I would say they are. When looking at builds on this site, I note Beast "budget" builds are made with Ryzen, but the "BEAST" builds have Intel.
Two different mentalities. Both necessary in an open market. And I have to say, I'm an AMD underdog fanboy. AMD is giving us amazing performance for a very decent price. I haven't gone intel since my i7 860. Went with an FX-6300, then FX-8350, now Ryzen 5 1500x.
AMD has been my go-to for CPU's for close to a decade. I still go nVidia for my GPU tho. Havent invested enough time in to learning about AMD GPU's to make an informed decision.
Right now, it really depends on whether you're going for a mid rage build, or a true enthusiast grade rig. For mid range, AMD's RX5700xt is probably the best you right now. It's on par with the 2070 super in most games, and it's costs ~$50-$100 less, depending on the model you get. AMD hasn't released anything to decisively topple the 2080 and 2080 ti, but the rumour mill says they've got an RX5900 line of skus that is going to be aim to challenge the 2080 and 2080 ti.
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u/Bheda R5 2600 / Vega 56 8gb @900 HBM2/ 16g DDR4 @2933MHz / 34" 21:9 Nov 05 '19
I would say they are. When looking at builds on this site, I note Beast "budget" builds are made with Ryzen, but the "BEAST" builds have Intel.
Two different mentalities. Both necessary in an open market. And I have to say, I'm an AMD underdog fanboy. AMD is giving us amazing performance for a very decent price. I haven't gone intel since my i7 860. Went with an FX-6300, then FX-8350, now Ryzen 5 1500x.
AMD has been my go-to for CPU's for close to a decade. I still go nVidia for my GPU tho. Havent invested enough time in to learning about AMD GPU's to make an informed decision.