Got a Ryzen 2700x cpu just last week and popped it onto a x470 Motherboard...

Excellent cpu... But i would say that wouldn`t I, seeing i just spent a bomb on it?

Anyway, it`s a lot better than the I5 4690k that I had before which is still a very good CPU in itself.

For those on a very tight budget just a reminder that Athlon 200GE is out for $55 - 2 cores / 4 threads, 3.2GHz, Vega 3 GPU, 35W processor.

This CPU looks like the perfect candidate to replace with my G4560 system, the GPU is perfect for running Linux Mesa tests.

I was kind of waiting for a Ryzen 2200G or 2400G without the G but seems they are reserved for the system building factories. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-2500x-2300x-cpu,37772.html

I'm a bit late to this party, but my old Q6600 was finally on the ropes trying to do some of the more recent emulation and playing last gen games at ultra high resolutions. So...I put together a base system around a 2200g and all has been smooth so far.

But some thoughts for people maybe looking to go the same way at this point in time:

Best to not get in at the base level with a B350 mobo as it will be the first one to drop support for future gen 2 Ryzens- if you're certain to upgrade later then this could require a motherboard upgrade down the road. I paid a bit more for B450 chipset, though an X series would be better of course, depending on budget. The Ryzens are still fussy about RAM and the newer chipsets are more up to date in that regard as well.

On board graphics is pretty crap to be honest. You can get graphical performance equivalent to a PS4 from 5 years ago. Congratulations! I was planning to use either onboard graphics or my 6 year old GPU until AMD bring out the Navi's or Nvidia with their next mid range.

BUT, after a few days I quickly decided I need a better stopgap so went looking for a 1050ti. Instead what I found was a few Australian online stores selling out of their AMD GPU's at slashed prices. I assume in readiness for the coming of Navi. I simply couldn't refuse the Gigabyte RX580 8GB for only A$30 (about US$20) more than what a 1050ti was going to cost me! I don't care about the power hungry nature, I've got decent power supply and I've got solar panels. So that's quite a stopgap GPU in the end.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-3000-series-16-core-cpu-specs,39304.html

https://twitter.com/AdoredTV/status/1126734966363025408

Not officially confirmed yet but i'm really looking forward to Zen 2.

If Zen2 manages to improve their single core performance to the extent where it surpass Intel in gaming which it should this time then sign me up, i will certainly buy a 3700X/3800X cpu.

I hope they give us official specs, price and launch date at Computex so the engineering sample guessing crap ends.

I was also watching something about some technique to turn any single-thread program to be multi-thread, and it was bought out by intel or amd, and we might start seeing that integrated into chips in 2022...

If I would be AMD or Intel, I would also buy that as fast as I could as that would be pure gold in the hands of the mobile CPU makers.

Source? Because as you put it, it sounds like a typical Slashdot-ready hilariously overinflated press release claim. Multi-issue superscalar architecture is about as close to that we'll ever get (and we've had that for decades, even in CPUs), and any larger scale parallelizing requires much more work/analysis than can be done on the fly for any actual benefit.

I'm not sure how accurate it is or if it's blown out of proportion, only that i watched it and it looked somewhat promising.

Took a bit to find, Here you go: Intel and AMD going BEYOND Moore's Law

I'm thinking about getting one of those if the rumors are correct. Just need to verify performance with benchmarks.

Indeed, i don't even trust AMD blindly either, after all they are a corporation trying to sell you a product but i do hope Zen2 won't disappoint.

Thanks. I watched it. I wrote a long response to this, but instead, I have decided to shorten it:

Do not believe press releases and controlled demos, or people who report on them with no additional technical details. While Intel isn't directly involved here, Intel in particular has a known history of lying and cheating in official benchmarks and other such press-worthy activities. Having more, faster memory closer to the processor will probably provide more real benefit than any of the tricks, and at a lower cost to the consumer.

I don't even care about the rumors, Zen was seriously impressive, Zen+ was a surprisingly nice boost for what I figured would be just a minor refresh, and there's no doubt that Zen 2 with a new process node will be even better. I don't care how much better, the Zen line is already damn impressive.

What AMD did with Ryzen and Threadripper is they forced Intel to release something new to the market. At one point or another, it's likely Intel would release something more performant, but that's not even the point.