AMD products now account for over 50% of premium CPU sales

[Lew Zealand]

You can always buy an AM4 board and pair it with a less expensive Ryzen proc and upgrade to the 3900X (or whichever suits you) later without having to replace the motherboard.

Yup! And that's what I did for my first PC build: an R3 1200 over 2 years ago, recently upgraded to an R5 1600AF. Eh, not up to the level of an R9 3900X quite yet but nice to know the option is there.

 

[grumblguts]

Loving my 3700x
https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=57540

 

[Red999]

Good news for amd.
But where are laptops with Ryzen 4000 U series?

 

[money]

My i5-4570 is a BEAST

 

[Reehahs]

I have not upgraded my CPU since I last built by PC from scratch back in 2011 with a 3570K. There has been nothing compelling from Intel at an appropriate price point, especially since a jump beyond 3770K would require a whole platform upgrade.

My next build will be an AMD where I at least know that I can get a platform that will last more than a generation or two.

 

[Rayneofpayne]

That and AMD still has a lot of cards stacked against them with regards to the media, Intel's PR / marketing juggernaut, all the Intel fanboys and the pervasive 'no one ever got fired for buying Intel' mentality (paraphrasing the cliched old IBM saying of course).

Well fanboyism is dumb to begin with, brand loyalty is adorable until the point you make excuses and start using slanted data to support your side of the argument.

Ideally buy the product that is the most powerful for the budget you have with the widest feature-sets you desire. That is all. Typically I'll champion whoever is the best for the time, this isn't sports, there is little point to being a front runner or blind to the point that you can't say well they suck. When a brand does a "dumb" call it for what it is.

 

[toooooot]

I have not upgraded my CPU since I last built by PC from scratch back in 2011 with a 3570K. There has been nothing compelling from Intel at an appropriate price point, especially since a jump beyond 3770K would require a whole platform upgrade.

My next build will be an AMD where I at least know that I can get a platform that will last more than a generation or two.

9 years is a really long time for one cpu... I hope you dont you your computer for anything other than browsing movies and old games because you are losing a lot.

 

[Reehahs]

9 years is a really long time for one cpu... I hope you dont you your computer for anything other than browsing movies and old games because you are losing a lot.

I see your point. It makes sense as new budget CPU like AMD's 3100 are scoring higher than 3570K.

I don't play competitively so my gaming is limited to 1080P@60Hz. Most games tend to be GPU bound at ultra-high settings and until I get a higher fps monitor, my 980 SLI will keep providing 60fps stutter-free.

Currently playing through backlog of games such as AC Blackflag/Unity, and Witcher 2.

 

[toooooot]

I see your point. It makes sense as new budget CPU like AMD's 3100 are scoring higher than 3570K.

I don't play competitively so my gaming is limited to 1080P@60Hz. Most games tend to be GPU bound at ultra-high settings and until I get a higher fps monitor, my 980 SLI will keep providing 60fps stutter-free.

Currently playing through backlog of games such as AC Blackflag/Unity, and Witcher 2.

I loved AC black flag...And lowland away is the best sea shanty.