Allen
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Originally Posted By: Vaderini
...They'll just force them to lower prices to non-monopoly standards at best.
You've given exactly the correct interpretation.
One theme in this thread is that AMD is good for competition and "competition is good" for everyone -- including Intel buyers
The rumor/speculation was that the AMD Ryzen CPUs will be nearly as good as Intel -- for significantly less money -- particularly in the 8core/16thread regime. The 8 core Ryzen may be equal or better for half the price -- was the speculation based on a few "leaks" that showed actual test data.
Worth noting that some recent games on advanced engines can make use of more than 4 cores. For example, some consoles have 8 "cores" (don't know how they are used in a game -- maybe all are not used). Also, consoles are AMD hardware -- thus, many future games will be optimized around AMD hardware (rather than Intel/Nvidia as in the past).
Now pre-order prices are showing up on the web that, if true, verify the low price. We won't be sure of the performance until the Ryzen is "on the street" and tested by the hardware sites.
Seems like release to the street will be in approximately 3 weeks. Initial quantities are expected to sell out quickly.