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Maybe if Ponte Vecchio had been ready in 2018, when it was suppose to be, it would be shipping in the first exascale computer. However, since AMD confirmed that MI200 accelerators started shipping in Q2 for implementation in an exascale computer it seems Ponte Vecchio might be in the second...

Dude, you sound about as oblivious on here as you do when posting on Reddit. There is very little unbelievable about this Passmark posting. I know it's not easy to accept reality when everything your fanboyism has taught you to believe comes crashing down around you. I suspect your views on...

No, Mousemonkey, you don't seem to get it, at all.

Color me surprised! An OEM that, once again, refuses to put a SSD in an AMD offering! Makes one wonder that if the new Intel "rebate" scheme secretly says nothing about limiting the number of AMD offerings but instead says "your rebate doubles if you only offer competitors with HDDs and crap...

I wonder why the AMD offering is priced $150 more than the Intel Skylake/NVIDIA option. Especially, considering that the Intel machine has a more expensive screen. Is Carrizo in such high demand that AMD has pricing power? Seems unlikely. Or is this Lenovo's solution to the industry mandate...

Currently, there are a handful of games that are CPU bound and an Intel build will perform superior to any AMD CPU. However, even in the current DX11 environment the GPU quality means more to gaming performance. When DX12 becomes the "go to" API for game developers the CPU will essentially be...

As DirectX 12 becomes the dominant architecture in game design you will find your CPU being utilized @ 60% or less. Save your money and upgrade your GPU in a couple of years when DX12 games come out.

It is more important that you get a high quality GPU if gaming is your priority. A FX 6300 will be more than sufficient to provide high level gaming as less than 10% of current games will be held back by it. The $100 savings will allow you to buy a better GPU. The GPU will hold you back on...

As the other poster said, get a FX 6300 and try to get a 285 Tonga GPU. If I recall correctly, it is the lowest one that will support Freesync. If I am mistaken and the 280x supports Freesync get that instead. Comparable performance and less expensive. A FX 6300 might be a bottleneck on a...

The 295X is your best bet considering price and performance over your prior SLI setup. As a previous poster mentioned the 390X will undoubtedly be priced near a 295X's current price resulting in a crossfire price around $1,200 plus for two 390Xs. Most reviews that I have seen indicate that...

Keep in mind, with DirectX 12 on the horizon, multi-threading will become more advantageous in future games. Additionally, more of the workload will be moved to the GPU and taken away from the CPU. Even now, the majority of games don't get bottlenecked by the CPU anyway regardless of what...

AMD assumed four years ago that the software industry would migrate to distributing the workload more efficiently by utilizing the GPU instead of pushing everything through the CPU. Doing this allows the GPU to process parallel data much more efficiently than having the CPU perform the same...

On second thought, maybe you should look into the 970. It might keep I7Baby from cutting his wrists. Or see what AMD does with pricing on the 290x. You may be able to get one for $100 cheaper than a 780. However, you will lose .4 fps by saving that $100.

Wait for the 380. It will outperform the 970 and most leaked rumors suggest it will surpass the 980 as well. Should be priced between the 970 and 980. Most likely closer to the current 970's prices. However, both the 970 and 980 will be dropping in price shortly after the 380 debuts. You...

With future games using DirectX12 and or Mantle the value of core count will become more advantageous. Additionally, in a little over a year AMD's new 14nm offering (ZEN) will support both CMT and SMT, most likely, at a better price point than Intel. Since the 6300 seems to be meeting your...