AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
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Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#2I really hope that those will be as good as their new CPUs and Apple would consider them if they don't have ARM in the works.
It would be nice to have an octa-core in a laptop.
Also would be really nice to have Vega as well — current Radeons aren't very good compared to 10-series nVidia chips.
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#3The integrated graphics unit of those is apparently 2-3x as good as the Intel equivalent in some benchmarks[0]. Sounds very promising overall.
[0]: https://heise.cloudimg.io/bound/2300x1400/tjpeg.q90.webp-los...
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#4I really hope that those will be as good as their new CPUs and Apple would consider them if they don't have ARM in the works. It would be nice to have an octa-core in a laptop. Also would be really nice to have Vega as well — current Radeons aren't very good compared to 10-series nVidia chips.
They are 200% faster. Says so in the article.
Think when Apple finally moved to Intel and th speed increase. EVEN though Apple claimed they were the as fast if no faster before the switch.
AMD had horrible performance on laptops and they are finally able to say they doubled the speed AKA they had a horrible product before.
"For its own part, AMD claims that the new Ryzen chips will offer dramatically improved performance over its own last generation of laptop chips, with up to 200 percent more CPU performance (for multicore use) and up to 128 percent better GPU performance, although AMD’s last generation of chips weren’t exactly computational powerhouses to start." https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/26/16552208/...
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#5How are the Linux Radeon drivers these days. Last time I tried (8 years ago) they were awful compared to the NVidia equivalent.
But now that I might be able to get a 3 pound ultrabook with decent graphics, I'm willing to put up with a lot more inconvenience .
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#6IF someone comes out with a unibody laptop with a Ryzen in it, I'm fully in. It'll easily replace my current macBook fleet.. (nb: eyes the GPD Pocket and its revisions..)
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#7How are the Linux Radeon drivers these days. Last time I tried (8 years ago) they were awful compared to the NVidia equivalent. But now that I might be able to get a 3 pound ultrabook with decent graphics, I'm willing to put up with a lot more inconvenience .
The AMD drivers have gotten a complete overhaul. The open source drivers are amazing. The Nvidia drivers suck in comparison. Have you seen the post from the Sway developer that was basically "fuck you Nvidia"?
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#8How are the Linux Radeon drivers these days. Last time I tried (8 years ago) they were awful compared to the NVidia equivalent. But now that I might be able to get a 3 pound ultrabook with decent graphics, I'm willing to put up with a lot more inconvenience .
Linux AMD open source drivers are top notch now. Even have really good foss OpenCL support. The only asterisk right now is that you only want to use these new APUs / any Vega GPU on distros running kernel 4.15 or later (which will release probably Jan of next year).
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#9I really hope that those will be as good as their new CPUs and Apple would consider them if they don't have ARM in the works. It would be nice to have an octa-core in a laptop. Also would be really nice to have Vega as well — current Radeons aren't very good compared to 10-series nVidia chips.
Yes, I think if the 8-core APU isn't happening this generation (obviously with 45+ W TDP), then it should definitely happen whenever AMD switches to the 7nm process.
Re: AMD takes on Intel with new Ryzen processors for laptops
#10How are the Linux Radeon drivers these days. Last time I tried (8 years ago) they were awful compared to the NVidia equivalent. But now that I might be able to get a 3 pound ultrabook with decent graphics, I'm willing to put up with a lot more inconvenience .
Linux AMD open source drivers are top notch now. Even have really good foss OpenCL support. The only asterisk right now is that you only want to use these new APUs / any Vega GPU on distros running kernel 4.15 or later (which will release probably Jan of next year).
Yup. The only feature I’m currently missing is HDMI audio & I believe that’s coming in 4.15