joeblowsmynose
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I feel like AMD been doing these "tempting" stunts that mislead many AMD fans.
"Hey look AMD Ryzen has more cores than Intel 8th Gen so we perform better" ~ Underperfroms
"Hey look AMD FX 8350 has 8 Cores" ~ Performs like 4 Cores/8 Threads
"Hey look we at 7nm" ~ Intel 14nm stills beat them
Well, they got caught.
Huh? What the heck are you on about ...
1) Ryzen at launch performed better than even Intel 8 core processors at heavily threaded workloads ... Intel didn't even have anything on a mainstream platform that could come even close -- it was obliterating Intel's paltry four cores - the best they had on a non HEDT platform ... obliterated the 7700k (Intels flagship mainstream CPU at the time) in anything over four threads. Like not even close ... Underperforms?
Did you mean it wasn't miles better than Intel at everything? Because for what I use my PC for, Intel had nothing but four cores -- sure it could run superpi better, if that's your thing ... If you are gaming, you have bottlenecked GPU anyway so there's less than 2-5% difference at max. 5% slower at lightly threaded tasks vs +200% faster at heavily threaded tasks. It took almost two years for Intel to finally have an 8 core in its mainstream platform ... before that, they had nothing to compete in threaded tasks unless you were willing to get ripped off and Pay $800 for a HEDT chip and spend $400 on a new mobo. If getting ripped off is your thing, by all means ...
2) The FX8350 did have 8 cores and it performed rather poorly, yes. Where's the contradiction? Intel couldn't make 64 bit either and claimed it was "impossible" to have both 32 and 64 bit on the same chip. AMD did it, and until recently, all Intel processors had AMD 64 bit licensed tech "inside". What does any of this mean? Nothing. lol. Just like your point.
3) "7nm ... Intel still beats them"? Huh? Where's these new 7nm CPUs that Intel is "still" beating - you do realize they've not been launched or reviewed right? The only one I saw was at the CES demo where it smacked down the Intel flagship 9900k using 2/3 the power doing it ... with latest rumours saying the AMD chip was sandbagged ...
You must be sniffing glue or something ...
A "Stunt" is like paying 3rd parties to publish fake gaming benchmark reviews while the real reviewers are gagged under NDA until after launch; or, demoing a "28 core 5ghz" processor then claiming it was a real product launching by end of 2018 ... then being forced to apologize for misleading people after being called out for it ... or something like claiming that your new RTX GPUs are 600% faster than last generation when reality is they are only 15% faster, but that's ok because you paid publications to promote the products before reviews ("Just buy it!") -- those are actual stunts where the bastards were "caught" in the act ...
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