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The real conclusion here is if your use case is purely gaming and cost is not a factor the 9900k is the best processor to buy. AMD cannot compete with 5GHz on 2
by zachruss92 8y ago
The real conclusion here is if your use case is purely gaming and cost is not a factor the 9900k is the best processor to buy. AMD cannot compete with 5GHz on 2 cores or 4.7 on all 8. If you have a more mixed workload (multi-core) or are more price conscious AMD is a viable solution.
AMD will be unveiling their Ryzen 2 processors/GPUs in January and it is rumored that there will be a 15% IPC increase. If that is the case, AMD will be on-par with Intel. It is also rumored they will be bumping the Ryzen lineup to have 16 cores.
I've been running a Ryzen system w/ a 1800x @ 4GHz on all cores for well over a year now and have no complaints whatsoever. As a developer/light gamer it was the perfect balance of price to performance.