Now we see why Intel's monopoly of the last years has been so bad for consumers...
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Now we see why Intel's monopoly of the last years has been so bad for consumers...
cant wait :) maybe this will lower intels cpus and MB !
Yep I'm waiting for Ryzen to reduce Intel chips for me. Had AMD in the past and they just don't quite deliver as well as Intel.
So basically you are emotionally tied to Intel as a brand instead of looking at chips on their own merits??
What is funny is AMD CPUs have been used in supercomputers by large aerospace firms and in academia in the UK and yet people still expect AMD to drop Intel prices for them??
So I expect you were one of the people who bought P4 CPUs on the desktop when AMD had the Athlon XP and Athlon 64 out??
Its sad when I started as an enthusiast,people bought what was best value for money,and had no problems buying AMD CPUs like the Athlon XP and Athlon 64.
So AMD probably has something decent and you continue to buy Intel - no wonder gamers are paying through the nose for things. If AMD has something decent and they can't make money,then they might as well not bother making CPUs for us at all.
No wonder Intel hardly drops prices when they have a captive market who will only buy their products.
Reap what you sow.
Edit!!
If you use your logic its like saying somebody would never buy an Intel CPU since they had a Pentium 4 in the past.
I'm thinking that Ryzen looks extremely attractive !
It is but sadly PC gamers and enthusiasts are getting more and more tribal like with console gamers. This is the problem - AMD needs to sell enough CPUs,and if Ryzen does not do well they are screwed. The problem is many are just using all that R and D money AMD used for Ryzen to fund their purchase of Intel CPUs,not trying to look at the products themselves on their own merits.
Many seem to make lame excuses forgetting Intel has had rubbish CPUs like the P4,Itanium and Atom too.
It was the same tribal mentality where you had people who would never consider a Phenom II X4 over a more expensive Core2 quad,just due to the name.
Intel is the same company which recently released the £175 Core i3 7350K yet go back 5 or 6 years ago and we had the sub £100 Core i3 530 which was could be overclocked.
Its like stealing from the poor to fund the rich.
I really hope that AMD does better in OEM and commerical sales - the gamers and enthusiasts of today are not the same as 15 to 20 years ago.
Its less bang for buck,more like brand for buck with DIY builders nowadays.
ryzen finally puts amd back on the map i'm actually considering buying myself one, might wait to see the price of the MB first tho
can't wait might buy one i'm going to wait for the benchmarks to come out but its looking good so far
Ebuyer has their preorder page up: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?qfc=778677|778679|778680
Priced at £320, £390, £490 so pretty much exactly in line the the US$ prices + VAT. 8C/16T chips for £320 ... what a time to be alive ;)
Oh, and also an AMD processor that they think they can sell for almost £500 ... it's been a *long* time since you could say that :o
Its looking like the 1700 is the one for me, just waiting on reviews and overclock results.
Amazon have the same pricing with a pre-order guarantee that if the price goes down you will only pay the lower price.
I am going to keep an eye on Ryzen, as I used a lot of 3D apps and currently have an i7-4790k it could well be my next processor.
However will wait for real world benchmarks etc and see what the state of play is then
Just spec'd an upgrade on scan. £1200 :( i was hoping the chips and boards would have been slightly cheaper. Damn the exchange rate. Still, 8/16 with good single core for that price. Kudos amd. Lets see what the benchies reveal in the coming weeks though before i kill my wallet. Ill need max oc figures.
Scan have prices for quite a lot of AM4 motherboards:
https://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer...2496/2497/2436
Well Ryzen made it...took forever
BitWit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTu7ryfKO5E
Paul's Hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlWbpUDOigU
Official video of the 24 minute launch event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v44wWAOHn8