Xtremely Terrific - AMD releases three new Matisse CPU

[hollyh88]

16 hours ago, steelo said:

I have a 1600af running at 4ghz...perfectly happy until it is no longer able to do what I need it to...I'll probably upgrade 2 years from now when they have a 2600af...LOL.

 

I'm usually a gen or two behind and I'm okay with that.

i mean its okay. but it can really hold a gpu back later on. and well even now. which is why im going to upgrade my 2600x when ryzen 4000 comes since im sure my 2070 super stil has performance left on the table that i cant acces due to my cpu holding it back. 

[steelo]

4 hours ago, hollyh88 said:

i mean its okay. but it can really hold a gpu back later on. and well even now. which is why im going to upgrade my 2600x when ryzen 4000 comes since im sure my 2070 super stil has performance left on the table that i cant acces due to my cpu holding it back. 

I have a rx 5700 (non xt) so I think it's pretty well balanced. This CPU/GPU is more than enough for me for now running VR titles. My cue for upgrading usually is when there is a game I'm really interested that I know my hardware can't run...

[RejZoR]

JayZ was talking about 4.6GHz all core, which with number of cores and better IPC, I'd be for right away. Until he started talking about insane degradation of these CPU's when overclocked. Then I lost the interest a bit... My current CPU is like 5 years old, has been overclocked since day 1 and has in fact GAINED overclocking capability with time. Could be with BIOS or OS updated, but in the past I couldn't get past 4.5GHz and now I'm at 4.6GHz Cinebench R20 stable. In fact no CPU I've owned has really degraded and i've had them all overclocked to the limit, but always with good cooling.