I wanted to build myself a gaming PC and so i sent an e-mail to Logan from tek syndicate to help me out. He told me that i should wait for the next AMD graphics cards that will be coming out this month (September). I did a lot of research and i can't find any AMD cards that will come out this month. The only thing i found were the AMD FirePro series but the cheapest model (W5000) for 500 EUR didn't really seem that good. Just by comparing the specs from the AMD Firepro W5000 and the Nvidia GTX 670 or AMD Radeon 7970, it really seems like the AMD Firepro W5000 is actually worse. I am kind of confused now. What did Logan mean? Do you guys know?
Thanks in advance.
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What graphics cards do you mean? The AMD FirePro series? I can't find any other AMD graphics cards that will be released next month. I did a lot of research. By looking at the specs of the AMD FirePro W5000 Graphics Card (cheapest one for 500 EUR) it seems that it's actually not as good as the Nvidia GTX 670 or the AMD radeon 7970. So I'm kind of confused right now. Maybe you meant the 8000 series, but AFAIK those will come out next year.
I would go 1500 and get a much better graphics card. It might be good to wait a month because AMD has since new graphics cards coming out. So spend up to £500 on the gpu and spurns the rest on the system. Get an I5 if gaming is what you do most and an I7if you need to render and edit movies, etc. Thanks, Logan
On Aug 27, 2012 5:58 AM, "sdfj isjfioewjf" <[email protected]> wrote:
So i wanted to build myself a gaming PC, however i don't want to buy a new one for 1000 EUR every year. I was wondering if it is better to pay 1500 EUR only once for a pretty good gaming pc and keep it for a few years (approx. 5 at least) or pay 300-500 EUR for a rather lower-end gaming PC and buy another one next year. What do you think?
AMD is going to be releasing the 8000 series GPUs later this month. Ive heard good things. The architecture they are using is similar to what they are doing with piledriver from what i understand. Do you guys remember the dragon platform they had a while back? Its supposed to be kind of like that, but with better performing parts than they last had. The CPUs will be following shortly after in early to mid october. So my recommendation is kick back and wait out the month. If things are lining up like i see they are, DDR4 RAM will be coming in the near future too. Probably towards the end of the year. I heard Samsung was close, but i wasnt sure how close. That was, until i called them. They told me they are nearing a usable product and are currently working on the controller chip to optimize the RAM better than the last generation. They also told me that it would be until November that they will start production on the new stuff. Things are lining up quite nicely for AMD to get back into the game. Piledriver "dragon" setups will be crazy as compared to the last series of crap they made. Bulldozer was actually a BETA core arcitecture that AMD wanted to try, so they made it usable, rather than just hold on to it. They needed the funding to create piledriver, the true 8-core AMD CPU. People wont see how much it will be improved, and if its done right (engineering samples showed promising improvements) we might see a return from the gap that AMD let happen. Know that Bulldozer was a calculated risk. Ive also heard of a possibility of AM4 socket processors coming out that better utilize the 4000Mhz bus speeds that a lot of AMD processors use, but cannot attain. Now that they have created the first stable 4.0Ghz processor, know that that bus speed is now going to be attainable in future architectures. Expect AMD to be back in the light once again by mid 2014, as both Sony and Microsoft are using AMD processors and graphics to build their consoles. The fun things you find out through connections in the gaming and tech industries...
Just some news most people wont hear for a while, and when i mean a while, i mean a year. Just thought some of you guys might take a liking to hear whats coming up in AMD's world.
As for me, Im actually working on making my own processor. Should be ready to take to a nano-lab for a proto build within 6 months or so. The schematic i have to make is enormous lmao. Im aiming to get it down to about 12nm in die size. Good thing i got friends in Penn State and MIT that can help me with this stuff. The motherboard is going to be the tricky part for me as i wont be starting it until DDR4 is out. By then PCI-E x16 3.1 should be stable so i might transfer the idea into a GPU as well. Im going to do it realistically and use air cooling and make my own cooling units as well. If all turns out like i hope it does, Im going to hit up AMD and offer them an offer they cant refuse. The only thing i have left to do between designing and making the dies is synthesizing the material i want to use. Good thing im a bit crazy and dive into my work. Lest i wouldnt be able to realistically create SILICENE. Already got some compounds ready to test, just need to get a hold of my old investor to see if they are up for the idea.
Ignore the Quadro and Firepro series of videocards. Those cards are more expensive because of the market. These are for professional use and the customers are willing to pay more to get another tier of support, and also the cards are also designed around rendering software and all that. Not gaming.
Never trust wikipedia. It can be editted by anyone. Changing a date is something that you can easily get away with. Plus AMD has been very quiet about their tech for a reason. I kinda gave you guys a glimpse at whats coming. I had an internship with AMD back when i was in college. I can still get some low level data on whats going on, but i cant get full details for security reasons. I can, however, give spoilers. Bits of insight of whats going on in the company and all. I should really get to focusing on my work, now shouldnt i. Seeing how so many people fail at figuring out such a problem as whats to replace silicon, Im not too far off from working on the compound, like i said in my last post, i have a few that are ready, but i wont be able to tell if they are what i need them to be until i have them custom made into plates. I might start with a simple Silicon-Graphene hybrid and work on my way to a full out silicene prototype later. Got to take baby steps at first before you can start to run.