QOTW: Has AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen lived up to your expectations?

[ohmaheid]

Yep. I'm going for my first AMD rig in 25 years of computers. The security issues with Intel rules them out, and thats even before the performance edge the Ryzens have.
I've been saving for a while so it's going to be the 3900x and an X570 M/B. 1TB nvme and 32gb of 3400 ram.
I will however go for a Nvidia 2080, as the new Navi doesn't float my boat.

[EzioAs]

Yes, and I'll probably pick up a Ryzen 5 3600 and a cheap motherboard.

[Corky34]

Well yes, but we already knew IPCs were higher so it's not entirely fair to expect much more in that regard, and there's no complaints about core counts, that leaves frequency. Intel can unlock more performance, AMD less so.

It's more likely the other way around, Intel's 14nm is a very mature node and they're probably at the limits of what they can squeeze out of it in terms of higher clock speeds whereas TSMC 7nm node is pretty new and we know they've got improvements in the pipeline for it (7nm+ EUV), whether those improvements turn into clock speed gains remains to be seen, and then there's the fact that we know Intel will eventually move to a smaller node themselves and that's typical lead to clock speed regression at first.

Of course it's worth bearing in mind that AMD were expecting Zen2 (Ryzen 3) to be going up against Intel's 10nm, something that could ultimately work in Intel's favor as now they can make architectural changes to improve performance if whatever they fabricate on the next node shrink does suffer a clock speed regression.

[el_raberto]

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[WyldeStile]

Yes, it has lived up to my expectations. The speed and price makes it a good option when looking to build a new system. Even those looking to upgrade should give it a serious look.

[watercooled]

Well yes, but we already knew IPCs were higher so it's not entirely fair to expect much more in that regard, and there's no complaints about core counts, that leaves frequency. Intel can unlock more performance,

They can? Despite being on a very mature node and pushing up the efficiency ramp? Check out overclocked results for the latest iteration of Skylake, and note the power consumption increase for marginal gains.

While AMD win in a lot of aspects, it's not a flat out winner across the board as hoped by many.

Maybe they were being overly optimistic then? AMD never hinted at that, and leapfrogging Intel in older games was always going to be a tough one. There are few other areas where AMD are not either on-par or ahead.

I'm pleased with the performance of AMD's new processors, but a little disappointed that the X570 boards mostly have tiny little fans on rather than being passively cooled, which I expect will result in some annoying whiny sound.

Apparently some are adding fan profiles in updates BIOS: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/x5...ile,39884.html
I agree it would have been nice to have some passive mainstream chipsets on launch, but it seems like they're just pushing the 400 series for that, even though many will need a BIOS flash to support Zen2, until new stock replaces them with latest BIOS, I suspect.

Intel will eventually move to a smaller node themselves and that's typical lead to clock speed regression at first.

Indeed it looks like Intel's 10nm process will incur a significant clock regression, to the point that it may all but offset the IPC gains of Sunny Cove. 14nm is still appearing on higher-TDP parts at least until Q4 2020, if leaked slides are legit. The published slides showing clock speed of initial 10nm parts are straight from Intel though.
https://semiaccurate.com/2019/04/25/...els-10nm-woes/
https://semiaccurate.com/2019/06/05/...nd-sunny-cove/

Of course it's worth bearing in mind that AMD were expecting Zen2 (Ryzen 3) to be going up against Intel's 10nm, something that could ultimately work in Intel's favor as now they can make architectural changes to improve performance if whatever they fabricate on the next node shrink does suffer a clock speed regression.

Don't forget how long such changes take in the semiconductor industry. Sunny Cove is finalised, provided we do end up seeing that on desktop parts. Intel would need to make changes to a future product which would be competing against a future AMD product.

[ddr4000]

It surely has, beats intel for price for performance by a country mile.

[Neptar]

My next build will be AMD. Goodbye Intel.

[Fogoldgaming]

Yes and no

[Quartz]

I'm waiting for the launch hype to die down before passing judgement, but it's looking good for AMD.

[Jimrummy2395]

Still waiting for stock on the 3900X or the 3950X, but AMD have done a good job and are now an actual option again for many. And Intel don't really have a response for a while now.

[redseven1]

I have a 2600X but I follow AMD pretty closely and honest I expected Zen 2 to clock higher. They're still great chips though, just not as much as I hyped myself for.