Overclockers UK says that AMD's Ryzen 5 CPUs will release in a "couple of weeks"

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Overclockers UK says that AMD's Ryzen 5 CPUs will release in a "couple of weeks"

Overclockers UK's Gibbo has stated that AMD's Ryzen 5 CPUs will release in a "couple of weeks".



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[AlienALX]

Sweet now we just gotta hope they clock hard

 

[wozza365]

Oooooo, think I'm gonna wait now. Was gonna get a 1700X but depending on the price these could be tempting. Looking for something in between an i7 and a 1800X really for not too much money. If this can provide a little bit better single threaded performance over the 1800X (would seem logical that this could push slightly higher clocks as it will produce theoretically, 25% less heat) then I'm all in and will save myself a bunch.

Decisions, decisions!

 

[wozza365]

Funny, because I was pretty close to pressing the button a few hours ago. Kinda glad I held on!

 

[AlienALX]

Get a 1700. It works better than the other two and overclocks almost as well for far less.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The clock speeds of the R5 range might be the 'make or break' in whether I go AMD or Intel. I really, really don't want to go Intel, but the 7700K absolutely trumps Ryzen in everything I use a CPU for. Even at 1440p an R7 1700 falls behind and may not be worth upgrading from a 4670K to.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Might just be a little late bday treat to myself

The clock speeds of the R5 range might be the 'make or break' in whether I go AMD or Intel. I really, really don't want to go Intel, but the 7700K absolutely trumps Ryzen in everything I use a CPU for. Even at 1440p an R7 1700 falls behind and may not be worth upgrading from a 4670K to.

If you want to be CPU limited then sure, get the 7700k

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Might just be a little late bday treat to myself



If you want to be CPU limited then sure, get the 7700k

But how can we be sure of this? This is my conundrum. It's hard for me to ignore the numbers.

 

[Lynx]

If you want to be CPU limited then sure, get the 7700k

I don't know where you are getting this information, the 7700k offers much better single thread performance even at stock. It's completely different ball game at 5GHz+.

You might say the difference is marginal, but I can tell you that as a high refresh rate gamer, these margins become significant.

Although I will still be picking up a Ryzen CPU aswell as they offer amazing value for a production machine.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I don't know where you are getting this information, the 7700k offers much better single thread performance even at stock. It's completely different ball game at 5GHz+.

You might say the difference is marginal, but I can tell you that as a high refresh rate gamer, these margins become significant.

Although I will still be picking up a Ryzen CPU aswell as they offer amazing value for a production machine.

I think he may be referring to how much usage the cores and threads the 7700K is seeing in games compared to the R7 1700. This suggests the 7700K is already at its limit while Ryzen and X99 have room to grow. I could be wrong though.

 

[Lynx]

I think he may be referring to how much usage the cores and threads the 7700K is seeing in games compared to the R7 1700. This suggests the 7700K is already at its limit while Ryzen and X99 have room to grow. I could be wrong though.

Let's be honest, we will be many generations in the future before we see core count beating single thread ipc in games.

The most intense game I play nowadays is Battlefield 1 and there is a perceivable increase in 0.1% and 1% lows when you introduce hyperthreading. Although this increase doesn't seem to scale with core count alone.

Again, Ryzen is still an amazing release from AMD, but let's not close our eyes to facts just because we feel the need to back a side in this depersonalised commercial battle.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I don't know where you are getting this information, the 7700k offers much better single thread performance even at stock. It's completely different ball game at 5GHz+.

You might say the difference is marginal, but I can tell you that as a high refresh rate gamer, these margins become significant.

Although I will still be picking up a Ryzen CPU aswell as they offer amazing value for a production machine.

My information? The fact that even at 5ghz, the 7700k is running nearly 100% while Zen is barely being utilized yet is not far behind. BTW it's not much better IPC. Only seems that way because people are benchmarking a CPU at a full 1ghz over a Zen. So obviously it is going to be faster at same/very close IPC.That doesn't measure anything but speed at that point. The whole review community honestly has ****** up Zen reviews. Very few did it justice.
You won't notice the difference at those high refresh rates. I would know. I have a 144hz monitor. Doesn't make a difference.

 

[Lynx]

My information? The fact that even at 5ghz, the 7700k is running nearly 100% while Zen is barely being utilized yet is not far behind. BTW it's not much better IPC. Only seems that way because people are benchmarking a CPU at a full 1ghz over a Zen. So obviously it is going to be faster at same/very close IPC.That doesn't measure anything but speed at that point. The whole review community honestly has ****** up Zen reviews. Very few did it justice.
You won't notice the difference at those high refresh rates. I would know. I have a 144hz monitor. Doesn't make a difference.

Nothing I have stated was incorrect. I mean you can't really be justified in saying every reviewing ****** it up.
100% utilisation is not a bad thing, because in games like bf1, 1080p medium is always going to be CPU bottlenecked with any GPU that's £200+.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Nothing I have stated was incorrect. I mean you can't really be justified in saying every reviewing ****** it up.
100% utilisation is not a bad thing, because in games like bf1, 1080p medium is always going to be CPU bottlenecked with any GPU that's £200+.

I'm not justifying anything. Everything I stated was correct.
It isn't, but it does show you that the 7700k is limited. While you could put a more powerful GPU in your system and go even further with Zen and not be limited. You're quite literally at its limits with the Intel. People overlook this and reviews don't state the CPU utilization when they are quite literally trying to bottleneck a CPU. Seems counterintuitive does it not? If they want to test IPC, they need the same clock. But no one did that and just stated that Intel has better IPC. Uh duh we knew that, but by how much? I haven't seen a test at clock for clock to find out on launch week