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Hah yeah it's the opposite to Amd's overclock what you like and have some free cores while you're at it.
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*** AMD "Zen" thread (inc AM4/APU discussion) ***
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Hah yeah it's the opposite to Amd's overclock what you like and have some free cores while you're at it.
For 4 core users no much excitement i suppose but there's plenty of X79 users out there like me running sandy bridge 6-core rigs watching with interest for Zen.
We simply want Zen so it will push down 8 core X99 prices, including the motherboards which are spectacularly expensive at the moment.
From what I can see the guy has access to other AMD engineering samples and its pretty safe to assume that this Zen engineering sample is at stock so its running <4ghz and is not running LN2.
If all you're interested in is pulling down Intel's pricing forget it, not gonna happen. Intel know you will buy Intel even if a Competitive AMD are a lot cheaper.
No they won't dude! lol. If AMD's offering is on par with Intel's offering at a cheaper price point - peeps will buy AMD. Only blind fanboys will argue for Intel in that case.
I sold my 4960X last year whilst it was still worth something - As long as I can get the same level of performance (with same cores) then I'll be more than happy to buy AMD again.
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The thing that could really drive this is games under DX12 being written to utilise the more cores you can throw at them, the hold back is the engines i would guess? once someone can build an engine that scales better the more cores you can throw at it then you will see a shift in people towards the 8/16 type of chip from AMD especially if its only marginally more expensive than a 4/8 i7, and definitely ahead of a 4 core cpu.
Id even expect stark raving mad people to buy the higher core count cpu's lol.
I think were still in an age where IPC is king and having many more cores is not the be-all and end all right? once we move into the more cores is king era, AMD should see plenty of sales, however at that time i expect Intel to follow suit and start shovelling similar chips out.
Id even expect stark raving mad people to buy the higher core count cpu's lol.
I think were still in an age where IPC is king and having many more cores is not the be-all and end all right? once we move into the more cores is king era, AMD should see plenty of sales, however at that time i expect Intel to follow suit and start shovelling similar chips out.
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Going back to the early 2000's when Intel was releasing pooping out one piece of crap after then next (anyone remember when Intel gave us 'Rambus' memory instead of DDR?) I seem to recall there were plenty of Intel fanboys about.
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Cannon lake was first rumoured to be the first mainstream Intel CPU to move to 6 cores, but now that has apparently changed to Coffee Lake so that will probably be my next upgrade.
I wonder if Zen will help push that to release quicker?
I wonder if Zen will help push that to release quicker?
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Cheers, I couldn't remember the details for why but remember it being one of the improvements.
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Looking good so far.
Interesting that they show Zen vs Broadwell E, listing identical clock speeds, comparable configurations, blender CPU render.
It would seem to indicate that they don't actually run at the same clock speeds and one had to be adjusted to meet the other. why put that in unless there is a reasonably large difference in clock speeds to begin with?
In the comments Whycry says.
So lets wait and see what shows up on the web.
Goto love this slide though.
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Go visions of the AMD guys all running around high fiving each other shouting "We are back baby! yeah! back in the game!" and "USA... USA.... USA" etc
Ah now, can we please not believe anything from this rumor? WhyCry and WCCFT also kept leaking the RX 480 pushing 1500Mhz on aftermarket cards and getting close to the Fury.
They even claimed AMD tried to pay them off with new GPUs to stop posting the leaks.
Just wait for actual results from in depth reviews, and let's not let board the hype train.
They even claimed AMD tried to pay them off with new GPUs to stop posting the leaks.
Just wait for actual results from in depth reviews, and let's not let board the hype train.
Yes, new CPU, new socket, new life. Basically a fresh start from AMD.
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Too late baby....TOO LATE!!
Love that image ^^^^^ 
Looks like AMD have a lot of confidence in their new architecture to make a bold statement like "We are Back and just getting started"
Lets see how it performance in World Of Warcraft and old games like it because that's all reviewers are interested in.
Looks like AMD have a lot of confidence in their new architecture to make a bold statement like "We are Back and just getting started"
Lets see how it performance in World Of Warcraft and old games like it because that's all reviewers are interested in.
Love that image ^^^^^
Looks like AMD have a lot of confidence in their new architecture to make a bold statement like "We are Back and just getting started"
Lets see how it performance in World Of Warcraft and old games like it because that's all reviewers are interested in.
Well I'm interested in WoW personally as I still play in. Even my 5280K struggles in it because Blizzard still haven't bothered to get some DX12 or Vulkan in there to help with CPU overhead.
I just hope AMD can compete again, even if they're 5-10% slower, but cost less they'll do very well.
Especially if Zen is cool and doesn't suck power. If the consumer version can also clock well it should really be a winner for many folks.
I miss my AMD systems, my last one was a full custom water Phenom 2 one, the 940 BE the 125W TDP which was mental at the time and I had to get a new Mobo just to support it.