![]() We had to use a fixed clock OC (rather than Offset/PBO) to avoid significant frame drops in Fortnite. With a Gammaxx 400 cooler we were able to maintain a 43.25x OC during our EFps tests. Unlike lower end Ryzen 3000 SKUs, the 3700X comes with a half decent cooler but AMD should not have bothered since a $20 aftermarket cooler is still quieter, easier to change, and better at cooling. Comparing the 3700X to Intel’s i7-9700K shows that, when overclocked, the 3700X is 26% faster at 64-core computations but 13% slower for gaming and desktop (sub eight core performance). Out of the box, the 3700X, 3600X and 3600 achieve similar quad core speeds but the 16 threaded 3700X is 30% faster at multi-core computations than the 12 threaded 3600X. The 3700X is a $320 USD 8-core, 16-thread mid-range Ryzen 3000 series CPU. AMD-Raptor-4 and Intel-Zen-13 would be better fitting product names. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire the speed of their technical progress. Smart shoppers will do well to wait until then, before considering a purchase. (Raptor Lake) is scheduled to launch over the next few weeks. Although the new 7000 series Zen 4 CPUs are around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for 5%. The combined market share for all AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 50 GPUs (Jun ’22 Steam stats) is just 2%. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. Even with Intel's marketing department permanently asleep at the wheel, If these practices continue, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices because AMD completely dominates “news” and social media channels. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series results appearing on userbenchmark, AMD’s advanced marketing machinery declared a 20% victory over the 12900K whilst simultaneously slandering userbenchmark via hundreds of “news” outlets and thousands of supposedly disinterested twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts.
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