AMD Ryzen AMA - Hackdot

Re:AMD Ryzen AMA by noir_lord on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:32AM (#14114648)

I'm genuinely excited that AMD seems to have righted the ship on this one, I've extremely fond memories of the Duron/Athlon days when AMD was eating Intel's lunch which made the market more competitive and dropped prices.

The Ryzen 5 is looking like a strong contender for my next home build.

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Re:AMD Ryzen AMA by hbosch on Friday April 14, 2017 @12:29PM (#14115374)

I too have a soft spot for AMD. I remember how excited I was as a kid when my Dad told me he had just got a new AMD Thunderbird... A whopping 1.1 GHz chip that "ran circles around the Intel". That, and our new broadband, and my Voodoo gfx card was how I started gaming.

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Re:AMD Ryzen AMA by agumonkey on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:38AM (#14115065)

I'm so happy they're back on track I'm even having thoughts of sending them money. Just because they proved the possibility of good design without the latest transistor processes; and are putting a healthy dose (just a healthy dose) of competition in the market.

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Re:AMD Ryzen AMA by NaliSauce on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:53AM (#14114783)

Ryzen looks really promising, but I'll wait for naples since I want the additional PCIe lanes (and cores).

All in all I am really happy with AMDs comeback - finally some competition.

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Re:AMD Ryzen AMA by yborg on Friday April 14, 2017 @12:53PM (#14115522)

Much of AMD's 'comeback' is courtesy of Intel resting on its laurels and collecting rent. It will be interesting to see how Intel responds.

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