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I considered getting Skylake-X once but the fact AMD can out core Intel for the same price tag and at the same time offer a cheap CPU upgrade path for the future was a no brainer decision to go Ryzen. In my case it was all about mainstream platform but AMD should beat I9 series with threadripper as well (bad time to jump on the early I9 adopter bandwagon). Where single core score will probabbly be de same 5%-20% below Intel depending on applications the AMD side crushes intel with the sheer number of PCI-E lanes in its entire linup as opposed to the feature creep intel pushes on their customer base. Youll be able to negate the I9 performance advantage down the line with a cheap CPU upgrade.

happens when it's a cloudy day.

better install moar heatsinks...oops wrong game :D

I was hoping they would make a new gimbal system with a new HOTAS not just a handle.

4 threads are not enough anymore. this is why moving for an AMD 6 core feels snapier than I5's from intel even with a clock disavantage and all the memory latency quirks that Ryzen has. You can get a faster 6 core from intel but then you can get an AMD R7 8 core for less money. I go as far as recommending getting an I7 at the very least for DCS now, because even though DCS only needs 2, any background processes gearing up will easily have an impact on your experience. It only goes away when excess cores are present.

Awsome :thumbup:

LOL

OMG if we got 50 cents for every time a thread EXACTLY like this has popped up on these forums... :D Gets some memories back! :D

Forgive me but that is technically a bad advice. The only reason that the 7740X exists is for Mhz E-peen and for Intel marketing the single thread crown, which is losing importance in real world usage. You leave 28 PCI-E lanes disabled on the motherboard with that chip. And then you might as well buy Z270. At this time I recommend waiting for coffee lake chips months down the road (6 core+ strong single thread on mainstream), or get a R5 1600 now (X or non X they cost similarly) if you cant wait that long.

System is now complete. I slapped the second RAM kit in, and it works @ 3200 Mhz without any adjustments to the BIOS necessary.

Just dont go from I7 to an I5 even if you can cranck up MHz. Youll actually losing out performance. Go for the new I7, though I suspect a new GFX would likely get you a bigger boost for less money.

Went straight to a 1080ti and saw 68% performance increase. 970 and 1070 are not far apart enogh to be worth spending the money imho

the 8th gen Intel CPU's have been postponed, from this summer to who-knows-when. Likely early next year. If you dont want to wait you can probably get away with a R5 1600X build for now. Yes, you'll lose single thread performance (about 20%) but as I demoed the GFX is now more important, and that 1080 will be fantastic (it's screaming for a modern CPU). However if you can wait that 8700K 6 core will be faster overall. tough decision. :)

yes, both old and new machine for closest comparison.

People have signed contracts already so it's happening.

No. I no longer have the 2500K. And it would probably bottleneck the Ti so hard it wouldnt make a good comparison between the 2 cards. Neither would anyone go that route.

That will rock with DCS indeed.

I have a beta BIOS with the new May AGESA 1.0.0.6. I was stuck at 2933Mhz and now can go up to 3466, though that was with CL20 so I stepped back to 3200 CL 16. Nobody is getting to 4000 with it, a few are getting 3600. Yeah, still ways to improve.

Replacing a 6 year old intel CPU with an AMD Ryzen it yielded 15% more performance, but when the GFX was changed it got me a whopping 68% difference. Note: the 1080Ti test was conducted with a DCS 2.1.0.6002 version (had sent off the older GFX before the switch), and that might explain why downtown was higher than Nellis (for reasons that escape me). SAince this version is more demanding I can only conclude that >70% performance difference would be a more realistic value.

Sadly I sent the 970 off to my sister before I realized this. But the results are astonishing: which means the % diff would be even greater if the last 2 tests were conducted on the same version. I tested it with MSAA off to compare with my other series of tests and the change in FPS was so small with the 1080Ti that it could be attributed to the reading margin of error. But this is sobering proof that a graphics card will determine what FPS you get as long as the platform can handle it (think haswell CPU's and later)

the cuts are being made by the manufacturer. This has been announced at computex 2017.

OK guys, got the card. According to 3Dmark timespy bench, the 1080Ti is 3X the speed of my 970 GTX. Not bad. :) Ill run the DCS track now.

yes, I will run the track again for sure. Additionally rumor has it VEGA wont be as fast but a fair amount cheaper than the 1080Ti.

AMD will slash ryzen prices by 23%, so wait a few more days ;) If you want to test DCS on that system you may want to temporarily use the your other GFX for testing. That 1050 will fall short. BTW, I decided to get a 1080ti tomorrow, so we can compare the inpact of GFX since I already had the 970 tested on the other thread and our 2 Ryzen chips should be pretty much on par for DCS.

Guys, after reading the news about VEGA, the sad fact is that its 2 months away and in very limited numbers. It will be another mess of a launch judging by how countained and refrained enthusiasm AMD has shown at computex. Meaning by the time they get mass shipping I have to add another month to get them here. This means waiting for the better part of the year. Soooooooooooo... So tomorrow Ill get a 1080Ti. Need to start using this beast as it's meant to be used ASAP. I'm a tad sad I'm not getting a full red system and it'll have to wait for an upgrade in a couple of years.