What to expect from AMD on October 8th?

[humbug]

Hopefully,but rumours say reviews are a few weeks away.

A few weeks? RDNA2 event is in less than 3.

 

[snips86x]

Happy AMD day!!!!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A few weeks? RDNA2 event is in less than 3.

Reviews as opposed to reveal.

 

[Rikmeister]

Reviews as opposed to reveal.

One of the resaons the CPU launch precedes the GPU lauch supposedly is that current AMD CPUs would bottleneck the GPUs, i.e. AMD want reviewers to use the new gen of CPUs when they review RDNA. Could be right, could be wrong - time will tell.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

One of the resaons the CPU launch precedes the GPU lauch supposedly is that current AMD CPUs would bottleneck the GPUs, i.e. AMD want reviewers to use the new gen of CPUs when they review RDNA. Could be right, could be wrong - time will tell.

Probably.

 

[Andrei23]

This should be good.

 

[Rroff]

I'm not sure if this is intentional or the sound is broken LOL

 

[Rikmeister]

5000 series
19% IPC increase across the board
Improved cache design. 2X L3 cache
24% power efficiency

5900X 105W 4.8GHz $549
Claiming 26% improvement across a range of games
Cinebanch score 631

5800X 8 core 16 thread $449
5600X 6 core 8 thread $299

5950X 16 cores 32 thread 4.9 GHz Boost 72MB L2+L3 cache $799
One processer to rule them all

Available Nov 5th

 

[TangoEchoAlpha]

Such a tease...

 

[Rikmeister]

Such a tease...

Didn't look very impressive. May be trying to manage expectations

 

[Benass]

The 8th is the date when AMD are supposedly releasing (or at least announcing) their Zen 3 CPUs. I've seen so many rumours my head is spinning.

Besides with Nvidia's shenanigans with the 3080 launch I'm wondering what AMD will come out with Re the Zen 3 CPUs.

So if you think your able to read the runes I'd love to hear what you think will happen.

Bigger prices. (

 

[copiedright]

Hmmm, I wonder what other options there are. Do I find a cheap 3900XT or a 5800X?

 

[Vogon]

Didn't look very impressive. May be trying to manage expectations

From what they showed of big navi, best case midways between a 3070 and 3080 in games without RT.

CPU's in gaming the 5900x bests the 10900 by 6% max across a suite of chosen games (apart from 2 old gen games where its 19-21%) and at no price incentive over a 10900.

Bit of a letdown on the cpu front from what I was hoping to see.

Of course, if you have a X570 or B550 already, you can get a decent upgrade to your Zen 2, but its not enough to convince me to jump ship, and I was hoping it would be.
I'll just wait for 19 9900k to drop to £300 or less, whack it in my Z370 and be done for another couple of years !

 

[snips86x]

Didn't look very impressive. May be trying to manage expectations

I disagree!! Very impressive but we still need equivalent benchmarks.

 

[Rikmeister]

Bit of a letdown on the cpu front from what I was hoping to see.

Trying to guague reactions, the most common reponse so far as I can tell is people were generally very positive up until the prices were announced. The 5600X is about a third more than the 3600X.

 

[pc-guy]

One of the resaons the CPU launch precedes the GPU lauch supposedly is that current AMD CPUs would bottleneck the GPUs, i.e. AMD want reviewers to use the new gen of CPUs when they review RDNA. Could be right, could be wrong - time will tell.

Also that the amd CPU is technically the fastest gaming CPU on planet it would make sense to use that instead.

also the lack of PCIe on intel platform may have some impact on GPU performance

 

[pc-guy]

Didn't look very impressive. May be trying to manage expectations

That is massively impressive for a few reasons.

assuming the card is reference
- the big Navi is faster than founders edition 3080 on those 3 bench marks with intel platform @4k

- the fact that AMD is gunning 4K (the strongest resolution scaling for ampere arch), it bodes really well for 1440p and 1080p as AMD is general more gaming focused with their consumer GPU.

it looks extremely exciting tbh. I won’t buy Radeon but this sure will force nvidia to react and put some more competitive “super” cards and upper the mid range offerings

 

[clv101]

Trying to guague reactions, the most common reponse so far as I can tell is people were generally very positive up until the prices were announced. The 5600X is about a third more than the 3600X.

If the prices had been just $40-50 less across the stack, there would be relatively little chat about prices.

The performance looks great, beating/equalling Intel in their last remaining stronghold and destroying them in other areas - especially power efficiency. They aren't even really more expensive than Intel, just not as much cheaper than before. There's also a good chance we'll see slightly slower non-X chips in the spring for that magic $50 less.

And remember, the Zen 2 chips still exist - with some very nice cash back deals (MSI).

 

[Absolutely Clueless]

That is massively impressive for a few reasons.

assuming the card is reference
- the big Navi is faster than founders edition 3080 on those 3 bench marks with intel platform @4k

- the fact that AMD is gunning 4K (the strongest resolution scaling for ampere arch), it bodes really well for 1440p and 1080p as AMD is general more gaming focused with their consumer GPU.

it looks extremely exciting tbh. I won’t buy Radeon but this sure will force nvidia to react and put some more competitive “super” cards and upper the mid range offerings

I'm excited for 1440p benchmarks! I won't be able to pick up a 3080 before mid-Nov it seems, so interested in this. Come on AMD, do me proud!

 

[pc-guy]

I'm excited for 1440p benchmarks! I won't be able to pick up a 3080 before mid-Nov it seems, so interested in this. Come on AMD, do me proud!

I don’t think the Navi cards will be available on launch day or announcement date. Everyone though 8th Oct was zen3 launch but it is just an announcement. Similar will be for Navi. No idea when they gonna be making those cards available...but mid-Nov seems about the right time to land to reap the sales season etc