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    Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?

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    • scottalanmillerS
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      On March 2, and preorderable today, the first three Ryzen processors will be available to buy. All three processors use AMD's brand-new Zen core. All are eight-core, 16-thread parts; all have a 16MB level 3 cache shared across all cores; and all three are unlocked for overclocking.

      The top-end part is the R7 1800X. This $499 chip will have a 3.6GHz base speed and a 4.0GHz boost speed, with a 95W TDP. AMD is positioning it against Intel's i7-6900K, a $1,050 processor using the Broadwell-E core running at 3.2 GHz, and turboing up to 3.7GHz.

      In the Cinebench R15 multithreaded rendering test, AMD says that its new processor scores about 9 percent higher than Intel's. In the single threaded version of the same test, it's a dead heat.

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      • scottalanmillerS
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        9% higher performance than Intel's processor while something like 40% cheaper. Those are some huge numbers!

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        • scottalanmillerS
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          http://www.pcworld.com/article/3171161/components-processors/amds-ryzen-launches-march-2-outperforming-intels-core-i7-at-a-fraction-of-the-price.html

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          • DustinB3403D
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            Yeah I was reading about this new line up that they were working on a while back. I was very impressed.

            My question is who (what manufactures) are going to pick up this line of processor?

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            • DustinB3403D
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              I assume Dell and HP can and will, but when?

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              • scottalanmillerS
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                I assume most everyone, a bunch of motherboard makers have board due out for it with release it seems. It'll take longer for the big players to get stuff out, but my guess would be summer.

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                • Emad RE
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                  Also its good to note that VMware ESXi free standalone server 6.5 is only limited to 8 vcpu per VM
                  so I think you can build a a good small server using there upcoming CPU.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
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                    @msff-amman-Itofficer said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                    Also its good to note that VMware ESXi free standalone server 6.5 is only limited to 8 vcpu per VM
                    so I think you can build a a good small server using there upcoming CPU.

                    What does vCPU limitations have to do with physical CPU ?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
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                      @msff-amman-Itofficer said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                      Also its good to note that VMware ESXi free standalone server 6.5 is only limited to 8 vcpu per VM
                      so I think you can build a a good small server using there upcoming CPU.

                      That's per VM. So you can use way more than that in physicals, potentially.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
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                        It was very smart of them to limit this to a physical Cors to match windows licensing it would be a lot less business if they had say 10 or 12 cores

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                        • scottalanmillerS
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                          @JaredBusch said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                          It was very smart of them to limit this to a physical Cors to match windows licensing it would be a lot less business if they had say 10 or 12 cores

                          Yes, my guess is that they found out about the licensing, and knew that their current offerings basically made them totally useless for Windows customers (read: basically everyone) and had to totally shake things up. So they put all their eggs into the "Windows sweet spot" so that they are broadly applicable. I expect much bigger procs to come, but eight cores are the big ones to get for the largest portion of the market. That they were able to get such amazing octo-core units and with hyperthreading out the door so well timed is amazing.

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                          • CloudKnightC
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                            This could be great for AMD, I would like to see them start dominating the server market more.

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                            • Emad RE
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                              @JaredBusch @scottalanmiller

                              I just wanted to belong... thus my comment

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                              • scottalanmillerS
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                                @msff-amman-Itofficer said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                @JaredBusch @scottalanmiller

                                I just wanted to belong... thus my comment

                                LOL, we appreciate that.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
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                                  @StuartJordan said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                  This could be great for AMD, I would like to see them start dominating the server market more.

                                  Same here, they were such an awesome player for so long. Would be really nice to see them stage a serious come back. If AMD doesn't do well, Intel gets lazy.

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                                  • coliverC
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                                    It will be nice to have some competition again.

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                                    • NDCN
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                                      Late in the year, the company will be launching its new Vega GPU architecture, the Zen-based Naples server CPU, mobile Ryzen parts with integrated graphics processors, and Radeon Instinct headless GPUs designed for supercomputing number crunching.

                                      Looks like a lot of big releases for them this year. Hope it pays off, Intel isn't the only one that gets to slack if AMD isn't doing well.

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                                      • coliverC
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                                        @NDC said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                        Late in the year, the company will be launching its new Vega GPU architecture, the Zen-based Naples server CPU, mobile Ryzen parts with integrated graphics processors, and Radeon Instinct headless GPUs designed for supercomputing number crunching.

                                        Looks like a lot of big releases for them this year. Hope it pays off, Intel isn't the only one that gets to slack if AMD isn't doing well.

                                        They just released some new driver updates that did wonders for some of their newer cards. Really liking AMD's direction for gaming. Hoping the new chips will do the same for their CPU market.

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                                        • MattSpellerM
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                                          @NDC said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                          Late in the year, the company will be launching its new Vega GPU architecture, the Zen-based Naples server CPU, mobile Ryzen parts with integrated graphics processors, and Radeon Instinct headless GPUs designed for supercomputing number crunching.

                                          Looks like a lot of big releases for them this year. Hope it pays off, Intel isn't the only one that gets to slack if AMD isn't doing well.

                                          I have a lot of love for AMD but... it's **ABOUT F(!#%ING TIME

                                          Can only cheer for them for so long before one gives up hope... I'm not holding my breath until they've been benchmarked and tested 9 ways to sunday.

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                                          • momurdaM
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                                            So Vega is not until late this year? It was supposed to be late last year.............
                                            My 290 is getting old.

                                            @coliver said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                            @NDC said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

                                            Late in the year, the company will be launching its new Vega GPU architecture, the Zen-based Naples server CPU, mobile Ryzen parts with integrated graphics processors, and Radeon Instinct headless GPUs designed for supercomputing number crunching.

                                            Looks like a lot of big releases for them this year. Hope it pays off, Intel isn't the only one that gets to slack if AMD isn't doing well.

                                            They just released some new driver updates that did wonders for some of their newer cards. Really liking AMD's direction for gaming. Hoping the new chips will do the same for their CPU market.

                                            Their new Radeon Software gui thing is a nightmare. Just goto Global Setting>Wattman Pro or whateve they call it then try to unsee it.

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