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How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?

487 points · 206 comments · ibobev

  1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
    I Picked a threadripper for a box that needed a lot of IO and figured that with that many PCI lanes I couldn't go wrong. But I have to admit I've been more than pleasantly surprised by the performance of the CPU as well, it - easily - outperforms all of the XEON and I7 based boxes that I have. The only thing I wished I would have done different is to max it out with 256G DIMMs when they weren't the price of a car.
    1. jamesforestwest · · focus · HN ↗
      Threadripper is underrated for IO-heavy boxes. I made the same mistake with RAM prices, though; should have maxed it out when it was cheap
      1. eptcyka · · focus · HN ↗
        Ye, that's like saying one should've bought Amazon, Apple and Google stock when it was low.
        1. etiennebausson · · focus · HN ↗
          That is only true if you only look at the market value of an asset.

          One is a tool, the other is a speculative financial asset.

          1. lowdownbutter · · focus · HN ↗
            That's why I'm all in on hammers. Garage full of them.
            1. throwaway173738 · · focus · HN ↗
              Different kinds too? You never know when you might need a ball peen hammer or a soft faced hammer or a rubber or deadblow mallet or a framing hatchet. Why take the chance?
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