Er, what? This makes sense for AMD to sponsor because they produce hardware for PC gaming. More PC gaming equals more sales of their hardware. It also gets them publicity for getting PC gaming more into the spotlight. Really, the only question is why the likes of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, etc. aren't also sponsoring this.
AMD could have two goals for sponsoring this event. Show Fiji for the first time and also inform the people who like games and consoles but they don't really care so much about what is in the console, or at least remind to those who know what is in the console, that in all new consoles, there is AMD hardware in there running them.
Run the 3dMark API Overhead test using an Intel CPU driving a Radeon 3xx dGPU how can Asynchronous Shading Pipeliines and Asynchronous Compute Engines factor in the performance? Aren't you intentionally crippling the performance of the AMD dGPU with an Intel CPU?
As a consumer about to spend $1000 on a dGPU don't I deserve to know how an Intel CPU or an AMD cpu will impact the perfromance of my rather large investment?
Isn't that the reason that you write benchmark review articles? To educate the consumer so they make educated choices?
Doesn't deliberately ignoring AMD CPU's when benching AMD dGPU's cast a stain on your journalistic integrity?
You are spending $1000 on GPU and $199 on a CPU?? They only test Intel CPUs because there is nothing competitive from AMD. The question of the year is why can't AMD develop anything to push innovation in the market?
"One of the more surprising things from these tests is that we used an AMD CPU and still saw some huge results at 4K. Most people, and I would dare say 80% or more, would go Intel when building a new performance or gaming system. These days, any mid-range CPU (whether it's Intel, or AMD) will do the job just fine."
whether some games perform well on amd cpu's isn't the question. The op is stating that if you use an AMD gpu with an Intel cpu you have crippled the gpu and get lousy performance.. He is stating that you have to use AMD gpu's with an AMD cpu if you want to get maximum performance, and this is utter bs. Intel cpu's do not cripple AMD gpu's
Dammit if only AMD was being competitive in its primary markets of CPU/GPU, Intel and Nvidia would be all over this. They aren't there because they know that anyone new converting to PC gaming is most likely going to have to go through them anyway.
Consoles are a dying business model, thanks to the mobile gaming revolution, and the simplicity, adaptability, superior yet cheaper connectivity and hardware power of modern PC gaming. Plus all the online retailers like Steam, Origin, GoG, etc. making games cheaper for consumers while at the same time giving developers a much bigger cut of the profits. It is somewhat likely that we may see a PS5/XB2, but it is extremely unlikely that there would be another generation after that.
All that flood of new users is inevitably coming the way of PC gaming, and the PC hardware makers know that. AMD is just rushing out the gate to greet the newcomers because their rather unfortunate market position demands it.
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Computer Bottleneck - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
I do hope we hear some interesting info about Linux and Vulkan in this show.Elixer - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
The only way this makes sense for AMD to sponsor it is if they want to show something off...Sttm - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
They are showing off they aren't dead.... yet.kyuu - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Er, what? This makes sense for AMD to sponsor because they produce hardware for PC gaming. More PC gaming equals more sales of their hardware. It also gets them publicity for getting PC gaming more into the spotlight. Really, the only question is why the likes of NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, etc. aren't also sponsoring this.Slaanesh - Friday, May 1, 2015 - link
And how about Valve?!!anactoraaron - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
So which lazily ported console games will be 'featured'? Or is this just a very limited software (not including games-mantle, etc.) showcase for PCs?tuxfool - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Well, CIG is attending so almost certainly they're showing something of Star Citizen.yannigr2 - Friday, May 1, 2015 - link
AMD doesn't only make PC hardware, remember? :pAMD could have two goals for sponsoring this event. Show Fiji for the first time and also inform the people who like games and consoles but they don't really care so much about what is in the console, or at least remind to those who know what is in the console, that in all new consoles, there is AMD hardware in there running them.
akamateau - Saturday, May 2, 2015 - link
@Ryan SmithHere's the question of the year.
Run the 3dMark API Overhead test using an Intel CPU driving a Radeon 3xx dGPU how can Asynchronous Shading Pipeliines and Asynchronous Compute Engines factor in the performance? Aren't you intentionally crippling the performance of the AMD dGPU with an Intel CPU?
As a consumer about to spend $1000 on a dGPU don't I deserve to know how an Intel CPU or an AMD cpu will impact the perfromance of my rather large investment?
Isn't that the reason that you write benchmark review articles? To educate the consumer so they make educated choices?
Doesn't deliberately ignoring AMD CPU's when benching AMD dGPU's cast a stain on your journalistic integrity?
LedHed - Saturday, May 2, 2015 - link
You are spending $1000 on GPU and $199 on a CPU?? They only test Intel CPUs because there is nothing competitive from AMD. The question of the year is why can't AMD develop anything to push innovation in the market?Troll elsewhere.
Oxford Guy - Sunday, May 3, 2015 - link
"One of the more surprising things from these tests is that we used an AMD CPU and still saw some huge results at 4K. Most people, and I would dare say 80% or more, would go Intel when building a new performance or gaming system. These days, any mid-range CPU (whether it's Intel, or AMD) will do the job just fine."http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/70/amd-radeon...
Margalus - Sunday, May 3, 2015 - link
whether some games perform well on amd cpu's isn't the question. The op is stating that if you use an AMD gpu with an Intel cpu you have crippled the gpu and get lousy performance.. He is stating that you have to use AMD gpu's with an AMD cpu if you want to get maximum performance, and this is utter bs. Intel cpu's do not cripple AMD gpu'sD. Lister - Saturday, May 2, 2015 - link
Dammit if only AMD was being competitive in its primary markets of CPU/GPU, Intel and Nvidia would be all over this. They aren't there because they know that anyone new converting to PC gaming is most likely going to have to go through them anyway.Consoles are a dying business model, thanks to the mobile gaming revolution, and the simplicity, adaptability, superior yet cheaper connectivity and hardware power of modern PC gaming. Plus all the online retailers like Steam, Origin, GoG, etc. making games cheaper for consumers while at the same time giving developers a much bigger cut of the profits. It is somewhat likely that we may see a PS5/XB2, but it is extremely unlikely that there would be another generation after that.
All that flood of new users is inevitably coming the way of PC gaming, and the PC hardware makers know that. AMD is just rushing out the gate to greet the newcomers because their rather unfortunate market position demands it.