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Ryzen: Strictly technical(worth a read)

This is where amd need to sort their **** out and get raven ridge out the door as soon as possible.
I've followed the stilt for years he knows his stuff. His carrizo vs kaveri article was brilliant, he proved that under 3.6ghz carrizo is unbelievably power efficient, but over 3.6ghz and beyond kaveri becomes more efficient.
Unfortunately though the information he provides is wasted on these forums as most people lack the comprehension skills or refined overclocked skills
and will just use manual voltage and all cores whacked to the max with all power saving modes off.
 
I just ran Cinebench on my server, which has a 45W Xeon D-1540, which is touted as an energy efficient CPU - it scored 860. For Ryzen to hit 850 with a third less power is deeply impressive. If only it were possible to get a Mini-ITX AM4 board with four DIMM sockets, I would seriously consider replacing the D-1540 with a 1700.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
One with two slots is being released:

https://www.techpowerup.com/231205/biostar-shows-off-first-mini-itx-socket-am4-motherboard
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Indeed, and that would be enough for a gaming rig, or even an entry level workstation, but it's not enough for a server. In truth, it's really not fair for me to complain about the number of memory slots. I doubt it's physically possible to fit four full sized memory sockets alongside a CPU socket and all of the other ports you need.

Perhaps we should forget my comment about my particular niche requirements not being fulfilled and look forward to some decent four, six or even eight core laptops featuring Ryzen processors; now that would be something!
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Probably the best analysis of Ryzen on the internet for non-gaming workloads by The Stilt,a well known overclocker:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/ryzen-strictly-technical.2500572/

At 3GHZ and below the efficiency is pretty amazing.
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That is a brilliant review and explanation of overclocking.

1800X is basically at the maximum frequency without producing a lot of heat.

It also explains why the 1700 has such a low TDP for an 8 core processor.

With IPC just below at just below Haswell on average means Intel can still come out with SkylakeX and take the overall lead. SMT looks like it doesn't quite work on a few tests as well.
 
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That power efficiency, its impressive stuff, looks like Intel have a lot of catching up to do.
 
I am hoping their Zen APU's will be able hit some higher frequencies compared to their octocore. If they can move the air cooled ceiling a cpl hundred MHz higher they would be on to a winner.
 
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