New AMD Ryzen 3000 series - Worth considering?

[RCBH928]

My i7-920 could encode a 4.7 GB in about 15 minutes, and again this is important to note, the CPU utilization at this time was only 5-10%. Meaning that not only could my first gen i7 do the same task in a fraction of the time it took my first gen P4, but it only took a fraction of the CPU's total power to do it!
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I am not sure if its the same or not, but I had a core2duo 2Ghz I believe that would basically melt if you encode a movie using Handbrake, or if you rip a DVD. CPU will have no problem reaching 212F and be like that for 1.5-2hrs and usage will be 100%.

[isiolia]

The review onslaught has started (intro to Linus's reminded me of this thread), and...more or less as anticipated. Ryzen third gen closes a lot of the gap in areas where Intel CPUs have done better, and pulls further ahead in areas Ryzen already excelled. So, yes, definitely worth considering

[RCBH928]

The review onslaught has started (intro to Linus's reminded me of this thread), and...more or less as anticipated. Ryzen third gen closes a lot of the gap in areas where Intel CPUs have done better, and pulls further ahead in areas Ryzen already excelled. So, yes, definitely worth considering

Does AMD's advancement in CPU mean their their GPUs are also advancing in competition with Nvidia? Since a GPU is basically a graphics dedicated CPU AFAIK.

[Ziggy]

Does AMD's advancement in CPU mean their their GPUs are also advancing in competition with Nvidia? Since a GPU is basically a graphics dedicated CPU AFAIK.

I guess you could call CPUs and GPUs similar in the fact that they're both processors. But operationally they are completely different.

[isiolia]

Does AMD's advancement in CPU mean their their GPUs are also advancing in competition with Nvidia? Since a GPU is basically a graphics dedicated CPU AFAIK.

True as that is to an extent, I wouldn't lump their CPU and GPU arms together like that.

That being said, the GPUs that they launched at the same time - after a last-minute MSRP reduction to compete with new nVidia SKUs - are quite competitive at their price points. They don't currently have anything that'd match up to nVidia's higher end products, but if you're looking at what'd be the new mid-tier ($400ish) or lower, then you'd do well to look at what they have available and consider what features you want. IE, a 5700XT has better raw performance than a similarly priced RTX card, but lacks the fancy new ray tracing stuff those have. Picking up their older cards in the sub-$200 space would also tend to get better performance for the money than what nVidia has there.