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humbug · 3 Jun 2017 at 03:01

The1nonly1 said:
Hey guys, bit of a noob question here. I did a stress test in CPU-Z but my Ryzen 5 1600 won't go past 3.3Ghz? I thought it boost to 3.6Ghz unless I'm missing something? Image below.

http://imgur.com/gEXxKoN

it will only boost if its one? or two? cores, its not going to be on all 6

The1nonly1 · 3 Jun 2017 at 03:06

humbug said:
it will only boost if its one? or two? cores, its not going to be on all 6

Ah ok, that makes sense. I'm guessing if I overclock though, it would be on all 6 cores?

humbug · 3 Jun 2017 at 03:50

The1nonly1 said:
Ah ok, that makes sense. I'm guessing if I overclock though, it would be on all 6 cores?

Yes

The1nonly1 · 3 Jun 2017 at 03:51

humbug said:
Yes

Thanks.

Chuk_Chuk · 3 Jun 2017 at 07:22

Thanks for clearing that up melmac

melmac · 3 Jun 2017 at 11:13

Chuk_Chuk said:
Thanks for clearing that up melmac

my post was all over the place, glad you were able to make sense of it

David Bisset · 3 Jun 2017 at 14:16

ubersonic said:
It was something like that, Nvidia brought out Gsync then AMDMatt on this forum (then LtMatt) suggested to AMD that they counter with Adaptive Sync and call it "FreeSync" (and I told him it was a dumb name /blush), I think it was something already used in laptops or a VESA spec or something, can't remember all the details exactly.

Ordering is wrong - it existed on laptops long before any of the desktop versions. Then, behind closed doors, both nVidia and VESA (of which both nVidia and AMD are members) started working on it. nVidia announced GSync shortly before adaptive sync on desktop was announced though given the timings was already well underway. The freesync name was a joke from on here after adaptive sync was already announced, but as AMDs marketing name for it... which stuck!

V F · 4 Jun 2017 at 04:06

I thought it was interesting seeing the June 2 patch for Quake Champions and up comes a huge splash for AMD Ryzen.

BriT · 4 Jun 2017 at 19:34

When will Zen+ or next CPU's from AMD will come out?

Chuk_Chuk · 4 Jun 2017 at 19:48

BriT said:
When will Zen+ or next CPU's from AMD will come out?

sometime in 2018

BriT · 4 Jun 2017 at 20:13

Thanks. Going to keep my 4770k till next year anyway.

Orcvader · 5 Jun 2017 at 11:56

LoadsaMoney said:
AMD Ryzen 7 Prices Drop By Up To 23% Ahead Of Threadripper Launch

http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-prices-drop-ahead-of-threadripper-launch/

Anyone know if this will affect UK prices soon? Really tempted to squeeze the 1700 into my budget now.

Emlyn_Dewar · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:11

Hope that's true! A return to competitive market price-wars?

Thekwango · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:43

LoadsaMoney said:
AMD Ryzen 7 Prices Drop By Up To 23% Ahead Of Threadripper Launch

http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-prices-drop-ahead-of-threadripper-launch/

Orcvader said:
Anyone know if this will affect UK prices soon? Really tempted to squeeze the 1700 into my budget now.

looking at the article, the % drop on the 1700 is only ~9% at best. so I don't think we are going to see much difference here once the exchange/vat/shipping etc are all factored in

Journey · 5 Jun 2017 at 13:54

Thekwango said:
looking at the article, the % drop on the 1700 is only ~9% at best. so I don't think we are going to see much difference here once the exchange/vat/shipping etc are all factored in

Circa £275, on the 1700 and £330 on the 1700X

Thekwango · 5 Jun 2017 at 14:05

Journey said:
Circa £275, on the 1700 and £330 on the 1700X

which is what they can be had for currently

DragonQ · 5 Jun 2017 at 14:07

An R7 1700 for £275 is a nice find, most retailers still have it for £285-290.

Thekwango · 5 Jun 2017 at 14:10

DragonQ said:
An R7 1700 for £275 is a nice find, most retailers still have it for £285-290.

obviously can't link to the retailer but ************, price comparison thingy, is my go to when I want to check prices.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 6 Jun 2017 at 14:16

It seems HP is now introducing Ryzen as an option in its gaming PCs:

http://hexus.net/tech/news/systems/106678-hp-announces-new-products-omen-pc-gaming-line/

Vince · 6 Jun 2017 at 14:23

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
It seems HP is now introducing Ryzen as an option in its gaming PCs:

http://hexus.net/tech/news/systems/106678-hp-announces-new-products-omen-pc-gaming-line/

There will be corporate SKU's using ryzen in workstations shortly after also... quote from my guy at HP below...

"It actually going to be August before we see sku’s with the Ryzen processor on desktops and end of the year for notebooks so unfortunately there is nothing I can quote you right now."

I do however know that there are server SKU's in the pipeline also (was told at a hp event held by both HP, AMD and VMWARE at merc world not long ago)

I am really looking forward to having some AMD servers again. If only MS didn't change the datacenter license to a per core model

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