AMD - Zen chitchat

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The benchmarks have been uploaded!




Edit!!

The links to the original sources are in my next post in the thread.

[peterb]

Please post source and an acknowledgement as this is a potential copyright breach.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Please post source and an acknowledgement as this is a potential copyright breach.

The links are from here:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/31694722/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comment...t&utm_name=Amd

Edit!!

The Reddit thread has the rest of the benchmarks.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A few websites have reviewed the 8809G based NUC:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12572...eg-benchmarked
https://hothardware.com/reviews/inte...-canyon-review
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...ics-Comparison
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...c-vr,5536.html

AT places performance between a GTX960 and a GTX980,and it seems a bit faster overall than a desktop GTX1050TI.

Edit!!

Some other reviews:

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/85...iew/index.html
https://gizmodo.com/rivals-intel-and...-be-1824178636
https://www.digitaltrends.com/deskto...8i7hvk-review/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3267...vk-review.html
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/in...des-canyon-nuc

[AETAaAS]

Not strictly CPU stuff, but... AMD's RTG is working with Intel to build a new flagship, at the present time called Project Canis. Quite possibly one of the most desirable matchups in my book: Radeon design on Intel fabs.

It looks like a decidedly high end card with the specs, power consumption and price to boot.

Article: https://wccftech.com/amd-project-can...joint-venture/

One interesting thing mentioned is the targeting of gamers by tying purchases to Steam accounts with over 100 hours and 100 dollars worth of games. It sounds like a reasonable idea IMO given how ubiquitous Steam is but as always, there are going to be those left out in the cold. As someone with a Freesync monitor and a big Steam library however, its more amenable than AMD's previous bundling of cards with Freesync monitors.

[kompukare]

Not strictly CPU stuff, but... AMD's RTG is working with Intel to build a new flagship, at the present time called Project Canis. Quite possibly one of the most desirable matchups in my book: Radeon design on Intel fabs.

It looks like a decidedly high end card with the specs, power consumption and price to boot.

Article: https://wccftech.com/amd-project-can...joint-venture/

As it happens, today is the first of April...

[AETAaAS]

As it happens, today is the first of April...

God danm it, too good to be true.

[Xlucine]

The steam thingy is a nice idea, but wouldn't work so well in practice. Miners are happy to pay >$100 more for a high end card (as evidenced by GPU prices), and 100 hours of labour in the third world isn't going to cost much (assuming they even get a person to give actual gameplay, and don't just have a game or two idling)

[AETAaAS]

Perhaps. It would be another 100 dollars they have to make up for before breaking even, which they might not be able to resell as easily as the GPU.

[Xlucine]

Vega is back in stock in scan, for all models! Still silly money (£630 for V56, £700 for V64), but it's a start

[Millennium]

I paid £360 (?) for my release Vega 56 and I still question the value. It'll last though, with current gen consoles and most last all AMD. Still, it's in for RMA

Don't spend £630 on Vega 56 is my advice, get a 580/480/390 s/h and chill for a bit. You don't need 4k to enjoy a game (though high refresh 1080p is certainly a value add).

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Vega56 at under £400 was a reasonable buy - anything over that is not worth it,especially with Nvidia cards starting to drop in price too.

[MLyons]

Not strictly CPU stuff, but... AMD's RTG is working with Intel to build a new flagship, at the present time called Project Canis. Quite possibly one of the most desirable matchups in my book: Radeon design on Intel fabs.

It looks like a decidedly high end card with the specs, power consumption and price to boot.

Article: https://wccftech.com/amd-project-can...joint-venture/

One interesting thing mentioned is the targeting of gamers by tying purchases to Steam accounts with over 100 hours and 100 dollars worth of games. It sounds like a reasonable idea IMO given how ubiquitous Steam is but as always, there are going to be those left out in the cold. As someone with a Freesync monitor and a big Steam library however, its more amenable than AMD's previous bundling of cards with Freesync monitors.

From wccftech so about as reliable as me putting guesses under 10 buckets in a circle around me then spinning around blindfolded, picking one, then flipping a coin and only if it lands heads I use that guess and if not I spin again.

EDIT: "The card will be rocking HBM4 memory". u wot m8. The fool is strong in this one

[DanceswithUnix]

I paid £360 (?) for my release Vega 56 and I still question the value. It'll last though, with current gen consoles and most last all AMD. Still, it's in for RMA

Don't spend £630 on Vega 56 is my advice, get a 580/480/390 s/h and chill for a bit. You don't need 4k to enjoy a game (though high refresh 1080p is certainly a value add).

It is the obvious choice for me though, and at £360 I would buy one but I always wondered if the sub £400 was an unmaintainable promo price so I expect to crack closer to £400.

An RX580 is minimum spec for VR and only 50% faster than my current R9 380, for a significant upgrade I need either Vega 56 or a 1070 and Nvidia aren't being very lovable atm (again).

[Corky34]

Interesting video (IMO).



Main takeaway is that AMD are already designing/working on Zen 5.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Interesting video (IMO).



Main takeaway is that AMD are already designing/working on Zen 5.

If they keep to the yearly cadences,that would mean Zen is here until 2022.