So with pretty much everything known already and the official announcement today, is anyone jumping on the Ryzen train?
Performance looks close enough to intel that it doesn't matter much, and pricing is far, far, less.
Some Canadian pricing is out, and it's basically a straight currency conversion from the leaked USD pricing.
Most interesting is the top-end Ryzen 7 1800X for $669. The Intel 'equivalent' (i7 6900K) is $1,499.
It's yet to be seen how well they overclock, and unbiased third party testing is limited, but it looks promising if for no other reason than it should force Intel prices down. The biggest downsides I see compared to Intel is there is no quad channel memory architecture on any of the Ryzens, and also they are stuck at 14nm until at least 2020 (Intel will have 10nm by the end of this year). Neither are likely to affect the average user though. Is AMD back? Or do you think they will get kicked right back down again when Intel's 10nm stuff hits the market in a year?
Here's a Cinebench graph (USD pricing):
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