Originally Posted by SkateZilla
..In every one of those reviews, look at where the FX 8350/8370s sit...


Yes, for my own uses Ryzen seems a very good upgrade. Seems like it will out perform my FX9590 by more than I expected. As an AMD fan, I'm satisfied with this result.

And 1800X is faster than Intel in some practical applications (e.g. Blender 3D).

To repeat myself: Now that 8 core/16 thread has become affordable to an enthusiast/high-end-gamer, the high end games will start to use those 8 cores. For example, in my reading yesterday, it was stated that some games/applications were "coded down to 4 cores" -- merely because only 4 cores were available from Intel at a good price. The X-Plane site said they were using 1 thread per plane in the sky for a while now.


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