AMD Ryzen CPU

[oboe]

Apparently AMD is coming out with a new CPU, to be released in late February or March.

It only uses 95W and matched the performance of an $1100 Intel i7-6900K in a demonstration at CES.    I'm following with great interest; anybody else watching and waiting?

[AKIron]

Could be a game changer. Intel really hasn't had much competition in a long time.

[oboe]

There's no way I could spend $1100 (or even half of that) on a CPU, but I'm very interested to see the pricing and lineup.

What will they have in the $300 price point, and how will it compare to Intel at that price?

It is good to see competition.  It is also good to see AMD pay attention to power usage.  My first home built was an AMD and it also heated my basement in the winter...

[TequilaChaser]

I've been following / reading about it..... interesting

TC

[Spikes]

The question is what was it doing to match the performance?

[Skuzzy]

I am more interested in the motherboard chipset.

[Dobs]

Must be held in place by those Russian hookers that were on the news recently....if it is $1100

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

[AKIron]

Must be held in place by those Russian hookers that were on the news recently....if it is $1100

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559

I have one of those but it is the 6700k, not the $1100 6900k

[Getback]

I want to know if at least 2 cores work in AH. That's all I ask.


Hopefully some of you will keep us updated.

[TequilaChaser]

I want to know if at least 2 cores work in AH. That's all I ask.


Hopefully some of you will keep us updated.

If you are referring to AMD CPU processors using 2 or more cores in Aces High, the answer is YES!

Hope this helps

TC

[Bizman]

If you are referring to AMD CPU processors using 2 or more cores in Aces High, the answer is YES!

Hope this helps

TC

Out of professional curiosity, since when/which model has the answer been a firm YES? I haven't followed the Intel/AMD battle too much, the last time I remember reading about the core issue in AH was some years ago when Skuzzy said the then new models might work or then again not depending on the exact version.

[TequilaChaser]

Bizman, back in AH2, AMD dual core CPU processors mostly ran AH2 just using one core, with a select few dual core AMD processors using both cores

As time moved forward,  and quad core CPU processors began showing up more and more of AMD processors became capable of being able to use 2 cores, although there was still a few that were not able to

I would have to go back and research for dates/year , but it has been several years now that every AMD processor I installed on a MB (computer build) for people, that 2 cores were being used in AH....now I can not be certain that every single processor/MB combination will work this way on AMD builds, but it has been since Windows 7 SP 1 was released that I have seen or heard of an AMD dual core or more cores not being able to use 2 cores

Hope this helps....maybe Skuzzy has better information with out me having to go back and research...got to get ready for doctors appointment at 8:00am...

TC

[Bizman]

Thanks! So basically all higher end quad core AMD cpu's should use more than one core.

Back when SP1 was released? Didn't think it was such a long time ago! Time seems to fly faster every year... 

[Pudgie]

I'm gonna be interested in the AMD Ryzen 8C\8T SR5 version CPU on the X370 chipset AM4 platform..................

 

[Skuzzy]

The problem with Aces High running multi-core AMD CPU's had to do with AMD not implementing a high resolution counter for each core, which we depend on.  We still have code in place to detect the design issue and not run multi-threaded on those CPU's.

As to when, or if, it was fixed, I have no idea.