The Importance of Being Patient

So this past week the Ryzen CPUs were released by AMD and almost immediately the Internet started taking sides. One half declared it a failure for this that and another reason, while another half chastised the first for being overly harsh, but in some cases themselves were too harsh. Now I will say that some of the reviews I have seen were... lacking in a certain level of professionalization. That's how the world is though, so move on. Here's what is worth remembering though: new hardware launches are rarely ever perfect. There are too many pieces involved for it to be perfect, and in this case many people have already been pointing out that Windows' scheduler is not treating the Ryzen processors appropriately, thinking the caches is larger than they is, and trying to move threads between modules, not just cores. Basically once Microsoft fixes these issues, performance will improve. Also once the microcode in the BIOS/UEFI gets optimized, again we will see performance improve. As the specific programs, especially games, are optimized, performance will improve. What we have now is a product in need of polish no product ever gets prior to launch. Bulldozer lacked support at first, and while I do not specifically remember it, I do not doubt the claims that when Intel launched Hyperthreading it too lacked support.
Patience is a virtue and something I believe those who already purchased Ryzen will enjoy, and those waiting to purchase it will also enjoy (especially as the process is refined and we get more performance headroom).
Oh, and something else I want to point out. Some people have been focusing very heavily on the gaming performance, saying that it is horrible and so the chips are a failure. Well, the points I made about optimization above are relevant here but I want to remind everyone of the strengths these same doomsayers point out. For professional payloads, Ryzen is performing far above its price-class. Where does that matter? Servers, where AMD has lost a lot of ground. Ryzen is the consumer chip, so imagine what the professional/server-targeting Naples CPU is going to do. AMD was suffering in many markets. In gaming it has good legs now and in professional it has strong competitors. This is still a success with still untapped potential. Let's see where it is in a month or two. Just be patient.