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AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

GAC said:
now for the fun one, how much for the weee beastie, online prices the cheapest threadripper 16 core 2950x is £812, but going from 8 to 12 cores on ryzen 3000 is only $100 more but id feel $600 would be too low compared with threadripper, if they did do it for $600 though intels toast.
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i reckon $680 .....place you bets please!
 
i would expect somewhere in the range 650-800, 600 seems just too low unless they are going to end of line 16 core threadrippers from now on, but even then why would you undercut yourself.
 
easyrider said:
3800x $399 8/16
3900x $499 12/24
3950x $599 16/32 ?
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*If* they do 16 core Ryzen this generation, and it is a big if in my view, there is no way in hell it's only a $100 premium.

I would expect it to be minimum $200 premium, and wouldn't really expect it to be below $750.

I think they'd be silly to launch it though. Higher binned dies (and they will be short of dies) should be going to EPYC and TR4. Margins are way higher, and additional market share gained on enthusiast will be minuscule, from having a 16 core (given they already have 12 and Intel only have 8).

Of course, they could launch it early next year (CES?) when hopefully they have way more supply. But Intel still won't be competing, and they'll have Zen 3 to sell this time next year ... so, still, why do it?
 
Sooner the better for me, to get people on the AMD platform. AMD cant be waiting around because those waiting around for Intel's next gen wont have as long to wait, making it worth waiting for :)

Strike while the iron's hot!
 
That’s base clock of 3.5Ghz is a tad low. If the 105W is right, they might be doing it to keep heat and power down.

The 3800X or 3900X, would likely be better for gaming with the better base clocks. As a single core 4.7Ghz isn’t going to help much in many new titles that use more than 1-2 cores.
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
That’s base clock of 3.5Ghz is a tad low. If the 105W is right, they might be doing it to keep heat and power down.

The 3800X or 3900X, would likely be better for gaming with the better base clocks. As a single core 4.7Ghz isn’t going to help much in many new titles that use more than 1-2 cores.
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Don’t think the target for 3950x is gamers...
 
anthony99 said:
16c/32 threads ....4.7ghz if true sounds an awesome prospect
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My mate is building a prosumer build at the moment, not quite dedicated enough for a pure HEDT build, but does a lot of video editing and encoding; something like this would be perfect for him, even if it is complete overkill for gaming...

He is already more or less set on grabbing the 3900, if this 3950X comes out for 600-650, he may pay the extra for this.

He very nearly built a 2700X machine, I think he is quite glad he has waited, as its looking like he may end up with something that lasts him considerably longer.
 
I think the 3950X will end up at $649.99. More than that and it'll be unpalatable, below that and it'll canabalise Threadripper and 12c sales. Bet it'll target streamers too, rather than gamers.
 
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