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Yeah Ryzen looks like a big win, however it's been the entry level i7's that have been the sweet spot for gaming, offering fewer cores that can be clocked from
by Dagwoodie 10y ago
Yeah Ryzen looks like a big win, however it's been the entry level i7's that have been the sweet spot for gaming, offering fewer cores that can be clocked from 4.5 to 5+GHz quite easily. Coupled with the current paradigm where most games don't scale beyond 4 cores much at all, gamers haven't really wanted the 6900k anyway. Long term Ryzen will continue to become more useful as GameDevs learn how to make better use of cores, but I don't see the need to replace my 5 year old 2600K just yet.
- alkonaut 10y agoHas there been any pricing info or are we just assuming now that this thing won't be 10% more expensive than the Intel parts it turns out beating?
- kevinnk 10y ago$500 vs ~$1100 for the Intel part.
- sliken 10y agoUntil the day the AMD ships.
- anonymfus 10y agoUsually when top products have close performance price war starts so it's possible that "10% more expensive than the Intel" will be much lower than that Intel price today. But Intel also has an ability to put pressure on OEMs (because of monopoly position and massive supply volume, so if they will not sell CPUs to some vendor as a punishment for buying AMD, AMD will not be able to supply enough CPUs on their own) and brand loyalty, so probably they will keep their "high-end" price points.