Pretty much, poor software levelling the playing field I think. People say it has an intel bias but i'm not convinced it's really much better on that side of the fence either. I think it's fair to say though that no single company seems to run away with massive performance gains over the other in the adobe suite. Subtle differences here and there but overall broadly comparable. where one does win out it's generally by single digits percentage wise so probably not worth splitting hairs over.
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Threadripper on Zen+ 32 Cores - Launching Q3 2018
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Pretty much, poor software levelling the playing field I think. People say it has an intel bias but i'm not convinced it's really much better on that side of the fence either. I think it's fair to say though that no single company seems to run away with massive performance gains over the other in the adobe suite. Subtle differences here and there but overall broadly comparable. where one does win out it's generally by single digits percentage wise so probably not worth splitting hairs over.
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Thanks, chaps.
Bloody hell...just noticed the drop in the price of the 1920X! Twelve cores for £390!
True you can buy from OCUK the 1920X, motherboard, 16gb quad channel RAM 3000Mhz (4 dimm package) for almost the price of the 7900X right now.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen Threadripper Twelve Core 1920X 4.00GHz (Socket TR4) Processor - Retail= £389.99
- 1 x MSI X399 SLI Plus AMD X399 (Socket TR4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £279.95
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (TLRED416G3000HC16AQ= £169.99
Total: £839.93 (includes shipping: £0.00)
Also the price of the 1920X tonight is between £350 and £390 in UK which might seem "expensive" if you consider that the price in US is $249!!!!
To put in perspective the Intel pricing are,
7800X & 8700K @ £330
7820X @ £430
7900X @ £830.
7920X @ £900
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From where?
2700X is probably a better buy than a 1920X right now if you don't want to deal with the NUMA issues.
Of the new Threadrippers, the 2950X with that 4.4Ghz boost looks like a very interesting SKU and is really well priced to boot.
Of the new Threadrippers, the 2950X with that 4.4Ghz boost looks like a very interesting SKU and is really well priced to boot.
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Yup, 2950x looks like the real sweet spot.
I mainly game, but some times I have heavy VM duties for work (technical PoCs) that my Surface clearly can't handle, so this would be nice to fall back on to for those short periods.
Know nothing about this platform so mobo and ram recommendations welcome.
I have a sound blaster ae-5, so would like a mobo that focuses elsewhere as won't need any onboard sound.
Also what RAM kits?
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Same could be said for people who own a 1080ti and game at 1920*1080 or just play Fortnite, sure there's plenty of them too
My 1700 non X has been great for my mix of work and gaming, kind of sorry I didn't plump for a 19xx TR now.
If everyone towed the line then Intel would not be releasing 4+ cores on desktop, let along 8 or even 6 in mobile
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I would be really interested in this too as I'm considering a 2950x but would like to utilise RAM that I already have. I have a choice between:
- Corsair CMK32GX4M4A2400C14 Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB)
- Team Group Dark Pro "8 Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit
I'm thinking the 8 Pack gear is faster but it's dual channel?
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I have very nearly... very very nearly clicked the go button on that cheep cheep cheep 12 core...
I hope it goes sold out or something soon, i am struggling to keep away from it.
I hope it goes sold out or something soon, i am struggling to keep away from it.
Just get 2 kits of the "8 Pack Edition" and all good to go for quad channel
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Don't tell people to combine memory kits.
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Same could be said for people who own a 1080ti and game at 1920*1080 or just play Fortnite, sure there's plenty of them too
My 1700 non X has been great for my mix of work and gaming, kind of sorry I didn't plump for a 19xx TR now.
If everyone towed the line then Intel would not be releasing 4+ cores on desktop, let along 8 or even 6 in mobile
Have you seen the latest monster hunter benchmarks? You need a 1080ti to hit 60fps lol.
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Because they'll all be doing it?
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Depends what "mixing" ram means. Given how Threadripper is working, with each chip having access to it's own ram banks, assuming someone buys two identical dual channel kits (and i mean IDENTICAL in brand, speed, even manufacturing day) I wont be surprised to be non issue, compared to intel where the memory is more sensitive because is shared as whole across the CPU.
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Lets first see the Vega 64 benchmarks first
Spoiler alert! Its slower than the ti
In fact it barely beats the cheaper 1080
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Haven't because I have no interest in that game. I would argue that's a problem with that game but that's for another thread.
To conclude my input, Thread Ripper is an awesome CPU for workstation use that can game almost as well as the "vastly superior" low core count Intel alternative while offering much, much higher utility to those that can leverage those cores, at a much, much lower TCO than anything Intel can sell you. We're all looking forward to seeing how much better TR2 is
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I don't want to be buying any more RAM - does this mean the Corsair set will be the better option? What speed could I expect to achieve with that kit with a 2950x/X399?
Question not aimed solely at you, obviously.