https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-x470-review-out-beats-i7-8700k-in-7-10-game-tests/

So, clearly improved but not quite by as much as I hoped for. The price reflects this too with the new top model costing a lot less than the 1800X at its release more than a year ago ($329 with cooler included vs $499 no cooler included).

Looking forward to more test results next week.

Looking forward to someone buying me a system with one of the mid models... but I will gladly accept a used Intel 2600K or later.

There are rumors saying AMD saved 2800X model for Intel's response to Ryzen 2nd gen but i doubt it. :p

Using 4k and ultra 4k for cpu benchmarks is a bit "silly" to put it nicely. It did nicely on the synthetics that can utilize all cores. Basically, it's the same shtick as when ryzen was released. This does look like it will make amd more competitive. I did not buy Ryzen last year when I upgraded because the memory controller looked too finicky. I suspect that is still true with this release. If Amd had released this version, I might have taken a shot on the 2700x though last year.

They used a 1070 as well. That reflects real world usage far better than most tests do, but also reflects that most of the time it's the graphics card that limits performance, not the CPU. The more usual approach is to use a 1080Ti and run games at low detail low res to make the CPU bottleneck, while that tests the CPU performance it isn't a real world scenario. What it mostly illustrates is that a tier up on GPU is far more important to games than a tier up on CPU.

The memory issues were fixed a few months after release, they were BIOS issues rather than intrinsic ones.

2800X equivalents may be reserved for 'Threadripper 2' as they need very strong binning. 1800X was also the worst price performance Ryzen option by far, esxpecially since it needed a cooler and most people buying a cooler would overclock at which point it's barely better than a far cheaper 1700.

I'm not expecting any Intel response to Ryzen2 personally, it isn't a big enough performance jump. And Intel certainly seems to be having issues with their 10nm process which just leaves adding cores to Coffeelake as an immediate counter.

The Ryzen 5 2600 and 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700 and 2700X got released today.

Reviews:

Anandtech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12625/amd-second-generation-ryzen-7-2700x-2700-ryzen-5-2600x-2600

Guru3D: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-ryzen-5-2600x-review,1.html

Tom's Hardware: https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-review,review-34307.html

I'm thinking of getting a 2600.

Yay! Almost forgot today is the big day!
AMDay :D

Kinda feeling sad that the person who made this thread is not here to see this rip fishbaits

What happen to fishbaits?

Unfortunately, he passed away.

Wow. Had no idea. Thank you for the information. From the interactions I had with him on this very thread, he was really helpful and a great conversationalist. I could almost imagine the excitement he would've had for the 2nd generation of Ryzen.

Well, I finally pulled the trigger on a Ryzen / Vega based laptop. It's been a long time coming.

I picked up an HP Envy x360 - 15" lappy with a 5-2500u. The model I picked up has 8GB of RAM (2x4GB so Dual Channel!), and a 1TB spinny drive. I've already added a 500GB nvme drive I had already picked up. It's a little bigger and heavier than I wanted - it replaces a 13" laptop, but I just couldn't find an acceptable Ryzen setup in a 13-14" size. They all had soldered and/or single channel RAM, or were too limited in the hard drive options.

So far, I'm really happy with it. It's been 8 years of having nVidia optimus laptops, so there's a bit of learning curve getting Linux setup on it, and the Ryzen mobile support isn't perfect yet.

I'm not a fan of HP. That model has nice hardware under the hood but the display, battery and audio are terrible (who would have thought it's Bang & Olufsen inside?). Hope it serves you well.

My one and only previous experience with HP (~18 years ago) wasn't good, and I've avoided them ever since. Recently, a co-worker was given an HP laptop, and it's really nice. If it wasn't for his laptop, I never would have considered this one.

The audio is going to bad - it's a laptop! I don't generally ever use the speakers on my laptops. If I want sound, it's through headphones.

The battery, so far, is much better than my old laptop, which was notoriously bad, even new, and is now much worse five years later.

The display was the thing I was most concerned about, and it isn't nearly as bad the reviews had me believe. I don't love how reflective it is, and it's taking some getting used to the resolution, everything is a bit bigger! (same resolution as my old laptop, but 13.3" vs 15.6"). It is much brighter than I expected based on the reviews.

Interesting. HP is the only thing I could rely on. My backup brand would probably be Asus or Samsung. I make it a point to avoid Acer and Toshiba as I've had bad experiences with both of those. I might give Toshiba another chance but Acer has to do something big to get into my good graces. I have an HP and even though they are unmeant to be upgraded, with the proper tools, I have managed to upgrade mine to at least have better RAM, Storage space and a better WIFI/Bluetooth card without any problems.

So overall, I consider it to be a good overall laptop as I've had this one and an older model and both have performed above expectations.