AMD To Attack Performance Desktop Market With RYZEN

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AMD To Attack Performance Desktop Market With RYZEN


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I'm quite excited at this news. This can surely introduce competition back into the CPU market and that will be a good thing for Intel fans and AMD fans in the long run.
 
Colour me excited. If Ryzen can indeed keep pace with a $1000 i7, we have a real battle on our hands.

I just hope that the usual SA sales bias towards whoever the bigger player is doesn't price AMD out of the market.
 
Sweepslag said:
Colour me excited.
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Ditto! :D

I plan to upgrade my current FX system to Ryzen as soon as it's available, I just hope AM4 boards will be available locally when the time comes. While I plan to get my new CPU and RAM from the US I'd hate to have to risk importing a board as well because suppliers took too long to bring any in.
 
i'm exited ,as long as this is more affordable, i might just go full on team Red when I build my next Gaming Rig
 
I think the sweet spot (price wise) for AMD would be to push an i7 6900 competitor at around US$1000 with mid-to-high end processors in the ZAR 4000 - 10000 range when they become available.

The question around performance in a controlled test environment is definitely answered. I still want to see real world performance once all the tweaks and enhancements are done.
 
PsychoFish said:
I think the sweet spot (price wise) for AMD would be to push an i7 6900 competitor at around US$1000 with mid-to-high end processors in the ZAR 4000 - 10000 range when they become available.
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Hang on, the 6900 already sells for $1000. AMD need to come in below that to stand any chance of wrestling back some market share.

I'm keen to see pricing of the 4 core / 8 thread models. That will be the sweet spot for an upgrade to my current rig.
 
Yeah i cant wait to to start seeing some real preformance tests to see how good this rly is. Then people can stop gibing me flac for veing an amd fanboy. And to see what the mobo's are going to ve like has me excited. But price bothers me a bit too so we'll have to se3 what its hoing to be like here at home.
 
PsychoFish said:
Until we have final confirmed pricing and actual real world performance numbers I'm not getting anywhere near remotely excited.
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Indeed...but I really hope they can bring some competition onto the scene, it really would be win-win for everyone :)
 
I would trust NeoGAF and ChipHell before I trust WCCFTech.

Other than that the New Ryzen lineup is looking mighty fine! According to sources AM4 motherboards are also coming in cheaper too. That R5 1500 might just be my new CPU in the future. Even the R3 1100/1200X looks like it could murder the Pentium/Core i3 and lower end core i5's.
 
Seems like I'm having an upgrade in a month or two!
Looking at the 7 1700X

Benchmarks and local pricing will determine my purchase. cant wait! :D
 
I've been saving up for a few months in anticipation of Ryzen's launch. I'm going to go all out and get the top of the range R7 1800X (It's the 8C/16T monster). I'll be like:



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I'm just worried that it will still be several more months after Ryzen's launch before we see AM4 boards locally. While I will be getting my CPU & RAM from either NewEgg or Amazon I'd prefer to get a mobo locally for warranty purposes.
 
Xiphan said:
I've been saving up for a few months in anticipation of Ryzen's launch. I'm going to go all out and get the top of the range R7 1800X (It's the 8C/16T monster). I'll be like:



:D

I'm just worried that it will still be several more months after Ryzen's launch before we see AM4 boards locally. While I will be getting my CPU & RAM from either NewEgg or Amazon I'd prefer to get a mobo locally for warranty purposes.
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Would it really take that long before local retailers get hold of Ryzen chips and boards? I don't seem to recall waiting months for a new range of GPU's to launch here, for example.
 
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Those coolers look amazing, I noticed on the ASRock motherboards there is a port called; AMD__FAN_LED now I know why...
 
[MENTION=2132]Xiphan[/MENTION] what brand X370 motherboard do you wanna get? Assuming it's x370 seeing you want the top Ryzen CPU
 
Sweepslag said:
Would it really take that long before local retailers get hold of Ryzen chips and boards? I don't seem to recall waiting months for a new range of GPU's to launch here, for example.
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Time will tell. I know Rectron has shown extreme bias towards AMD in the past and it's a miracle I have an AM3+ Gigabyte 990FX board at all! In fact I remember when looking for AMD products a few years ago, I called up their sales dept. and I was told outright that they don't carry AMD! Hopefully this will change with Ryzen as some of those Aorus boards look amazing. :eek:

blaaislaai said:
[MENTION=2132]Xiphan[/MENTION] what brand X370 motherboard do you wanna get? Assuming it's x370 seeing you want the top Ryzen CPU
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To be honest it's going to come down to aesthetics for me and what is available locally. While I wouldn't mind the Asus Crosshair VI for sheer bragging rights I may even settle for a mainstream board as I don't really see myself running a CrossFire setup.

I'm also not opposed to brands like ASRock as I have an FM2A88X-ITX+ in my HTPC which runs rock solid 24/7 and the X370 Taichi looks like a stunning piece of tech:

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[MENTION=2132]Xiphan[/MENTION] I'd be very surprised if the major retailers don't all carry these chips as soon as they become available. Not sure about the wholesalers, but places like Wootware, Evetech, Rebeltech and even Takealot have no shortage of AMD CPU's or mobo's.
 
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