Ryzen is a monster, Intel preparing 12 core desktop CPU to combat it

[Draconian Guppy]

6 minutes ago, Crisp said:

which would be the same thing that happened with the Old pentium 4, before the core 2 duos, moar coars, moar hurtz moar heat

[Yogurth]

7 minutes ago, LostCat said:

http://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-review-leak-gaming-overclock-benchmarks/

Things are looking good on that leak.  Not perfect, but good.  I'm still planning to get a 1600X though I think...not sure yet.

 

And I still need to see Tech Reports frame time info and price/perf graph.

This seems to be an engineering sample as there is no Ryzen logo and the year is 2016. Ryzen release version does not look like that anymore.

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13 minutes ago, Yogurth said:

This seems to be an engineering sample as there is no Ryzen logo and the year is 2016. Ryzen release version does not look like that anymore.

According to multiple other sites, it was indeed *not* a ES (Engineering Sample) but likely what is called a QS (Qualification Sample).  It wouldn't have the exact same top markings as a true retail chip though.

[Yogurth]

12 minutes ago, ir0nw0lf said:

According to multiple other sites, it was indeed *not* a ES (Engineering Sample) but likely what is called a QS (Qualification Sample).  It wouldn't have the exact same top markings as a true retail chip though.

Must admit this is the first time I hear of this designation.

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2 hours ago, Yogurth said:

Must admit this is the first time I hear of this designation.

Yep, same here. 

[Circaflex]

QS is nothing new, generally these are the last chips before production and are generally very close to the retail productions chips.

[Nelsinho]

On 28/02/2017 at 7:31 PM, Yogurth said:

According to various benchmark leaks over the past several days, compiled and analyzed in the video below AMD Ryzen 1700X and 1800X are beating Intel i7 6950X (10/20 CPU that costs over 1700$) in synthetic multithreaded benchmarks. Apparently Intel has no chip in their desktop lineup to counter the Ryzen and some info appeared that they will go for 12 core solution ASAP. It is really crazy how fast AMD's baby seems to be.

 

 

yep this is the best news for me although I'm suspect to comment