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Pemalite said:

JEMC said:

Ryzen reviews are out! Here's a few of them

• Anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11170/the-amd-zen-and-ryzen-7-review-a-deep-dive-on-1800x-1700x-and-1700
• Guru3D: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-processor-review,1.html
• Hardware Canucks: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/74814-amd-ryzen-7-1800x-performance-review.html
• Hexus.net: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/102964-amd-ryzen-7-1800x-14nm-zen/
• Legit Reviews: http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-1700x-and-1700-processor-review_191753
• PCPerspective: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Ryzen-7-1800X-Review-Now-and-Zen
• TechSpot: http://www.techspot.com/review/1345-amd-ryzen-7-1800x-1700x/
• Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-1800x-cpu,4951.html

Like I predicted. Not a knock-out success in terms of performance, Sadly, rubs salt in the wounds with people who thought this was going to soundly beat Intel and usher in a new CPU revolution with AMD on top. (Hate to say I told you so again. :P)

Way better than Bulldozer and it's derivatives, can compete with the i7 6900K in some benchmarks yet come up short massively in others, basically brings  AMD back to being a viable option for some at least.

In a few lightly-threaded benchmarks it's showing per-core performance that resembles a Core i5... Where it truly shines is when you can stretch all of those 16 threads which the chip then shows what it can really do, seems the Engineering Sample leaked benchmarks weren't to far from the truth, the data center/server segments should eat these chips up. - They are potent and cheap for that they offer for that market.

Motherboards are still only low-end/mid-range.

The real test will be over the long term with Ryzens successor, AMD should realise where it falls short and fix it.

Those that are stuck on Core 2 Quads, Nahelem, Phenom, Phenom 2 and Bulldozer, there are some chips worth upgrading to in the Ryzen lineup... But I will personally be making the move to LGA 2066 rather than AM4, AMD didn't bring the goods for me to consider them as an upgrade this time around for my main rig.

I am keen to see how Intel reacts though to be honest.

Zen/Ryzen is what Bulldozer should have been. At least it closes the gap between AMD and Intel enough to make AMD a compelling choice for more users than before. Also, those who use multithreaded applications but don't have the money for Intel's top chips, can now get one of this without remorse.

What's surprising is the gaming performance (I suggest taking a look at Guru3D review with several games). It looks like there's still some fixes to do in the Ryzen drivers.