US Prices of AMD Ryzen Processors Surface As Well - Starts at $316.59

#5390456

Silva

2017-02-09 11:48

The EU gets so much screwed lately :banana: I think they're good prices, let's see performance.

#5390471

icedman

2017-02-09 12:16

The eu isn't really that screwed normally prices include 20% vat where the US and here in Canada taxes are added after here they add another 13% on top

#5390473

Kaarme

2017-02-09 12:20

EU is not a nice place to live in if you like PC hardware. I guess it could be for some other things needed in life, at least locally here and there, the differences between countries being huge in the EU in many ways. But then again, I personally live in one of the most expensive countries in the world, so it would be unreasonable to except PC hardware to be priced below outrageous either.

#5390474

Redemption80

2017-02-09 12:24

They could take 20% off the EU pricing to show it without VAT, but I think people would have a meltdown and consider that dishonest.

#5390481

fantaskarsef

2017-02-09 12:48

Pretty competitive prices still considering what an octacore costs at Intel. But... without benches it's pretty much useless to try and figure out if the prices are justified by performance. So I'm still hoping that HH gets his review samples in time for Ryzen's launch 😀

#5390483

Inolvidable

2017-02-09 12:59

I have no backround in computer sciences in general (coding, engineering etc..) and I hava a couple of concerns about Ryzen I'd like to ask you guys: - Ryzen has weaker implementation of FPU/SSE/AVX than Intel and programmers seem to have used this instructions over the years to optimize their software for Intel chips. How could this impact the IPC on average (assuming there is mainstream software that make heavy use of this intstructions)? ¿Do having more cores/threads help to overcome this or one thing has nothing to do with the other? Could this weaker implementation of FPU/SSE/AVX cause a significant unbalanced performance response where Ryzen perform close to Intel in some tasks or software but 20% or 30% worse in others? I understad that the proper anwer is "just wait and we'll see in a couple of weeks", but I would really appreciate some technical tip about this instruction sets and their importance in recent (and old) software Thanks in advance

#5390489

Lane

2017-02-09 13:09

Japanese ISCC Zen architecture: (its more on the semi conductor analysis than "architecture work" but can still interest some peoples ) http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/kaigai/1043349.html#1_s.png

#5390490

moaka

2017-02-09 13:14

Need to seed R5 1400x 4c/8t vs intel 4c/8t performance ...

#5390493

AMD4Life

2017-02-09 13:21

Wow, less than $500 for the flagship R7 1800X. It's looking more and more like my next CPU. Just waiting on the reviews for real world performance info.

#5390497

Silva

2017-02-09 13:31

EU is not a nice place to live in if you like PC hardware. I guess it could be for some other things needed in life, at least locally here and there, the differences between countries being huge in the EU in many ways. But then again, I personally live in one of the most expensive countries in the world, so it would be unreasonable to except PC hardware to be priced below outrageous either.

When I tell you the minimum wage here is set at 557 Euros, suddenly these prices don't sound that fair. Plus most of EU high taxes are to pay for the ****ing EU parliament...

Pretty competitive prices still considering what an octacore costs at Intel. But... without benches it's pretty much useless to try and figure out if the prices are justified by performance. So I'm still hoping that HH gets his review samples in time for Ryzen's launch 😀

I know right? Those matches we've been seeing is just pure speculation and BS in my opinion. HH sure will have a sample as usual and post the results after the NDA lift.

Wow, less than $500 for the flagship R7 1800X. It's looking more and more like my next CPU. Just waiting on the reviews for real world performance info.

If AMD expects people to invest in a new CPU+MB combo, they have to price it right. Intel has the price too inflated, it's a guess game of how much?

#5390502

PrMinisterGR

2017-02-09 13:50

If AMD expects people to invest in a new CPU+MB combo, they have to price it right. Intel has the price too inflated, it's a guess game of how much?

It's not. Their client compute division (which contains failed units that lose 4+billion per year), operated at a 63% profit margin. A conservative estimate of their CPU profit margin is around 70-75%. You can also roughly deduce this from transistor counts compared to GPUs. Graphics cards have extra PCB/VRM/Memory/Assembly costs, 2-5x the amount of transistors, almost 10x the die space, and they are still being sold at a profit in sub-$280 prices. The prices announced, if real, are completely fine for both us and AMD. I am curious on how the CPU holds in performance now, it was always clear that it would compete with socket 115x price-wise.

#5390506

Amaze

2017-02-09 13:58

They could take 20% off the EU pricing to show it without VAT, but I think people would have a meltdown and consider that dishonest.

20? Lol I wish. 25% over here.

#5390509

Sevuz

2017-02-09 14:04

Looks promising. Let's hope AMD is up to the task to give Intel a kick in the balls so we can get good CPU war :vader:

#5390512

Redemption80

2017-02-09 14:17

20? Lol I wish. 25% over here.

I miss when it was 15% here, more socialised there though. All relative compared to Intel though, and still good value. I have avoided memory upgrades until the board/cpu could also be done, timing wise this is looking ideal. I still love this CPU though.

#5390516

ruthan

2017-02-09 14:22

I think that this is nice price for slightly upgraded lJaguar + some untested hyperthreading support:)

#5390521

zer0_c0ol

2017-02-09 14:31

I think that this is nice price for slightly upgraded lJaguar + some untested hyperthreading support:)

I hope it was a troll post 🙂

#5390537

nz3777

2017-02-09 14:57

Now those are some Good prices, I was hoping to see something like this.8/16 for $316 would be a steal.Yeah I knew they cannot just launch a product at $1000 and expect people to start buying them right off the bat.If they continue doing well then things could change for them ( for the better) in the future. Good job Amd- I will be getting 8/16 cheepest sku or i7 7700k.

#5390547

eclap

2017-02-09 15:14

Awesome, a 8c/16t CPU at around £300, that's great value if these are anywhere near Intel ipc

#5390548

DJLRADEON

2017-02-09 15:17

The end is near intel (such i have an i7 6700k)

#5390551

schmidtbag

2017-02-09 15:36

EU is not a nice place to live in if you like PC hardware. I guess it could be for some other things needed in life, at least locally here and there, the differences between countries being huge in the EU in many ways. But then again, I personally live in one of the most expensive countries in the world, so it would be unreasonable to except PC hardware to be priced below outrageous either.

If I lived in the EU, I would much rather have an interest in computers than some other form of tech such as cars. Much of the EU has pretty fast and reasonably priced internet and electricity, and though computer hardware is a bit more expensive, there are generally more options. Meanwhile if you were something like a car enthusiast, many EU countries have strict regulations on what you're allowed to do, fuel is expensive, and many homes don't have a good place to dedicate the hobby to (such as a reasonably sized garage). Anyway, I just hope there are 6 core models below $250, assuming their performance is competitive enough anyway.