They also claim their new Zen CPU core has 40% IPC improvements.
will it be stupid to buy a skylake and then an amd fiji gpu instead of an amd cpu/gpu combo?
I don't think so.
We can even SLIFire GPUs now.
I doubt it.
will it be stupid to buy a skylake and then an amd fiji gpu instead of an amd cpu/gpu combo?
It's hard to say without knowing at which frequencies Zen will be running and even then it won't be easy to say how fast the actual cores are. You could have all the IPC you want, but if your CPU is running at a low frequency, you still end up with a slow CPU. Putting it really simply, IPC * frequency = core performance. And that doesn't even include stuff like cache performance and other complicated stuff. We'll just have to wait until Zen is out to see how well it does against Intel. If AMD can come close enough at a good price, they've done well considering the state they're in imo.
Using those numbers, Tom's hardware CPU charts, and assuming the 40% are true, Zen should be at least comparable IPC-wise to Ivy Bridge.
If they can reach good clocks and release an 8 core consumer version in 2016 at a decent price point that could be enough to be competitive.
That would be neat.
What's higher memory bandwidth going to bring? Very slightly better performance at ultra high resolutions?
Is graphics memory bandwidth of current cards really not enough?
290s are good cards. Performance seems about on par with 970s and didn't have any abnormal driver problems. I moved away from them in the end however because Nvidias offerings had better support for 4k and downsampling. I really should get around to selling mine soon lolhow many people here have 290x cards? how are they doing? happy with your purchase? i would consider switching if these are good.
how many people here have 290x cards? how are they doing? happy with your purchase? i would consider switching if these are good.
What's higher memory bandwidth going to bring? Very slightly better performance at ultra high resolutions?
Is graphics memory bandwidth of current cards really not enough?
yeah but isn't there any proprietary tech advantage for doing a cpu/gpu combo?
like, oh you can do this 50% more efficient if it were an amd cpu working with an amd gpu! you know...
Intel's IPCs have largely stagnated, have they not?
Lol?If their 300$ card can outperform 980 comprehensively then day 1. Otherwise Nvidia as usual.
There are a ton more slides leaking out.
There are a ton more slides leaking out.
Lol?
You think a 300$ card will outperform a 600$ one?
And you would pay double for only a little bit more power?
That you would pay 300 more for 10%.Well that's what high end GPUs come down to... 100$ for 10% increase in performance... so what's your point?
Is it wrong that I don't believe any of what AMD says these days?
Not really. This coming from a fan of AMD.Is it wrong that I don't believe any of what AMD says these days?
Cmon AMD, Competition is great, and very important!. I am an NVIDIA owner, but i want to see something mix it up and keep nvidia on their toes.
LETS GO!
Someone help me out here: So those slides that were "leaked" last week were fake after all?
Using those numbers, Tom's hardware CPU charts, and assuming the 40% are true, Zen should be at least comparable IPC-wise to Ivy Bridge.
If they can reach good clocks and release an 8 core consumer version in 2016 at a decent price point that could be enough to be competitive.
That would be neat.
how many people here have 290x cards? how are they doing? happy with your purchase? i would consider switching if these are good.
I've been happy with my 290X. No issues.how many people here have 290x cards? how are they doing? happy with your purchase? i would consider switching if these are good.
If it were to be a Q2 release aren't we starting to run out of time a little bit? Shouldn't there be leaks left and right?
They also claim their new Zen CPU core has 40% IPC improvements.
You are correct there.There have been multiple leaks/rumors these past months. Latest rumors said June release. That fits Q2, right?
On a sidenote, I wonder if there's any interest in putting HBM sockets on motherboards and/or GPU cards. I'm guessing maybe for the former, but no for the latter.
This is the most interesting part to me:
They'll still need some ridiculous power management, but saving space on memory should allow people to put the highest end equipment in much smaller cases. Rad.
If it were to be a Q2 release aren't we starting to run out of time a little bit? Shouldn't there be leaks left and right?