Thursday, September 5th 2019
Intel Core i9-9900KS to be Available from October
Intel's panic response to the 3rd generation Ryzen processor series, the Core i9-9900KS, will be generally available in October. The company will extensively market it as the best processor money can buy for gaming, and the specs to support that claim are formidable - 8-core/16-thread, with an all-core Turbo Boost frequency of 5.00 GHz. Intel will also actively publicize the growing clamor against real-world boost frequencies of 3rd gen Ryzen processors falling short of what's advertised, as detailed in the slide below. "5 GHz means 5 GHz" could be a prominent catchphrase of the chip's marketing, highlighting the all-core boost clocks. This chip is based on the existing 14 nm++ "Coffee Lake Refresh" silicon, but is likely its topmost bin.
Intel didn't, however, specify the TDP or pricing of the processor. The TDP is bound to be higher than that of the i9-9900K, as it would take a lot more power to sustain 5.00 GHz across all 8 cores. Intel may also try to retake the $499 price-point. The company may time the launch of this chip to closely follow AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core/32-thread processor launch, which is due later this month. Intel's performance numbers for the i9-9900KS focus squarely on gaming and applications relevant to home users or PC enthusiasts. The i9-9900KS ships in a similar-looking acrylic case as the i9-9900K, with "Special Edition" branding on the front face. The retail package continues to lack a cooling solution.
Source:
Guru3D
Intel didn't, however, specify the TDP or pricing of the processor. The TDP is bound to be higher than that of the i9-9900K, as it would take a lot more power to sustain 5.00 GHz across all 8 cores. Intel may also try to retake the $499 price-point. The company may time the launch of this chip to closely follow AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core/32-thread processor launch, which is due later this month. Intel's performance numbers for the i9-9900KS focus squarely on gaming and applications relevant to home users or PC enthusiasts. The i9-9900KS ships in a similar-looking acrylic case as the i9-9900K, with "Special Edition" branding on the front face. The retail package continues to lack a cooling solution.
159 Comments on Intel Core i9-9900KS to be Available from October
X570 does nothing tangible beyond niche application, epeen, and using 30-40 more W of power. Perhaps take your blinders off?
www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-3900x-tested-on-cheap-b350-motherboard/2.html
The Intel fanboism that's coming off of @Turmania is seriously stinking up this thread. Go ahead, pay more money for that so-called "best of the best performance" from Intel; I don't care. Now that I look back on my 8700K purchase decision I now see that I made a big mistake.
There is none....... why we must be comparing apples and oranges. If we compare like to like AMD uses less power, is cheaper, and offers the same performance. So...... Average Joe user would choose a B or X4xx series board and a 3700 and spend their savings on a better GPU.
When folks use nm, cores. whichlake and this and that technical jargon ... all I see is that they don't want to tak about performance.
If ya using PhotoShop for Photo Editing the only thing you concern yourself is this.... tpucdn.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-3900x/images/photoshop.png
If ya using Premiere for video editing the only thing you concern yourself with is this.... tpucdn.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-3900x/images/premiere-pro.png
If ya using Office Suites to get woirk done the only thing you concern yourself with is the differences (0.1 seconds) between the two are too small to be relevant
If ya using Brain Neuron Simulation the only thing you concern yourself with is this.... tpucdn.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-3900x/images/digicortex.png
If ya using Brain Neuron Simulation the only thing you concern yourself with is this ... tpucdn.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-3900x/images/relative-performance-games-2560-1440.png
If ya talking about nm, cores and codenames ... it's ony because you don't want to talk about the above. If I buy a tool, how many volts, amps , handle material, yada tada yada, the only thing that matters is which one finishes the job faster, what it costs me and how long before I gotta get a new one.
a lot of the board's support CPU less bios updates so I suppose asking someone to download or have firmware downloaded onto a USB and inserting a USB into a computer is beyond the scope of their intelligence but not building the machine fine-tuning tweaking overclocking.....the reality that you live in does not match the one that I've seen on these forums or experienced in real life.
All I hear is Intel this and Intel that from you, your Intel fanboyism is shining through here big time.
With that being said, my next build in a year or two will be an all AMD build simply because I cannot condone giving more money to those greedy bastards that are Intel and nVidia.