*** AMD ThreadRipper ***

[Deleted member 66701]

Why? the higher up the resolution you go the less the CPU does and the more the GPU takes on??? thats why people test at lower resolution to get a picture of what performance the CPU is doing....

Higher Res you go the more the GPU does the work.

And no one with Threadripper has a poxy 1080p display anyway.

Can you imagine video editing or 3D modelling on a 1080p display?

 

[Minstadave]

Why? the higher up the resolution you go the less the CPU does and the more the GPU takes on??? thats why people test at lower resolution to get a picture of what performance the CPU is doing....

Higher Res you go the more the GPU does the work.

Whilst true it's always good to see benchmarks at resolutions people actually use, rather than extrapolating from 1080P benches.

 

[LePhuronn]

Whilst true it's always good to see benchmarks at resolutions people actually use, rather than extrapolating from 1080P benches.

Also true, but I think this may be intentional to properly end the "but Intel is king" stance. 1080p has always been that last metric in which the 9900K has always "won" (if you consider a handful of frames when you're already over 100 to be a "win"), so if Threadripper 3 can top those charts then that cements an AMD victory.

 

[LePhuronn]

Can you imagine video editing or 3D modelling on a 1080p display?

Don't dry heave at me, I don't have a choice

 

[ChrisD.]

Why?

Out of interest to see if there's any difference at all.

 

[arc@css]

TR for Gaming? well i didnt see that coming.

 

[Seearbe]

Some of those benchmark scores are insane. You look at the "poor" scores and realise those are for a 3800X. Just shows how mental these chips are. I mean those Blender times!

 

[Gandahar]

Why? the higher up the resolution you go the less the CPU does and the more the GPU takes on??? thats why people test at lower resolution to get a picture of what performance the CPU is doing....

Higher Res you go the more the GPU does the work.

That's why saying, "these are a beast for gaming" is rather misleading, your video card, assuming it is King of the Hill, is the beast for gaming in your kit, well for most games of course.

It might be a nice extra but nobody is going to spend this amount of money on them for gaming as the main reason to be.

 

[StarShock]

I've never really got the whole "x cpu is good for gaming" thing. In the vast majority of cases the question is really "will this cpu hurt gaming performance?" And for just about everything released in the last 4 years with more than 4 threads the answer is no. Aside from a few edge cases gaming is usually a non issue, as gpu and monitor will hinder you long before cpu does and more often than not you can just turn up the pretty if you do hit a cpu bottleneck.

I think it's great that these new threadrippers perform well in games, but really anything above a 3600 in the current generation and you're just splitting hairs on gaming performance.

 

[fobsta]

And no one with Threadripper has a poxy 1080p display anyway.

Can you imagine video editing or 3D modelling on a 1080p display?

Yes I can and yes I do. Lots of 'professional' software doesn't work very well with 4k displays. Maya for instance

 

[LePhuronn]

That's why saying, "these are a beast for gaming" is rather misleading, your video card, assuming it is King of the Hill, is the beast for gaming in your kit, well for most games of course.

Which applies equally to the 9900K, but everybody holds THAT CPU as the beast for gaming, and if you try to apply the logic of "you get more impact with a GPU" logic you'll get slapped down.

So these comments are made within the context of the skewed perceptions of "gaming beast" CPUs.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

 

[Panos]

He could have done bit better job using 2 rads. Not having tubes crossing across.

 

[alec]

TR for Gaming? well i didnt see that coming.

What could be the reason for such difference compared to top desktop parts? Twice the memory channels? I doubt it could be the total cache amount.
By difference I mean the solid wins in BF V and some other games in GamersNexus review

 

[Chrisc]

What could be the reason for such difference compared to top desktop parts? Twice the memory channels? I doubt it could be the total cache amount.
By difference I mean the solid wins in BF V and some other games in GamersNexus review

I dont know enough about it to answer that, the previous Threadrippers have been brilliant at certain multi tasking but always lacked in gaming.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there


I generally hear 8 Pack getting excited over Intel CPU's for his special projects, it is rarely AMD because for what Ian does generally frequency speed is very important as is memory performance.

However over the past couple of weeks this has changed, 8 Pack has being talking very highly of AMD's new Thread Ripper CPU's.

So 8 Pack has been playing with the 3960X processors and has reported back to me the following:

- 4.50GHz single boost as advertised, this is important because Ryzen 3 rarely hits it single core boost underload, whereas Thread Ripper does so underload, sometimes even more than one core.
- 4.3GHz all core over clock, which for a 24/48 processor is rather amazing, its a solid 500MHz above what the last generation thread ripper could achieve.
- 256Gb RAM at 3200MHz stable using the Corsair 64Gb dual channel Vengeance Pro RGB kits.
- 128Gb RAM at 3600MHz stable using the 8 Pack 64Gb quad channel Samsung B-Die kits.


We are excited to test the 3970X in the coming weeks as it is no doubt better binned so should be able to achieve higher boost and higher all core clock potentially, particular impressive for a 32/64 part.

Remember these are aimed at HEDT market, but due to the much improved frequency boost and overclocking results along with improved IPC and memory frequency they of course game exceptionally well too.





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[ChrisD.]

@Gibbo when are the TR boards arriving?

 

[bakes0310]

If I had money, I would make a gaming pc out of this just for something a bit different, alas I am broke lol

 

[Gerard]

Says arriving before christmas on here but on the pre-order page it says arriving december 31st, for the cpu's at least.

 

[Gibbo]

@Gibbo when are the TR boards arriving?

Any day.