If TR next year does see a boost to 48 cores, running at say a base of 4.5 and boost of 5 then... well i just cannot see how anything intel currently or going to have in 2019 is going to even come close to competing with that.
I mean, they are almost totally screwed outside of some fringe cases with the new TR coming this year. Only crap software not yet updated for Ryzen will save them.
And games, cant forget games... 99.9% of all PC use is apparently gaming if you listen to what rubbish is spouted on forums like this around the web. Intel wins by miles in all gaming... apparently.
was just reading something by De8eur or similar name. They started by talking about needing GPU power to now work with 4K but the article is about his disagreement with developing excessive core count chips and should concentrate more of lower core count cpu's and making them better. I'm not a complete expert but I thought the higher the res, the less important the CPU is anyway, especially using just 1 card as Sli is not so well implemented these days, so, if you have the need for 32 core, it's hardly going to be a handicap @ 4K. Maybe he' predicting the next round of GPU's to require more CPU grunt even at 4K.
Only skimmed the article but that was the gist I got.
I've done a few tests myself and even at 1440P using a TXP and a 1070 Ti, comparing a stock 1950X to an overclocked 6700K there was hardly anything in it - a few FPS in both cases. When I switched the 1950X to gaming mode the 1070 Ti result was exactly the same as in higher clocked 6700K system. Unfortunately I never got to try the TXP with the 1950X in game mode but I expect it would have been the same
So, all this speculation on pricing, lets say the 32c lands at £1500 - who's upgrading ?
Want. Don't need. Want
I doubt I'll be buying as 16 is enough for my needs. I'm hardly pushing 16 cores now although that's more to do with lack of time.