On paper, AMD Zen looks like it's on par with, if not slightly better than, Haswells. If they can keep prices competitive, I think it'll be an easy recommendation for folks looking to upgrade. But that won't be until late 2016. The desktop market is stale right now and high end performing CPUs aren't really needed for most of the general population. Even if Zen turns out to be a great chip against Intel...who knows what the future will bring for AMD?
Set@mon is right about the the new revisions though. Ever since FioraAeterna and Magumagu implemented the JIT speedups, AMD chips have been much more viable with Dolphin emulation. Sure, there are games where it's still janky to try to play, but for the most part, it isn't completely unreasonable to recommend an FX + mobo combo for under 70 dollars for super budget builds.
Hahaha, that being said, get an Intel chip if anyone is deadset up upgrading!
Set@mon is right about the the new revisions though. Ever since FioraAeterna and Magumagu implemented the JIT speedups, AMD chips have been much more viable with Dolphin emulation. Sure, there are games where it's still janky to try to play, but for the most part, it isn't completely unreasonable to recommend an FX + mobo combo for under 70 dollars for super budget builds.
Hahaha, that being said, get an Intel chip if anyone is deadset up upgrading!