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Although AMD never stopped selling processors for desktop PCs, it has felt an awful lot like it did for the last few years. Intel has so dominated the market at all levels, from budget machines right up to the most expensive enthusiast rigs, that there wa...
Right now, the Ryzen 7 1800X is proof that AMD is back on form. Although it hasn't knocked Intel off the top spot for outright performance – and certainly not for single-core applications - it has set new standards for value and efficiency. It will surely...
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The wait is finally over for what seems to be one of the most eagerly-anticipated pieces of computer hardware in recent history. Four years in the making and over 2 million engineering hours put into bringing it to life, AMD's Zen is finally here. Leading...
Superb multithreaded performance at stock clocks, Boost frequencies help to enhance singlethreaded performance, $499 (~£490) selling price (!), Soldered heatspreader allows for good cooling, Unlocked CPU multiplier, Overall cost can be low thanks to the A...
Gaming performance is not well suited for ultra high refresh rates, Some memory speed limitations – difficult pushing past 3.2GHz, Dualchannel memory and sixteen PCIe lanes for GPUs may be limitations to some prosumers...
AMD's Zen architecture is alive and it starts life in the form of Ryzen 7 by serving a heavyweight blow to Intel's prosumer HEDT platform. AMD‘s 8C16T Ryzen 7 1800X offers similar computational performance to Intel's 8C16T HEDT chip but at half the price...
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Could this finally be it? Throughout the course being drip fed information about AMDs new Ryzen architecture over the last eighteen months, that question has been bouncing through the depths of my mind. Would this be the CPU architecture that finally pus...
Ive been in this industry for the better part of 15 years now and in all that time, I cant remember an instance when theres been so much excitement building over a product launch. AMD didnt help the situation out by layout out an endless trail of cook...
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The day of Ryzen has finally come and while I'm sure many of you have been eagerly awaiting this, we've been even more excited to be some of the first people in the world to get our hands-on the new hardware and see what it can really do. There have been...
Competitive price, 8Core w/ 16 Threads, Improved feature set and hardware support from AM4 Platform, Easy to overclock (on B350 and X370 chipsets only), Precision Boost and XFR, Excellent gaming performance, Cons, None, Neutral, Memory performance still h...
PricingThe AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8-Core 3.6GHz AM4 Processor is available now from most major retailers, and right now it's sitting at just £488.99 on Amazon UK and $499 on Amazon US. While that's certainly an exceptional price for such a competitive chip in...
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March 2, 2017, is an important day for the PC industry. It marks the re-emergence of AMD as a manufacturer of high-performance CPUs. This renaissance is down to a processor that you have heard much about during febrile rumours and activity in the precedin...
Massive multi-core performance, Aggressive pricing, Smart calls on architecture, Energy efficient design, Gives users honest choice, Significant ecosystem support...
Limited overclocking potential, Single-thread not as good as Intel, Gaming optimisations still needed...
Before today, AMD had a difficult time convincing the enthusiast that it was worth going down its CPU route for their next build. Intel held sway through a combination of superior performance emanating from superior architectures.Today, however, the s...
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The Ryzen has risen, finally I'm able to talk freely about the Ryzen 7 1800X. The invitation was handed to me since end of January this year and I had to keep it a secret until last week, and even so NDA still applies on benchmarks and any other findings...
Single and Multi-Threaded Benchmarks What can I say – I'm totally floored by the performance, consider the fact that this RM 2,599 processor is able to outperform processors that costs double and it can do so with boards that are RM 700 or less, which is...
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Product on Review: Ryzen XManufacturer: AMDMSRP: UK, US: $Many years ago, desktop PCs had choice and diversity that split the enthusiast market into a rivalry that become one of the most important in contemporary technological history By, Intel and AM...
Highly competitive multithreaded performance, Competes against Intel's top tier CPUs, Supplied with RGB Cooler, Fully featured platform, 8/16 cores threads priced lower than the competition, Significantly improved performance per watt, Smart technologies...
Can be beat in memory intensive applications, Not quite as fast clock for clock, Specific memory requirements...
There we have it, the tests are in and Ryzen 7 gives a great right hook to the Blue team. In highly threaded performance, the 1800X often falls right between the i7 6900K and the i7 6950X. Considering its launch price is £489/$499. In some results, the 18...
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Ryzen uses the Zen microarchitecture, based on a 14nm FinFET manufacturing process, and utilises a new AM4 socket. It also finally debuts AMD’s new – and much-needed – Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) tech to the table. This is similar to Intel’s Hyper-...
Value for money, Performance, Factory-unlocked processor...
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With Ryzen, AMD is firmly back in the processor market, and I'm beyond excited to see how Ryzen 5 and 3 will compete with Intel's Core i5 and i3 CPUs. Looking at the Ryzen 7 1800X, it's one hell of a product. Granted, it might be outside of most consumers...
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For nearly five years, AMD had spent much of its waking moment developing what they had hope would be its next high performance CPU after the legacy that was the FX processor series. That end result culminated in the company's Ryzen tech day that was held...
Good gaming performance, Rigid Build, Tough cables, 7.1 surround capability...
Middling musical performance, Short cable, Non-controllable RGB lighting, Lack of swivel adjustment...
At a price point of RM2,599, the Ryzen 7 1800X is not cheap by any definitive measure, but there is no denying that it's still an arm and a leg less costly than one of Intel's top-of-the-line Extreme CPU (even with the recent price cuts).The overall perfo...
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There's always been a debate in the PC enthusiast community between AMD and Intel, but serious competition between the two brands has faded in recent years, with Intel pulling steadily away for both performance and value. We've long been awaiting AMD's co...
With Ryzen, AMD is firmly back in the processor market, and I'm beyond excited to see how Ryzen 5 and 3 will compete with Intel's Core i5 and i3 CPUs. Looking at the Ryzen 7 1800X, it's one hell of a product. Granted, it might be outside of most consumers...
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After four years in the making, the AMD Ryzen processors have finally made their way to consumers earlier this month. Leading Ryzen's arrival into the market is the most powerful member of its family: the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processor.Offering a base clock...
After hearing for so long from AMD on how great its Ryzen processor would be, we were finally able to experience it ourselves. True enough, the company appears to have fulfilled its promise on delivering high performance computing on its new flagship desk...
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It's been several years (4 – 5 years) since AMD has released any CPUs. Of course, we can't forget their APUs that has been making them relevant in the lower-end market of PC gaming. Anyone that's a computer enthusiast, however, knows that to get the best...
Good multi-threaded performance, Good price-to-performance ratio, Low Temperature...
Relatively low single-threaded performance, Overclocking is hit or miss, Low performance in 1080p...
It's been a long time coming for AMD. It's clear that they wanted to come back to the CPU market with a bang, and that they did. Based on our benchmarks, it clearly outperforms the mainstream CPUs of Intel in multi-threaded applications. For single-thread...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
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It might have been a long four year development cycle but AMD is finally back to reclaim the throne as the leader of the CPU market with the all-new Ryzen processors. AMD says that Ryzen is capable of delivering the same performances as Intel's most expen...
Impressive multicore performance, Price is far lower than competition, Excellent Price/Performance value for content creators...
Games still need to be optimized for 8core/16 Threads, Not compatible with DDR3 RAM...
It's good to see that AMD is back in the game with an all-new CPU, that reminds Intel that it can compete with high-performance processors at lower prices. While Intel quad-core processors such as the i7-7700K are still the better choice than the Ryzen 7...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated:
2017-04-07 01:34:57
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AMD is back. The red team has spent years on the ropes after conceding the high ground to Intel, but now the firm has unleashed its Ryzen processors and much-anticipated Zen architecture – and the first chip to use this new technology is a barnstormer.The...
It's tricky to make a straightforward recommendation about buying the Ryzen 7 1800X, but we can conclude that AMD is back in the high-end processor market in an important and meaningful way.The 1800X is better than almost anything that Intel can offer in...
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One aspect we have to take into account is that the AM4 Summit Ridge platform is in its earliest days. We used two boards during our testing, an MSI X370 XPower Gaming Titanium and an Asus ROG Crosshair 6 Hero - both supplied by AMD - but try as we might...
AMD clearly gets a lot right with Ryzen. The 1800X absolutely trounces productivity and multimedia workloads, and Intel's much more expensive chips only remain at the races here owing to the ability to hit higher all-core overclocks. We do a lot of video...
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I know what you are here for, and you know what you are here for. You are here to see if you should cancel your pre-order or if you should immediately place your order before the Ryzen sells out and AMD raises their prices.You are here because AMD provide...
Right at this moment, the decision to buy a 6900K over the 1800X is extremely difficult - there just isn't that much more you get for an extra $500 over the 1800X - and that fact has shaken the CPU market. Not to mention, the two other much less expensiv...
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On this review, we are taking a look at the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU. A multi-threaded monster featuring 8-cores and 16-threads operating at 3.6 GHz base clock. The R7 1800X is at the top of AMD's X86 food chain at the moment, and is compared head-to-head w...
The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X is a beastly 8-core 16-thread CPU. An impressive flagship product that excels at productivity and multi-threaded optimized tasks. It is not for everyone though...
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itpro.co.uk Updated:
2017-04-23 02:42:55
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Sign up for our daily newsletter It's been four years in the making, but here we have it at last: a family of AMD processors that finally looks like it can stand up to Intel. Ryzen is a collection of desktop processors based on the much-anticipated Zen...
Outstanding multicore performance, Great value for money, Impressive thermal efficiency...
Singlecore performance lags behind cheaper Intel chips, No integrated graphics, Won't fit AM3motherboards...
Some weird overclocking behaviour can't stop this being a brilliant CPU for workstations and enthusiasts...
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The conundrum AMD currently faces started when it launched Bulldozer to lackluster reviews back in 2011. The following years found it trying to right the ship with Piledriver, Steamroller, and Excavator. But it's safe to say the company's host processing...
Low cost, Low TDP, Office and workstation applications...
Subpar gaming performance in some titles, Poorly optimized software ecosystem...
We would recommend Ryzen 7 1800X for desktop and heavy workloads, such as rendering and workstation applications, but it isn't as competitive with a diverse range of game titles. Ryzen sets a low pricing bar, and the addition of the new Zen microarchi...
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Begone Bulldozer. AMD's Zen architecture is here to lay to rest those long, nightmarish days of lacklustre AMD processors. Genuine competition in the CPU space is here again with the top-end Ryzen 7 1800X offering serious computational grunt for half the...
I don't love the Ryzen 7 1800X. It's certainly not the processor I would instantly recommend any PC gamer out there buy, yet it's tough to argue against what an important processor it is. With Ryzen AMD haven't taken the CPU market by storm, they haven't...
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devontechsupport.com Updated:
2017-05-18 03:14:04
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Where do you start with a processor like Ryzen? The hype for this product has been unprecedented since its first mention. AMD has been long absent from mainstream competitive processor performance, and for the last five years Intel has sat on a positive m...
Ryzen 7 as a whole is nothing short of phenomenal, with the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (AMD's flagship CPU) absolutely decimating the competition when it comes to price versus performance.Compare this chip against Intel's Core i7-5960X/6900K and it'll easily keep...
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In this review we'll be focusing on benchmarks first and we'll be releasing more articles throughout the next few weeks including CPU scaling, Crossfire performance, temperature performance on various cooling solutions, etc. For now let's focus on pure pe...
AMD's RYZEN 7 launch has been marred by immature speculation from the rumor mill and this has hurt AMD in many ways by building it up to be a true rival in terms of gaming against Intel. Given this, we decided to wait out the launch and let both software...
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gadgetsmagazine.com.ph Updated:
2017-06-04 01:32:23
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To help us with our Ryzen 7 1800X review, AMD supplied us with a few components to go along with the CPU itself including a motherboard, RAM, and a cooler (since the 1800X doesn't come with a cooler in the box). Here's our test setup:Motherboard: Gigabyte...
The Ryzen 7 1800X offers amazing performance coupled with a great value proposition over its competitors and should be highly considered.Also published in GADGETS MAGAZINE April 2017 issueReviewed by Martin Patiño...
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If you are looking for a power saving processor – this may not be the ultimate choice. However AMD has managed to make this processor a bit more power friendly – it sports a 95-watt TDP, making it one of the more power efficient high performance processor...
Review] AMD Ryzen 1800X: Ryzen to the challengeMore Cores Than You Can Ever WantThe Ryzen 1800X features 8 cores, and now with AMD, they have what they call Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) – basically you can have two logical cores for the price of on...
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Casting our minds back five years, before the time AMD rehired the Zen microarchitecture engineer Jim Keller in 2012 (who incidentally had huge influence on AMD's previous successes), today's Ryzen CPU launch seemed almost impossible.Not only had Intel a...
Overall, then, the day has finally arrived that we thought would never come - a competitive CPU from AMD at the high end. There are some teething problems to get over, and don't expect as polished an experience as you would from an Intel Z270 system right...
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So… Intel VS AMD is back, and it's serious. AMD's Ryzen 7 1800X is an 8 core monster, but can Intel's new i7 7820X beat it out? Let's take a look.7820X Amazon: prourls.co/avqz 7820X OCUK: bit.ly/2t73HtZ 1800X Amazon: prourls.co/riWO 1800X OCUK: bit.ly/2lW...
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uk.hardware.info Updated:
2018-03-28 06:51:40
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In 2017, AMD and Intel once again competed with each other, in a way we hadn't seen in years. Both brands came up with tons of new Core and Ryzen processors. Time to take stock: Which processor should you buy for which purpose? After reading this article...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
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Intel has just launched the latest series of its 8th generation Core processors. The CPUs, designed for use in desktop PCs, are fast and relatively affordable -- and they're probably going to leave you very confused...
This is a question I keep mulling over. If you're building a brand new PC and investing in a new motherboard then the 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake processors are worth a look. Particularly if you game o...
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It's been nearly six years since AMD debuted their FX line of processors and were critically bashed for the underwhelming performance. AMD may have launched the first-ever 8-core CPU onto the market, but with only Intel i5 equivalent benchmarks, the marke...
AMD's Ryzen R7 1800X has achieved something the CPU market has been craving for 6-long-years, innovation...
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Ryzen has been with us for a few weeks now, and there has been quite the rollercoaster of feedback from around the world about its performance. We've tested the CPUs, and they're pretty fantastic and offer some excellent performance, despite a few issues...
OverviewWhen I first did this performance test of Ryzen, I wanted to answer “is Ryzen good for gaming?” and the simple answer was yes. Despite what I've been reading online from our readers and on other websites. Such as hearing that Ryzen R7 isn't ideal...
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If you have been following AMD over the past 17 years, you have seen the fortunes of the company ebb and flow like the tides. AMD presented the alternative to Intel processors and have had both successes and what many feel are failures. The last time AMD...
Performance, Overclocking, Perf per watt, Pricing, New platform, Improved single thread performance, DDR4...
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After running through the testing and spending some quality time with the Ryzen R7 1800X, R7 1700X, and the R7 1700, I can't get Aerosmith's song "Back in the Saddle" out of my head! It's been a while since the AMD faithful had something to really get exc...
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AMD's Ryzen 7 1800X has finally been released, chucking eight cores and sixteen threads of processing power down the throats of a ravenous hardware crowd. The early reviews are in and… for us gamers the numbers do not look good.Chucking a new solid state...
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These days there are basically two different groups of customers who demand lots of processing power: content creators and gamers, while this 2D performance comparison is targeting content creators. After having had a look at the following pages you'll ha...
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Looking at Intel's 8c/8t Core i7-9700K, I thought having 8 cores and high clocks would be great, even with Hyper-threading disabled… and I couldn't be so wrong.I had to test again and again to make sure what I saw was correct and sure enough it is, at a...
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The second generation of AMD Ryzen CPUs launched with a mighty bang last month. They propelled the performance of the Ryzen CPUs to new heights, breaking the 4 GHz barrier with ease, and delivering greatly improved performance. Not only that, they're rubb...
For the desktop PC gamer, the higher TDP X models are still the go-to for gaming and general performance though. They're a little faster, and a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for. However, if heat and power are a big concern to you, and t...
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The second generation of Ryzen CPUs is here at last! Following on from our launch of the 2700X and the 2600X, the lower TDP non-X parts are here now too! We've already reviewed the 8-core R7 2700 and were impressed with what it had to offer. Of course, to...
I can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
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Want to know how much power your CPU draws while gaming – and whether or not Intel or AMD is better for power consumption and performance? Let's take a look at the I7-8700K and Ryzen 7 1800X with some real world testing. - Patreon: www.patreon.com/techtea...
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I'm going to start this article off with a simple number: five. Not only is that the number of months it has taken AMD to effectively turn the x86 processor world on its ear, but that's also the number of distinct model families that they've introduced...
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Want one? 8700K Amazon: prourls.co/74Aw 1800X Amazon: prourls.co/riWO So you want to know which is better, the Intel i7 8700K, or the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (at stock clocks)? I've retested all my normal benchmark applications, and Player Unknown's Battlegroun...
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I'm going to start this article off with a simple number: five. Not only is that the number of months it has taken AMD to effectively turn the x86 processor world on its ear, but that's also the number of distinct model families that they've introduced ov...
Looking back at how things played out over the course of this review, I have no doubt it will be one of the most hotly debated articles that I've written in the last few months, maybe even the last year. There's no denying that the Zen architecture has pr...
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AMD has a lot riding on its new Ryzen processors. After practically ceding the high-end CPU market to Intel for years, the company really needs Ryzen to succeed. So far, reviews have been generally positive, and save for slightly lackluster 1080p gaming...
Sometimes you don't have to be the absolute best to be a winnerIn a nutshell, Ryzen 5's main advantage over Intel's Core i5 range is the higher number of cores and threads it offers while sharing the same price bracket. That's not unlike what AMD offers w...
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Pre-release Cinebench and Blender benchmarks showing Ryzen ahead of Core i7-6900K gave enthusiasts hope they'd have a cheaper alternative to Intel's brawny Broadwell-E-based CPUs. And while it's fair to say the Ryzen launch went well for AMD in comparison...
As we noted in the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU Review, gaming is a mixed bag for AMD. Some titles respond well to the new architecture, while most others still require optimization of some sort. Where those optimizations will focus remains a question mark...
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AMD hadn't just announced a new processor architecture, but the dawning of a new manufacturing process in which the chips would be based on, 14nm which was a first for AMD. Not only was their new 14nm FinFET process to be more energy efficient, but would...
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This is the moment that every PC enthusiast has been waiting for. It has been a while since AMD had a product worthy of being pitted against the flagships from Intel so AMD fans had to settle for mid-range SKUs and entry level APUs. And with the last two...
52% IPC improvement, Unlocked SKU, Great price/performance ratio...
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AMD's Ryzen is definitely a notable moment for the PC industry. With AMD back in the game, Intel will now have to up its game and bring out CPUs which are again competitive. We honestly hope this sets off a new battle between the two giants from the Silic...
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and SpecificationsRyzen has been long awaited and anticipated with many leaks revealing its stellar performance. Since the FX lineup, AMD has been continuously working on building a new CPU architecture from the ground up which would even require a new m...
Wrapping things up, it's important to understand how the Ryzen 1800X is to be judged; the parameters for its evaluation. Price is one of the factors as is the processor performance, given its price-point. Apart from this one must not only judge the perfor...
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Everyone loves a good underdog story. AMD, famous for pipping Intel on price and performance back in the days of the Athlon XP a decade ago, has had a bad run since then. While the GPU performance crown has swung back and forth between AMD and Nvidia many...
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If these early impressions are anything to go by, AMD is back with an enormous bang. We still need to see how things go out in the real world, but we can easily say that fans should be elated and Intel should be worried. The Ryzen 7 1800X pretty much wipe...
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The CPU market has sort of been an Intel monopoly for the past few years, but with the Ryzen series of processors, the competition surely seems to be revived. The Ryzen CPUs are based on the new AMD Zen architecture and the AM4 socket, the direct successo...
Incredible multi-core performance, Great choice for video editing and image rendering applications, Easily overclockable, Competes with i7-6950X at half the price...
Gaming performance could be better, Lacks in single core performance...
AMD has delivered on most of its promises with the Ryzen, it seems. Though the gaming performance could use some improvement, let's not forget that these are very early tests and games are not yet optimized for the Ryzen processors. With DX 12, games are...
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