New PC: AMD or Intel

[Probus]

On 8/30/2022 at 4:32 PM, Redwolf said:

Your CPU reaches 100% - of one core.

Per-core speed is what matters for CM.

I am an Intel guy but the latest word is that the new AMD CPUs will have faster single core performance than Intel.  At least for a while.  With clock speeds up around the 5.6 to 5.7 GHz mark right out of the box due to the smaller size of the transistor.  Also power draw will be a lot less, which means heat will be a lot less and that means that there is more wiggle room at the higher clock rates.

Another upside is that the AMD CPU price will not go up dramatically (but unfortunately the AM5 motherboards will be more expensive).  The new CPUs will feature the AM5 socket which has a higher pin count.  The AM4 socket just plain ran out of pins for the new memory that is coming out.  More pins means higher bandwidth which means more data can be transferred in less time.

I am really curious to see if someone running Combat Mission on a current AMD CPU will see a noticeable performance increase with this next generation of AMD processors.

[Artkin]

Yeah its about time! Amd's first generation ryzen was ok, 2nd gen was wow maybe we're onto something. 3rd gen was omg! 5th gen flat out crushed intel. I'm glad to hear the newest chips will continue the trend. I've been googling amd news every now and then, but new chip generations have stopped coming out as frequently as they used to. 

The power draw is something to note. Amd CRUSHES Nvidia in terms of performance per watt. I dont think the difference in processors is as significant but we aren't talking nearly as many watts. CPUs have really always pushed for the lower wattages while gpus have always pushed for the most power while staying under 90-100c. 

You will save a lot of money with AMD and you will have nearly the same experience with an Intel or Nvidia chip. 

Though the AMD graphics cards have driver issues currently.