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I have my A10-7890k CPU set to run at max speed all the time (4.1Ghz) and only 2 cores are running at that speed. The other two are running at around 1.7Ghz all the time. All bios settings are set to not get in the way of running at max speed. (cool n quiet disabled, turbo core, etc). Power settings at high performance with max cpu speed and cooling set to active. Any ideas? I also "unparked" all 4 cores through the registry and still nothing.

For lowest resolution games as well as games that don't require more cores, yes stick to intel.

Well it's better in many other things (multithreated) so it IS better. You meant to say never buy a cpu for gaming that "might" work better with future patches.

Also seeing as how Sky lake and kaby lake architectures are very similar, I do not see them making too much improvement in the coming years.

Agreed 100%. Adding to this however, I still feel strongly about the fact that Ryzen being a new architecture, has a lot of room to grow in the compatibility and efficiency department (whether it comes to gaming or simply processing tasks better). Nothing physical may change of course, but having a CPU pipeline development background I can see the possibility of much growth (in tiny numbers equaling in great differences). I re iterate that Linus does not mention this type of information in his review (maybe for other reasons like sounding biased or like a fan boy), but I believe information like this should be known by the unaware gamers and content creators.

That'd be awesome if you can test them. The biggest point though is that a brand new CPU architecture has a lot of room to grow. Higher speeds, more efficiency, better optimization, more features, etc.

so you already watched video reviews and charts, why not one more? lol This is not giving any different results that are out there. It explains why a brand new architecture will be a lot more powerful down the road (1 year maybe). All about software optimization. Easy.

What most people don't understand is that a completely new CPU architecture will be optimized for gaming/applications in a span of YEARS. The fact that the ryzen CPUs are this close to intel's, means that ryzen will be nearly equal if not more, than Intel's kaby lake. Also don't forget kaby lake's single thread clock speed being so much higher. If the speed were the same as ryzen now, it would probably be equal already.

watch the video lol

watch the video lol

Linus (and pretty much every other reviewer) fails to mention this side of the CPU OBVIOUS growth paths.

By far the worse optimized game I've ever played.

I play BDO too it runs at 30-40 fps at highest settings every option included but this pc (my gf's) has a gtx 1060.

Same thing. I did a single thread test before, this is a single core test (the actual test designated for single core performance benchmark) but looks same.

The wait was horrible.. here you go.