AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Review
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waltc3
CPU-bound game performance has a simple answer...game-engine and game optimization by developers. Game-engines and games are optimized far differently than benchmarks, which are mainly optimized around compilers, which was relatively easy for AMD to achieve. As everyone knows, there is a vast difference between game code and synthetic benchmarks. It will take time for the game-code to become optimized for Ryzen as the current Intel-optimization by developers is as mature as it is ever going to be until Intel moves to a new architecture. Ryzen is a new architecture but most existent games have been optimized for the Intel architectures--which has to be done by developers, so it isn't as immediate as we saw with the synthetic benchmarks. Not much of a mystery, really--same thing happened with the original Athlon years ago. Watch for "cpu-bound" game code to drastically improve on Ryzen as the cpu begins to proliferate the markets and developers begin optimizing for it.
mattm4
.... sheesh, I really don't understand the ones bashing these procs. A CPU is designed for a lot more than gaming. Yet the lower FPS issues are not apparent above 1080p, and on top of that 10-15 frames makes no difference above 60fps to the naked eye.
For a $329 processor to beat a $1000 6900k and in some cases beat a $1500 6950x.. Please tell me how its not a good deal? Have you ever done more tasks while gaming? Ever streamed your games for the world to see at or over 1080p? Go try that out on your i7 7700k and compare the two, I can guarantee you, more cores will win the bet.
I just think its silly to think this processor is no good, cause of 1080p performance difference in games.
H83
Finally the review of the 1700! As expected the 1700 is the best cpu of the 3 released so far. It´s much cheaper and overclocks like the others, making them useless, just like Intel´s X99 cpus!... This thing is a steal!!! So good i´m still considering it for my new rig but the only demanding stuff i do with my system is gaming so i think maybe i´ll settle for a nice 7600K and save some money...
Now all we need is some X370 motherboards reviews and an article comparing Ryzen´s performance under W10 against W7. Do it Hilbert! And don´t give me the " i need sleep" excuse.... 👿
Great review as always!
mitzi76
Ok am done with these type of comments.
If you can prove that it's "more powerfull" than intels offering then please do so with example or please take your crap elsewhere.
Plus again as you and others cant read the 7700k and the 1700 are priced the same here in the UK...so please enlighten me how buying AMD is the better choice?
Am not bashing the cpu just the price! (really some of you seem to have reading issues, maybe it's something from Brexit and the trump election. More schoolin and less reddit/Hollyoaks/Eastenders 🙂 )
I need to put a disclaimer in my sig
"I have nothing against the AMD cpus just their current pricing"
the9quad
Maybe...Because it is an 8 core CPU that handles a lot of non gaming tasks much better?
Making it a good all around processor at a much cheaper price than intels comparable processors? The $1,500 intel chip doesn't perform as well as the 7700k in games neither, but for some reason you aren't bashing that one?
H83
I´m sorry mitzi but i don´t understand your problems with AMDs prices. Just look at the 1700, it costs 365€ (in Portugal) and it performs as as good as the 6900K, that costs 3 times more!!! What more do you want??? A liquid cooler? A free Vega GPU to go with it? Or maybe you want a free blowjob at the brothel of your choice?...
C´mon, you can complain about Ryzen in several aspectes but not when it comes to prices unless you want the cpus for free...
PrMinisterGR
He wants it at $269, with a promise of a free motherboard.
w0nderz
Some people can't be taken too serious :giggle2:
mitzi76
It performs as well as a 7700k! Why bring the 6900k into the argument...
Who said it doesnt? Show me/explain to me how the 1700 is more powerfull than a 7700k and I will agree....otherwsie SFTU! (and yeah am no longer going to be nice to anyone. I have asked for reasons several times and all you do is respond by rudely trolling my posts).
If I was confused or misguided instead of trying to explain why it is am wrong you just say am wrong and want free blowjobs? That's really polite.
All you do is compare it against a £1000 CPU in order to make it look better. Pathetic really.
Or cant you understand the English? I can get someone to translate into portuguese or write this in Spanish or French if you need.
But carry on with the insults etc I have had it all before, nothing new and so far never lost an argument on here. (check my posting history). So I like a challenge!
w0nderz
It blows the 7700K in pretty much everything else than gaming (at least for now), even the 6900K most of the times.. which costs 1K$. Dem logics. :cyclone:
mitzi76
Really how? Mr.Logic man..am all ears...
oh wait before u start saying ok it beats it in cinebench etc let me stop you there. I aint interested in crap like this. You will need to do better.
Dem logics will get u in the end haha. (thats exactly how I argue).
RedSquirrel
The r7 1700 is everything I could have hoped for and a bit more. not the 1700X or 1800, the 1700. Objectively great gaming performance at modern resolutions and will eat everything else, and in the current market massively great value.
The complaints are very strange, it's a very real possibility that many people have grown up with AMD never having a competitive CPU, they've been somewhat behind for so long afterall, and the attitude of 'omg this cpu is more fps therefore is better' is so ingrained that it's ruining people's ability to make smart choices. It's not even fanboyism at this point, just habitual. Or perhaps I'm just one of the few people left who use their PC for a lot more than gaming, it's not a console afterall :P
Jagman
A Ryzen 5 1600X 6c/12t then, or around there in price (excluding the motherboard of course)
Scan have the 1700 for £320 at the moment, just on the point of ordering one 🙂
the9quad
Asks where the 1700 beats the 7700k, gets answers, says oh I ain't interested in that. Well guess what the CPU ain't for you then, for those it is aimed at it's a bargain and a half.
PrMinisterGR
What are you interested in, exactly? Because if you're in for gaming only, if your computer is just a game launcher, get your 7700k at 5GHz, clock it, and leave the Ryzen threads in peace, instead of telling to people to STFU.
H83
mitzi i´m sorry but you´re the one confused!... The Ryzen R7 parts are meant to compete against Intel LGA2011 platform!!! That´s why it´s been compared to those! And it does very well against them.
Against the 7700K things are simple: the 7700K is much better in single threaded scencarios and the 1700 is much better in multi threaded ones! So the 1700 is as good as the 7700K, the choice depends on the need of the buyer more than the Ryzen being better or worse than 7700K.
For example my case: i´m building a new rig and i´m considering a 1700 but since my system is mainly for gaming, i´ll probably go with a 7600K. But that doesn´t mean that Ryzen sucks...
BTW i wasn´t insulting you, i was just joking about the fact you want Ryzen to be even cheaper!... So cool down.
w0nderz
So you're still not convinced that the 1700 is much faster than the 7700K in multi tasking workloads? Really? And where have you been lately? This info/tests/reviews and all of the sort are all wide spread all over the internet.
Facepalm.
vase
That's such an on spot sentence and it makes you wonder how much more audacious it can get...
XenthorX
This is stunning, i have absolutely no doubt that my next CPU is AMD.
When i see a roughly 300$ CPU outperforming my highly overclocked 5820k in any way possible, it gets pretty simple. Bye bye Intel.
I'm really impressed. I'm planning on upgrading in upcoming year and it's quite clear now that my CPU is gonna be AMD, i never thought i would say that one day to be honest lol.
http://i.imgur.com/Bj4709k.jpg
mitzi76
Haha you guys fail! So the huge market is in people who game and want perhaps applications second..
Yet you are telling me because a cpu is better at multi-tasking and only competes against a cpu that was released a longer time ago and costs the same it's the better buy.
Perhaps for you but not for me and perhaps thousands of others who are just going to wait for something better from Intel.
The point is I dont want the cpu to fail but I would rather it was either cheaper or better performance in games.
I'll wait for something better.
Clueless people......
p.s how much faster/better at multi-tasking? Really I dont care if I have to wait a few mins in here and there if say am multi-tasking.
It's pretty sad you are actually trying to win an argument by using "multi-tasking". Dont get me wrong to each their own...but the percentage of people who need this versus the gaming/more general pc crowd.
I do like the fastest cpu clock speed for gaming. Maybe it's just a difference in quality/taste.
Then again if Intel take the piss with their next launch I will reconsider. Hell I might even buy AMD 🙂
