Just in time for my build in the end of the year. Hope they do deliver on the promise of performance and don't delay it beyond 2016.

So they're finally using silicon as base ingredient for the chips instead of potato?

I have been following AMD and Zen news for some weeks. This is quite promising. If Amd succesfully deliver a cpu that can compete with intel on ipc per clock for a single thread it will, without a doubt, be a game changer. Not only that but we know that
1) The first Zen Cpu will feature 8 cores and 16 threads and aim at the enthusiast and gamers (so will compete against intel i7 6700k and i5 6600k mostly which only have 4 cores 8 threads).
2) Will probably (read it somewhere but cannot search for source right now) handle hyperthreading more Efficiently.
3) Will certainly be better priced than intels Cpus.

If AMD deliver on their promise than I will build my first AMD based pc at the end of the year (or early next year).

Finally, AMD will be a "good enough" option for gaming but I'll still be keeping my OC'd 6600K@4.5GHz since Intel CPUs will be better for emulation purposes ...

If AMD can bring near parity in console emulation performance I might strongly consider their next huge microarchitecture update when factoring in price ...

I don't need to worry about hitting 60FPS anymore in a lot of games when consoles and DX12 exists ...

would be very positive for the market and for consumers if AMD really managed to close the performance gap

Been waiting on Zen to decide what path I take for my new build.

I really hope AMD comes back cause we need more competition. But with that being said, I shall wait for actual benchmarks

If they manage to output at the exact same if not higher perf gains that Intel gets at a fraction of the price then I might just be looking at the Red team for once.

About time really.. an Intel build with Skylake is expensive to put together in the UK. I'll settle for that octo core CPU with similar performance, at competitve pricing. Will do nicely for multitasking and some gaming.

Glad they re not just doing the "moar cores" thingy, because that strategie backfired so badly on them.

I want AMD to do well (we need them as a competitor for nvidia/intel).
Also because of how big a impact they have had on consoles, and are going to in the future.