ToxicTaZNow its Intel turn, time to see what 28 cores 5GHz does to complete. It will louse in multicore benchmarks for sure but single core with superior IPC and 5GHz will make it interesting.

ToxicTaZPersonally don't care about Quad Channel setups it only for the rich. Quad channels set up could cost you $10G especially if you take advantage of 64GB to 128GB of RAM that it can do....

efikkanThreadripper 2950X appears like a nice refinement of 1950X, but 2990WX is really a mixed bag, with two CCXs lacking direct access to memory, certain workloads are clearly bottlenecked by bandwidth and/or latency. Users considering 2970WX/2990WX should take a careful look at scaling in benchmarks before buying.


You do know the 5 GHz 28-core was an overclock, right?

It will certainly not suck in multicore scaling. Remember that i9-7900X (10 cores) is more than capable of running against Threadripper 1950X (16-core) in average performance, and Cascade Lake-X/SP is coming soon to refresh Skylake-X/SP, LGA 2066 may feature up to 22 cores and LGA 3647 28 cores, higher max TDP, etc. Their upcoming 20/22 core models will be interesting competitors to Threadripper 2990WX, the LGA 3647 will scale beyond that…

This is going to anger many of those who are celebrating today, but we should in fact celebrate both. This is the first time (ever? at least since Athlon64) we see some competition in HEDT, even though both AMD and Intel will just be moving server CPUs into the HEDT segment in 2018.


Really? Quad channel isn't that expensive, even with today's inflated DRAM prices, especially if you go for JEDEC speeds. You don't have to go for 4000 MHz memory, in fact there are very few advantages of doing so. For performance and stability, quad channel 2666 MHz is preferred over dual channel 4000 MHz. And don't forget HEDT CPUs don't have to use all four channels, you can start out with two and upgrade later.

Still, do you even need it? That's up to you and your use case. You have to have a pretty memory intensive workload to max out dual channel 2666 MHz, and will certainly not in gaming.

ToxicTaZPersonally don't care about Quad Channel setups it only for the rich. Quad channels set up could cost you $10G especially if you take advantage of 64GB to 128GB of RAM that it can do.... And don't forget about SLI and Crossfire both 16x full speed lanes.....I only dream about crazy hardware.

Good old Dual channel is where it's at for us cheap guys lol

FrickThere's nothing unfortunate about it, consumer desktops have no business running this, just as they have no business running anything HEDT.

Durvelle27I wonder how they got the 16 Core to click higher than the 12 Core. I’d think the lower core model would click the best

lexluthermiesterWhat business is it of yours what people run in their home PC's? The answer you're looking for is "none". Some people want top shelf parts and can afford the price.

FrickThe argument was it was bad that it was so expensive because then it wouldn't end up in desktop consumer systems, where it sinply doesn't belong. But sure, if people want an overclocked 2990wx as an office PC I won't stop them, but it would be bloddy stupid and a waste of resources.

CrustybeaverNah, Intel is the sensible choice if all you do is game.

altcapwnI don't encourage Intel. They abused too much of their monopoly and just can't stand being a sheep that still buy them CPUs after all the dicks they've put in our butthole.

And as of performance vs price, Ryzen is a better choice, except for the i5-8400 which has a very good perf vs price.

CrustybeaverYou've had dicks in your butthole? :eek:
I encourage CPUs that work best for my needs, if we were basing on ethical reasoning Amazon would never get a look in. Fact is if you only game Intel is the best option.