not sure who are the more reliable channels are.

Paul from Paul's hardware is honest, quite a down to earth guy. For a basic overview and results comparison he can be trusted

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...-and-discussion.2499879/page-79#post-38768275

ok...

Emm,so is the train back on the track now??

 

[labbby]

He's not wrong.
Although frankly it goes both ways.

I know its the only reason i come on here

All i care about is we all start getting some competition and better bang for our buck

 

[Deleted User 234324]

I know is that come 2pm tomorrow I better get my reading glasses and a jug of coffee ready, there will be plenty to read and watch before I empty my bank account.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Can any of you folks give a list of reviewers you trust? I'd like to make sure I'm watching legit sources in the next few days.

Hexus is not too bad and they are quite open to feedback if people feel they have missed something. Its UK based like Bit-tech which is owned by the same person/company.

 

[SiDeards73]

Paul from Paul's hardware is honest, quite a down to earth guy. For a basic overview and results comparison he can be trusted

I have to say i watched his review of the Avexir Raiden DDR4 Ram, as i just wanted to see a review of that memory as it looks so freaking cool, it was quite a funny review.

 

[Ynot]

Noctua D15 is king daddy, will perform just as well, if not better, than any AIO..

What one are you talking about, NH-D15 Dual or NH-D15S?, thinking of a 1700x


Thanks.

 

[Hagar]

Paul from Paul's hardware is honest, quite a down to earth guy. For a basic overview and results comparison he can be trusted

Must admit I thought he had retired. I remember the work he did on VIA chipsets and AMD in the days of Athlon XP.