Loop Capital Markets' Betsy Van Hees argued
in a research report in early February that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD)'s stock is "being priced to perfection," and there is zero room for any
missteps in 2017.
Unfortunately for AMD's investors, the stock was trading lower by more than 2.50 percent on Thursday; there appears to be some
early indications that its 2017 performance won't be as perfect as many had hoped.
Negative News
According to PC Gamer, AMD's much anticipated Ryzen 7 product
isn't all it's cracked up to be. Specifically, the AMD's CPUs have been trailing Intel's performance over the past 10 years, and
nothing has changed with the Ryzen 7.
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A Low Bar With Disappointing Guidance
PC Gamer argued further argued that the Ryzen 7 offers plenty of
power but also an "underwhelming" gaming performance.
"With the huge strides in performance relative to the archaic (in CPU terms) FX-8370 Vishera chip, I expected Ryzen to achieve
parity with Intel's X99 processors," PC Gamer wrote. "It gets there in the CPU-centric tests, but falls well short on gaming
performance. And I don't really have a good explanation, other than the feeling I keep getting that Ryzen was pushed out the door
before it was truly ready."
At last check, shares of AMD were down 5.55 percent at $14.13.
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