5960x Compared to 2990WX

[Len Dananey]

Hey guys,

I was told the other day to hold out for the new Intel CPU's which are out quite soon, however I have read up on these new Cpu's and I may be wrong but they are not very impressive according to reviews. (Expected not very good going by the released spec sheets). I do want to upgrade my CPU and motherboard and pretty certain all the rest will work fine still. I watched a few videos on the 2990WX and it looks really decent, am I wrong? For gaming purposes is this a complete waste of time moving to that CPU?

Thanks

 

[Len Dananey]

For gaming that is the wrong direction really - with workstation/server CPUs there are all kinds of potential cross core latency and scheduling considerations coupled with the often lower max boost clocks in tasks which aren't utilising the full number of cores the CPU can offer. I would say that was a side-grade at best for gaming.

Oh ok thank you Rroff. Are there any CPU's you would change to if you currently had a 5960x mate? Or should I wait for the new Intel chips like I was told. I am not saying they are wrong, not at all I have not bought a chip for 3 years so I am behind the times with them.

 

[Len Dananey]

For gaming purposes a silly move IMHO. A very decent upgrade would be either a 9900k or 3900x. Both have massively better clock speeds and improved IPC.

How do you find your 3900x mate?

 

[Len Dananey]

Some benchmarks here that show both CPUs - with atleast some attempt to make the 2990WX run better in games (some reviews don't use the best RAM or test with gaming mode, etc.)

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_threadripper_2990wx_review,24.html

Oh wow that is a useless upgrade then for gaming, thank you mate.

 

[Len Dananey]

That is a good point actually - I was kind of assuming overclocking in play but if you aren't into overclocking a move from a 5960X to a 3900X would represent a fairly decent upgrade for gaming. (Something like 3.5 v 4.6 boost clocks difference alone).

EDIT: Aslong as you don't have issues with the 3900X and boosting hehe.

Yes my 5960x is overclocked to 4.5ghz stable mate. Thanks for the advice, I will have a think.