The AMD Ryzen 7 1800X: A New Era of CPU Performance

After sitting through over three hours of AMD presentations, we can now confirm that the Ryzen 7 1800X will be available starting at 2:22 PM on [insert date] with an official launch event. This new CPU promises to bring significant improvements in performance and value compared to its predecessors.

The Ryzen 7 1800X is a high-performance CPU designed for gaming, content creation, and other demanding workloads. It features an 8-core, 16-thread design, making it one of the most powerful CPUs on the market. With AMD's latest Zen architecture, this processor boasts impressive clock speeds, ensuring that users can enjoy seamless performance in their favorite games and applications.

The Ryzen 7 1800X is also notable for its compatibility with AM4 motherboards, which offer a wide range of features and customization options. This makes it an attractive option for PC builders looking to upgrade their systems or build a new one from scratch. Additionally, the CPU's power consumption has been optimized, making it suitable for both gaming PCs and content creation workstations.

One of the most exciting aspects of the Ryzen 7 1800X is its price point. According to AMD, the CPU will be priced at around $299, which makes it an attractive option for those looking for a high-performance CPU without breaking the bank. This competitive pricing strategy is likely to appeal to gamers and content creators who want top-notch performance without sacrificing their budget.

The Ryzen 7 1800X has already made its debut in several demo systems showcased at the launch event. These demos demonstrate the CPU's capabilities in various applications, including gaming, streaming, and content creation. One of the most notable demos was a game running on a single GPU, with AMD showcasing how their new CPU can handle demanding games with ease.

Another demo that caught our attention was a streamer playing Dota 2 while streaming using OBS at the same settings as their core i7 7700K opponent. The results were impressive, with the Ryzen 7 1800X maintaining a steady frame rate even when running demanding games. This demonstrates the CPU's ability to handle multi-threaded workloads and its potential for improved gaming performance.

The launch event also highlighted AMD's commitment to providing a comprehensive ecosystem of hardware and software components. With 82 motherboards available at launch, users can choose from a wide range of options that cater to their specific needs and preferences. Additionally, 18 system integrators have pledged to offer pre-built systems based on the Ryzen 7 1800X.

The presentation also touched upon AMD's strategy for improving performance and competitiveness in the market. According to AMD, they are focused on delivering high-quality products at competitive prices, rather than sacrificing performance for cost-cutting measures. This approach is likely to appeal to users who prioritize performance over price.

In conclusion, the Ryzen 7 1800X represents a significant step forward in CPU technology and design. With its impressive performance, competitive pricing, and comprehensive ecosystem of support, this processor has the potential to disrupt the market and change the way we think about CPUs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enoh I just sat through over three hours of AMD presentations and what do I have to show for it well we know it'll be available starting 2:22 2017 which is today and that performance will be competitive with Intel's core i7 lineup but as we've been saying for so long that means nothing if it's priced the same so is it well as it stands today AMD ryzen looks poised to deliver top shelf performance and do so at an incredibly disruptive price so let's have a closer look so we'll start by talking about the lineup all the general stuff we confirmed back at CES is still true dual Channel memory overclockable across the board assuming you've got a motherboard chipset that supports it and 24 pcie Lanes but we have a ton more details now so at the top of the product stack is the ryzen 7 1800x this is an 8 core 16 thread processor okay that we knew before but now we know clock speeds it runs at 3.6 to 4 GHz though it'll actually boost up to 4.1 with what they're calling xfr or extended frequency range assuming you've got the cooling horses for it and it is coming in at a tiny well okay it's still expensive but $4.99 AMD is positioning this a 95 wat 500 part up against Intel's 130 wat $1,000 6900k though as usual the top-of-the-line part isn't necessarily the most compelling and things get even more interesting as we work our way down the stack so behind me here is the 1700 x it still gets the X for like X Factor so it's a 95 watt part you should expect better overclocking out of it compared to a non-x part and it still features their extended frequency range so it runs from 3.4 to 3.8 or 3.9 with appropriate cooling it's still got eight cores it's still got 16 threads and it does all of this priced at $3.99 which puts it competitive with the 6800k which is actually the demo that they have behind us before we do the demos we've got to introduce the good member of this good better best product stack this is the ryzen 7700 this guy is a little bit unique you still get eight cores you still get 16 threads but now we're talking significantly lower clock speeds 3 GHz base up to 3.7 GHz boost and you get a significantly lower TDP 65 Watts making this the lowest rated 8 core desktop processor on the market and you will be doing this at a slightly lower price $329 compared to a 7700k so that would be a quad core eight thread processor that it's going up against but come on lonus enough spreadsheets show us show us so uh they gave us access to their cine bench demo unsupervised which was unwise of them let's go ahead and run that while I explain what's going on behind me so we have a ryzen 7 1800x remember that's the topof the line one $499 with 16 gigs of RAM on some validation board then over on the other side they've got the hardware right here we can see it we've got a 6900k running with 32 gigs of Corsair Dominator platinum on an Asus Rog board so they really couldn't give it much more of an advantage and then we're running cin bench with multi-threading enabled and the results are in so right here here's the 6900k can actually see okay nothing's disabled 1479 and over here is the ryzen 7 Zedd 3601 B it's an engineering sample but whatever what it's a ryzen 7 1800 x600 marks at half the price now obviously this isn't the whole story when it comes to CPU performance but it is definitely an impressive demo though not as impressive as this one I'm going to press this big red button which has been beckoning at me since I pressed it five minutes ago and I'm starting what AMD is calling their megat tasking demo which is a combination of blender and handbreak designed to test the multitasking of these CPUs although I believe megat tasking was like an AMD TM thing that they were using back when they were marketing I think it was Tri cores or six cores or something like that against Intel's quad cores and dual cores anyway all that's ancient history at this point the point of the demo is that we are timing how long it takes to run this octane demo and this hand breing code that you can see here is running in the background on these two systems so they've put the 1700x remember this is the 399 8 core 16 thread up against Intel's core i7 6800k once again the systems are similar though AMD has for whatever reason kneecapped themselves with 16 gigs of ddr4 versus Intel's 32 gigs of ddr4 and now I just have an awful lot of time to kill so I will use this opportunity to talk about how they have a lot of cool systems here on display from all of their Partners this could be one of the most complete AMD ecosystem launches that that we have ever seen I think they're saying something along the lines of 82 motherboards available at launch with more to come and I think it 18 system integrators that are going to have systems ready to go at launch it seems like there's a lot of confidence in the am4 platform while the AMD system's done maybe we could just like time lapse through this so people know we aren't faking it there we go okay so 91.6 seconds versus 112.1 seconds I mean none of this should be that surprising from a Pure Performance numbers stand point I mean we're looking at an 8 core 16 thread processor versus a 6 core 12 thread processor but AMD is not designing this test to be fair in terms of core count to core count they're designing it around pricing this chip on the right costs less than this chip on the left really yeah wait oh you were in the same presentation I was leading us finally to what may be the most disruptive skew of all the 1700 so this one is as I said before $329 putting it around the same price as a 7700k and you can see right here they've got two demo systems running again side by side with a ryzen 7 17008 core and a core i7 7700k and they're playing Dota 2 while streaming using obs at the same settings they really let us get a lot closer to the demos here so we're able to validate all of this stuff ourselves and demonstrating how and I had been asking for this for many generations why is the mainstream still limited to quad core so they're showing us how more cores can benefit a multi-threaded workload even for gamers so the core i77700k stream drops frames while the 1700 stream does not this last demo Battlefield 1 at 4K is actually one we've seen before sort of we've had some of the blanks filled in this time so we already knew that ryzen unnamed was up against a 6800k with ddr4 memory and dual Titan XPS and SLI but what we didn't know was exactly what that ryzen chip was or what speed it was running at so now we know it is actually their lowest tier ryzen 7700 that's the 65 watt part and we know that it runs at anywhere from 3 GHz to 3.7 GHz in this case it's running at about 3.65 which might tell us something interesting about the granularity of the way that ryzen boosts anyway back to the game the other key difference between then and now is that AMD has their boost technology working so while at CES frame rates were the same to within a frame or three now here we are looking at EX exactly the same starting scene driving our tank exactly the same way and ryzen 7700 has a clear performance advantage and a significant one now to be fair AMD is picking their battle somewhat here they could have put it up against the much more similarly priced 7700k which due to its higher frequency is in most cases a better gaming CPU than a COR i7 6800k but there's no denying here that there's a compelling value case to be made for this chip that outperforms a 6800k at about $100 less so all that's fine in good line is this is the kind of CPU that we can have 4.8 billion transistors 2 kilometers of signal wiring if we're not concerned about putting Graphics processors inside them but you've left out the most important part does it have RGB and the answer is yes you are looking at an RGB AMD St cooler so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video you can hit that button but if you like it hit the like button get 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