Re: [LAU] AMD Ryzen

On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:46:48 -1000, David Jones wrote:
>On Mar 2, 2017 11:29, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>
>> This is now out in the wild, and I've seen the first review running
>> under Windows. It seems to be coming out fairly well, but apparently
>> not quite as good as comparable Intel processors when running with
>> small buffer sizes.
>>
>> I wasn't entirely clear as to whether that was a specific issue for
>> the way Windows manages buffers, or not.
>>
>> Has anyone had an opportunity to try one under Linux? I'm thinking
>> ov getting a replacement machine sometime this year as my current
>> DAW is about 8 years old and starting to do odd things :(
>
>From the review I read, Ryzen seems to give just about the same or
>better performance as corresponding Intel CPUs (8 core<>8 core, etc).
>At about half the cost of the Intel chip.
>
>I've run AMD and Intel chips. I think for audio work they're about the
>same. If I have to replace my present AMD machine, I'd go for a Ryzen.
>Gotta get a new motherboard either way and don't have the Intel $$$ in
>the budget right now.

In my experiences the interaction of a computer's components are
important in regards to audio performance. Btw. my new 2,8 GHz slow
dual-core Intel computer, as cheap as an AMD, provides super good
latency for a hardcore virtual synth test song. The latency is less
good, but still at good usable 128 frames based latency, for a
real project with around 40 longer than ten minutes in parallel played
wav files. The hardware doesn't cause issues, even while the audio
interfaces share their IRQs. In regards to audio I never had such a
reliable AMD based computer. The previous dual-core AMD CPU was
clocked at 2,1 GHz, so at least the clock wasn't really slower, but e.g.
the RAM was slower and even while the important hardware components
didn't share IRQs, it cause serious issues. If we need a car for
furniture hauling a roadster with more kW than a lorry is not the
appropriate car. I don't know what are good combinations of components
to get a good audio computer, but I wouldn't focus too much on the CPU.
I suspect that the CPU not that often is the bottleneck.

Regards,
Ralf
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