So what's the verdict so far on the Ryzen Processors?

[Geodude97AD]

I've not doubt it is faster in benchmarks, I'm just curious about the subjective feel of the system in daily operation. Not something that gets covered much and can be just as useful as raw numbers when considering if an upgrade is worthwhile.

In every day use you wouldn't notice the difference, websites, indy games or lower demanding games like World of Tanks or Minecraft. So long as your not going over system memory usage or 100% core
usage. The real difference is only in high demanding games and the like or multi tasking, 1920x1200 with vertical sync at 60, so in any app which the Q6600 can maintain that there is no difference other than load times which is usefully but for a moment. Yes the raw numbers will paint a different picture with dips in fps but in all truth if your not watching for such things your not going to notice unless it drops too low.

 

[4K8KW10]

In every day use you wouldn't notice the difference, websites, indy games or lower demanding games like World of Tanks or Minecraft. So long as your not going over system memory usage or 100% core
usage. The real difference is only in high demanding games and the like or multi tasking, 1920x1200 with vertical sync at 60, so in any app which the Q6600 can maintain that there is no difference other than load times which is usefully but for a moment. Yes the raw numbers will paint a different picture with dips in fps but in all truth if your not watching for such things your not going to notice unless it drops too low.

I know how a Core 2 Quad behaves in titles such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) or Crysis 3. In the beginning, gaming was fine, but after some time, severe stuttering began. Maybe due to some software updates - either the drivers or Windows updates.

 

[Geodude97AD]

I know how a Core 2 Quad behaves in titles such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) or Crysis 3. In the beginning, gaming was fine, but after some time, severe stuttering began. Maybe due to some software updates - either the drivers or Windows updates.

I only had stuttering when system memory was full. With windows updates more and more system memory is being taken over along with other apps. In the end it was like being back in the 90s trying to make ever megabit and mhz matter. Its easy to overlook the effect of memory being bloated out with software when you upgrade and thinking the cpu was the only culprit. But like I said the difference between today's price brackets on the grand scheme is very little between AMD and Intel. Any way I am happy with my R5 2600, not sure I will get the same value I got from the Q6600, best CPU I ever bought.

 

[chrcoluk]

The Q6600 is ridiculously bottlenecking gaming - should be stuttering in all games.
Even simple web browsing has to be more fluent with the Ryzen 5.

My 2600X across all threads is circa 3 times as fast as my old i5 750 and single threaded still significantly faster, and the i5 750 is newer than a q6600 and was aggressively overclocked to 3.6ghz.