WYP
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AMD's Vice President has stated that their Zen CPUs will compete favourably with Intel on "performance, power and specifications - not just price".
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AMD's Vice President says that Zen will compete favourably with Intel
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Doomslayer
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I'll believe it when I see it.
AMD say this every time.
AMD say this every time.
I don't get this... they always say they are gonna fight back Intel but never did...
Don't get me wrong I WANT them to come back and smack Intel on the face, because, to be honest, Intel is really ing me off these days... they really need to calm down a little... I mean, they have roughly the same manufacturing process as AMD does, yes they probably invest more in architecture etc. but I don't get why their CPUs have to be so costly...
But I don't think they will... it's too big of a gap to gain back in just a couple of gens...
I don't know...
Don't get me wrong I WANT them to come back and smack Intel on the face, because, to be honest, Intel is really ing me off these days... they really need to calm down a little... I mean, they have roughly the same manufacturing process as AMD does, yes they probably invest more in architecture etc. but I don't get why their CPUs have to be so costly...
But I don't think they will... it's too big of a gap to gain back in just a couple of gens...
I don't know...
We need it to decimate all without spending around 10 or 15 grand on overnight parts....
Daiyus
Member
Please, please, please let Zen be competitive. I'd swap my Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 that I bought last month in a heartbeat if I can get a Zen chip that's just as good for a similar or lower cost.
I have soft spot for AMD as the first rig I built for myself used AMD CPU and graphics. I'd love to have a top of the line PC that'll 2160p60 Ultra using AMD. Here's hoping Vega is competitive too, otherwise I'll be on Intel/nVidia for a while.
I have soft spot for AMD as the first rig I built for myself used AMD CPU and graphics. I'd love to have a top of the line PC that'll 2160p60 Ultra using AMD. Here's hoping Vega is competitive too, otherwise I'll be on Intel/nVidia for a while.
well just for the record the fx-8350 actually does keep up with the I series processors that were released around the same time now. the problem wasn't hardware it was software. software that took until the processor was already old and irrelevant to catch up.
on windows 10 the 8350 competes well enough with the matching gen for intel... obviously this means it gets stomped on by the new gen, but the point is that hardware wise the processors actually were able to compete, it just didn't get utilized the way it should have been.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
He didn't say favorable performance compared to which Gen Intel CPU.. So who knows what it means
If he can spin it that well he may as well run to become a politician and then PM haha
Kilbane
Hagrid Look-A-Like
Agreed, needs to be Fast and Furious ....... I see what you did there
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Update!
So I guess more of the interview was found, found out that Zen will compete with Skylake on "performance, power and specifications." Source below, and they also have a source at the bottom too of the original info
http://techfrag.com/2016/05/17/amd-zen-will-catch-intels-skylake-terms-power-performance/
So I guess more of the interview was found, found out that Zen will compete with Skylake on "performance, power and specifications." Source below, and they also have a source at the bottom too of the original info
http://techfrag.com/2016/05/17/amd-zen-will-catch-intels-skylake-terms-power-performance/
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I agree, but i'm still skeptical. They can be on par with single threaded tasks, but behind in multi. Or the other way around(again). Also pretty sure they won't feature iGPU for desktops if rumors are true. So take that into consideration, that could mean either lower TDP with slightly better performance(more space for the CPU) or lower TDP and smaller chips(cheaper production/better yields). It's a pretty interesting CPU. We know so little about it.. we know even less about the chipset tbh. The CPU can be phenomenal, but if the chipsets and boards are subpar, it still won't sell.
