So I was looking at the PC Gamer review of Ryzen - http://www.pcgamer.com/the-amd-ryzen-7-review/4/. They have a summary chart of CPU and Gaming performance.
On the gaming page, there are results showing what happens if you disable SMT for the 1800x. The gains are about 5%. I think it's reasonable to assume the same 5% gains would apply to the 1700x. I believe the gaming summary is with a resolution of 1920x1080 at Ultra settings with a GTX1080.
If the same gains apply to the 1700x then the 1700x and 1800x have 90+% of the performance of the 7700 in gaming and 90+% of the performance of a 6900 in CPU tasks (according to PC Gamer). There are three Intel processors tested that match that, the 5960x, 6900x, 6950x. Current prices at Newegg for these chips are $1135, $1050, and $1600. The AMD chips cost $400 and $500.
I know we've been disappointed at the Ryzen gaming results but if you ever thought about doing something CPU intensive other than gaming and didn't want to break the bank, now you can have your cake and eat it to. And you can buy a lot of cake with the money you save.
The more I look at the gaming results, the more I realize that I should probably calm down about them. For me, Ryzen is the CPU I've been waiting for but have been too cheap to buy.
On the gaming page, there are results showing what happens if you disable SMT for the 1800x. The gains are about 5%. I think it's reasonable to assume the same 5% gains would apply to the 1700x. I believe the gaming summary is with a resolution of 1920x1080 at Ultra settings with a GTX1080.
If the same gains apply to the 1700x then the 1700x and 1800x have 90+% of the performance of the 7700 in gaming and 90+% of the performance of a 6900 in CPU tasks (according to PC Gamer). There are three Intel processors tested that match that, the 5960x, 6900x, 6950x. Current prices at Newegg for these chips are $1135, $1050, and $1600. The AMD chips cost $400 and $500.
I know we've been disappointed at the Ryzen gaming results but if you ever thought about doing something CPU intensive other than gaming and didn't want to break the bank, now you can have your cake and eat it to. And you can buy a lot of cake with the money you save.
The more I look at the gaming results, the more I realize that I should probably calm down about them. For me, Ryzen is the CPU I've been waiting for but have been too cheap to buy.