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intel i9/x-series CPUs announced
Mr Queeba:
thing is, isnt amd still a better value
the 6 core 12 thread offering is literally almost 200 dollars more than an r5 1600, and the 8 core 16 thread offering is almost 300 dollars more expensive than an r7 1700
high end enthusiasts will still use intel obviously, but for people that dont have a metric crapton of disposable income to blow on super high end computers, amd is still the better choice
and also we're still waiting for threadripper
rambo1220:
"18-cores and 36-threads"
holy forget
carolcat:
--- Quote from: Mr Queeba on May 30, 2017, 03:19:14 PM ---thing is, isnt amd still a better value
the 6 core 12 thread offering is literally almost 200 dollars more than an r5 1600, and the 8 core 16 thread offering is almost 300 dollars more expensive than an r7 1700
high end enthusiasts will still use intel obviously, but for people that dont have a metric crapton of disposable income to blow on super high end computers, amd is still the better choice
and also we're still waiting for threadripper
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iirc intel almost always outperforms amd in single-threaded performance. sure amd may offer you more/the same amount of cores for less, but that doesn't mean it's better than intel's offerings
Insert Name Here²:
--- Quote from: carolcat on May 30, 2017, 03:50:18 PM ---iirc intel almost always outperforms amd in single-threaded performance. sure amd may offer you more/the same amount of cores for less, but that doesn't mean it's better than intel's offerings
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AMD does win in price to performance. Sure it trails behind Intel, but Intel is double the cost for the same thing, for only a 5 - 10 percent performance boost.
No matter what you believe, and is the best when it comes to performance for your money. Intel overcharges everything to hell and back.
SeventhSandwich:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't an 18-core processor be worse than the best 4-cores for gaming, at least until game engines optimize? I remember that a lot of the octo-core processors out there are easily beaten by the i7 line because of optimization.