AMD slashes Q3 earnings forecast as Client revenue declines

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AMD's now expect slower earnings growth than expected.



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[AlienALX]

Yeah AM5 not doing so well by all accounts.

I wonder if it's the stiff price of entry?

Elitism is all well and good when people are in the position to play the game. Fact is right now they are not, and would be better served with more affordable products.

 

[23RO_UK]

Yeah AM5 not doing so well by all accounts.

I wonder if it's the stiff price of entry?

Elitism is all well and good when people are in the position to play the game. Fact is right now they are not, and would be better served with more affordable products.

In a nutshell ^^^

I upgraded by Ryzen setup to a 5800X3D and I'm now waiting to see what the new Intel offerings offer in performance gain before I consider whether or not I upgrade my 12600K DDR4 flavoured rig.

The pricing of Zen 5 mobos and DDR5 combined have effectively stalled its launch, perhaps when some well featured cost-effective B series boards hit the shelves (and a further drop in in DDR5 prices).

 

[VladyCzech]

Yeah AM5 not doing so well by all accounts.

I wonder if it's the stiff price of entry?

Elitism is all well and good when people are in the position to play the game. Fact is right now they are not, and would be better served with more affordable products.

I was an early adopter of Zen 3, switched from Intel Core 4th gen. It wasn't as expensive to upgrade to Zen 3 because of the very good DDR4 and MB prices. Already on the market for some time.

Inflation of current prices is insane. New DDR5, AM5 MB, CPUs are too expensive and not worth the upgrade, unless you badly need/wish to buy new computer or upgrade 4+ years old computer for some reason.

Zen 3 medium and top CPU lines are more than enough for gaming and creative work for next 3-5 years for most people.

 

[AlienALX]

In a nutshell ^^^

I upgraded by Ryzen setup to a 5800X3D and I'm now waiting to see what the new Intel offerings offer in performance gain before I consider whether or not I upgrade my 12600K DDR4 flavoured rig.

The pricing of Zen 5 mobos and DDR5 combined have effectively stalled its launch, perhaps when some well featured cost-effective B series boards hit the shelves (and a further drop in in DDR5 prices).

5000 series have outsold everything else recently.

£335 for a 7600X on OCUK. £299 for the cheapest board, and it looks like it. Bloody horrible looks like an £80 board.

And then the price of DDR5? yeah, I can see why sales are flailing.

This really wasn't the time for it. At all. Now you would think they would know that, just by popping out their front door or reading the news and forums etc. But nope.

 

[AlienALX]

I was an early adopter of Zen 3, switched from Intel Core 4th gen. It wasn't as expensive to upgrade to Zen 3 because of the very good DDR4 and MB prices. Already on the market for some time.

Inflation of current prices is insane. New DDR5, AM5 MB, CPUs are too expensive and not worth the upgrade, unless you badly need/wish to buy new computer or upgrade 4+ years old computer for some reason.

Zen 3 medium and top CPU lines are more than enough for gaming and creative work for next 3-5 years for most people.

It's not because of inflation dude. Not at all. Inflation is about 10% right now. It's down to greed.

Even if I shaved 10% off that ugly ass board above it would be £270. For what looks like an entry level, shaved TF board.

Now some of this is because it needs so many layers, etc. However 90% of it? is just plain, downright greed. And utter stupidity. It just smacks of politicians. IE - not living in the actual real world. But even they have no excuse with the internet now, it is very easy to see the reaction of people in a lower class bracket than you.

However that said? I have NEVER paid £300 or more for a board. The most expensive I have ever bought was my TR4 Aorus, and it was about £280, and I was peed off by that. Mostly because I paid half of that for the 1920x I bought. However, that did need tons of VRM and so on. As basically it was a server board in disguise.

It's just getting really silly. Until a couple of years ago £300 was a top end board. Like, ultra high end. Most cost under £100. Now? that has doubled and or tripled in the space of 2-3 years. So it's not inflation at all.

In a recession? the best thing to do is cut your prices. That way people will still buy from you. A sale is a sale and all that. But that isn't the way they are treating it and that will cost them big time.

I collect BMX bikes and expensive high end parts. Mostly 90s, so prices can vary. However, I also still ride BMX and have a modern bike. For 19 months? I bought nothing, as Covid was pushing prices beyond stupidity. I just mainly worked with what I had, and if I needed a modern part I would just pay RRP.

Now? haha, those prices have fallen off a cliff. So I am buying again. That said if the prices were still high? I wouldn't be able to buy anything right now.

That is how it works. Like, the Tories announced tax cuts for the rich the other day right? well the stupidity in that is that rich people get their money from the poor. And if you make the poor have to pucker up and stop spending? then as a rich man you are totally screwed. So serving yourself is a really bad idea at the moment.