TechPowerUp's Best of 2017

[VSG]

Before we say farewell and adieu to 2017, join the editors of TechPowerUp on a trip down memory lane as we look back at each of our specific review categories. The first annual TechPowerUp best of article aims to recognize products that held up to the hype, and in some cases even managed to surprise and over-deliver.

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[qubit]

Best of TPU 2017: qubit.

 

[natr0n]

 

[rtwjunkie]

Just a little typo, the winner of best GPU: its Lightning, isn't it, not Lighting? Or was that an RGB joke? I never know.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Overall great article

 

[VSG]

Just a little typo, the winner of best GPU: its Lightning, isn't it, not Lighting? Or was that an RGB joke? I never know.

Sadly not a joke, although I could swear that was lightning before. Fixed it now, thanks!

 

[xkm1948]

We should do a "best TPU reviewer" lol

 

[BumbleBee]

cool

 

[djisas]

We should do a "best TPU reviewer" lol

But then everyone would vote Wizard...

 

[xkm1948]

But then everyone would vote Wizard...

i vote cadaveca

 

[4x4n]

Really enjoyed article, great idea and well done.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Really hope ASRock starts the OC Formula line again in mainstream instead of spreading FATAL1TY out.

 

[Chaitanya]

But then everyone would vote Wizard...

nope, I would vote for VSG.

 

[notb]

Not amazed by the fact that all awarded keyboards and mice are wired. And the cases are pretty big.
Other than that... fairly expected results.

 

[Enterprise24]

Really hope ASRock starts the OC Formula line again in mainstream instead of spreading FATAL1TY out.

Yup I also wonder where are Z370 OC Formula , Z370 SOC Force and Z370 XPower.

ASUS is the only option now for overclocking motherboard with their M10A.

 

[v12dock]

i vote cadaveca

You are both wrong I vote crmaris

 

[kruk]

If it weren't for the mining boom AMD's PC GPU division would be in trouble, and I wouldn't be surprised if the company just gave up on the PC gaming market at some point to free up resources for making better console chips.

It seems that they were already transitioning to this since Polaris launch. Best Polaris chips went to the Pro market and consumers just got the overvolted, barely OCable and cutdown scraps. Polaris 11 is a prime example of this. Just look up some benchmarks what Radeon Pro 460 can do at 35W. It's like 15% slower than the RX 460 at 50% of it's power consumption!

With Vega dGPUs the trend not only continues but it has gotten much much worse since now even the supply seems to be extremely scarce. No custom cards seem be launching anytime soon and Vega Nano is completely MIA.

I really miss the HD 7000 days when they kicked some serious ass and the selection of proper AMD gaming dGPUs was huge.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

It seems that they were already transitioning to this since Polaris launch. Best Polaris chips went to the Pro market and consumers just got the overvolted, barely OCable and cutdown scraps. Polaris 11 is a prime example of this. Just look up some benchmarks what Radeon Pro 460 can do at 35W. It's like 15% slower than the RX 460 at 50% of it's power consumption!

With Vega dGPUs the trend not only continues but it has gotten much much worse since now even the supply seems to be extremely scarce. No custom cards seem be launching anytime soon and Vega Nano is completely MIA.

I really miss the HD 7000 days when they kicked some serious ass and the selection of proper AMD gaming dGPUs was huge.

Crap...if this turns out to be ultimately true in the distant future, does that mean people will either have to use integrated graphics or buy Nvidia GPUs if they want to do some gaming?

C'mon AMD!

 

[Fluffmeister]

That's why i love PCs, you can easily buy a Vega 56 for $399 and not need to shell out 5k for the baseline Apple iMac Pro.

 

[hapkiman]

You gotta admit, 2017 was one hell of a year for the pc enthusiasts crowd. Wow. So much stuff.....great CPUs from both Intel and AMD, awesome GPUs from red and green teams....here's hoping 2018 gives even more.

 

[dgianstefani]

How predictable that techpowerup picks a PSU that they were "involved" in making, instead of the clear best - Seasonic Prime Titanium series. Try to keep it objective...

 

[VSG]

How predictable that techpowerup picks a PSU that they were "involved" in making, instead of the clear best - Seasonic Prime Titanium series. Try to keep it objective...

Let's say that is objectively the winner for argument's sake. The editor did not cover the Seasonic PRIME Titanium PSUs here this year though, and my instructions to everyone was to name those they have covered here. There was one exception to this, but even that was tested separately here, just not given a dedicated review.

 

[HammerON]

Thanks for doing this "Best of 2017" - was a nice read

 

[jaggerwild]

Very nice read n walk down memory lane, CHEERS to ALL!

 

[avatar_raq]

We would, as such, like to see more chairs out of a mesh material. Lumbar support and a good headrest, or good neck support, are also vital. Having head- and lumbar support be adjustable so as to be properly utilizable by all users, tall or short, is important as well since most users spend countless hours a day in their chair. A tall backrest with a fully adjustable up/down and forward/backwards function in combination with a headrest that is capable of a tilt would be great also.

Could not have said it better myself!