re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Single Core IPC is still won by Intel by very little and make an even bigger showing in Single Core Performance with those higher boost clocks.

But really the gap in "IPC" (Instruction Per Cycle) is not very large anymore. They are right on Intel's heels.

I'm in love with the RED Team right now. It feels like the old days when we had good competition.

However, just on the CPU side of their business. I'm still very disappointed with nearly everything that comes out of their graphics department on the top end. Those midrange products are nice, but it doesn't help out the consumer much in the fight against nVidia's price points. Simply is frustrating they can't put out a product or choose to not go after the top end part of the market. However, AMD is doing the right thing and putting resources where they can be the most effective in gaining back market share. They nearly destroyed the company when they did try going head to head with nVidia AND Intel in the 2010s. AMD was a company without focus which resulted in shtty designs and overspending, poor PE and EV. They are now a company that is hyper-focused on areas they currently do well by allocating the majority of resources to that part of the business, while basically keeping the other side of the business in a "maintenance" mode until the right time.