Computer chip maker AMD continues to gather momentum as its new Ryzen series of CPUs get released, and we’ve got a full review of the now 1700 model, which is a step down from the 1800 in terms of price, but suffice to say it performed well in our rigorous torture tests. However, AMD has come up against some issues with their new chips when it comes to gaming performance, and they took to their blog Monday to put the lid on some theories as to what’s up.
First of all, AMD said in no uncertain terms that the Windows 10 “thread scheduler” was not to blame for and slowdown in performance. Likewise, they also said a popular theory that the “symmetrical multi-threading” section of the chip was to blame was also inaccurate. So what’s the problem? A lack of optimization, according to AMD. The company also said that as time goes on, that optimization will, of course, improve.
In real world terms, the problems are trifling, as our testing showed the 1800 and 1700 to be solid choices for PC builders no matter what the computer is going to be used for. Check out our full review for the AMD Ryzen 1700 here:
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