Ryzen is amazing!

[sigfan91]

AMD has outdone itself. I just put a computer together running a Ryzen 5 2400G. The integrated graphics is the best one I've ever seen. It blows the Intel integrated graphics away in gaming. Both will run up to 3 monitors if the motherboard has 3 connectors. Intel can run some games at low settings. AMD can run some older games at high settings. Not bad for a processor that cost $120.

[the86d]

Nice, maybe I'll drop one of these in my daughter's future rig to see how she zips, but unfortunately I just dropped about 1K on an i7 before you mentioned this...

In the past, I have always went with AMDs since it was a viable option and it has served me well, but with Win10 chunking away licking things in the background, I thought I'd try the creme-del-la-creme i7, to see if it helps...

All I used to build for a 8000 employee company were AMD-based (Athlon 64's up to x6 Phenom, before we got bought by a larger entity), and they worked very well, before SSDs were a thing, and my board started with an x4 Phenom, upgraded to an x6, until she died a few weeks back... 10-12 years on that board. I think we kept the LCS open.

[tradecraft]

Long AMD!

[sigfan91]

I've used AMD for a long time, from the first Duron to the Phenom II 965 clocked at 4 GHz (it ran at that speed for 8 years). I finally switched to an Intel i5 9600k early this year for gaming. I needed clock speed rather than thread count. Intel is still king of clock speed.

At this rate, AMD just might overtake Intel in clock speed too.

[bacon_lover]

I built my new rig with a Ryzen 9 3900X a few weeks ago. So far it's been running great, and I haven't had any problems playing games with my RTX 2080.

[sigfan91]

I built my new rig with a Ryzen 9 3900X a few weeks ago. So far it's been running great, and I haven't had any problems playing games with my RTX 2080.

Holy moly your CPU + GPU cost more than my entire computer

[the86d]

This recent purchase is my first Intel I have ever bought for my home use, starting with the AM386DX/DXL-40 (I think was my starting point, or was it the notebook with a AM486DX2/50?), to that AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Processor-Black Edition that the board just died in.

[the86d]

Hey is SLI or Crossfire pushed for anymore?

I have never done it, but wondering if it is still "a thing"?

[Mute]

Hey is SLI or Crossfire pushed for anymore?

I have never done it, but wondering if it is still "a thing"?

Only in extreme systems. Most programs don't take advantage of SLI/Crossfire and even in gaming there are pros and cons with the cons often times outweighing the pros.

[bacon_lover]

Holy moly your CPU + GPU cost more than my entire computer

Yeah, I tend to lean towards the bleeding edge because I want to run the latest games with video quality pushed to the max. I considered a 2080ti, but I got a really good deal on the regular 2080. Total cost of my new system was a little over $3k after factoring in all the normal PC parts plus adding a RAID array.

[bacon_lover]

Hey is SLI or Crossfire pushed for anymore?

I have never done it, but wondering if it is still "a thing"?

Not much benefit from what I've seen. Maybe you get a bit more fps, but you'll endure endless headaches getting your games and video drivers to play nice with each other.