AMD Launches World's Most Powerful Desktop Processor: 2nd Generation Threadripper

[phill]

And before that, an IBM PS/2 could run $10k+ lol.

I had a PowerPC 604e that was roughly equivalent to the Penitium Pro at the time and that wasn't cheap either.

We're all winning at this point, no matter what you go with.

I had a PowerPC 604e+ in my Amiga 1200 many moons ago Loved that setup... Sigh....

I find it massively impressive, regardless. The core count, the power consumption. Do we need 32 cores for home PC's? Hell no! But do you want it? Hell yes!! Well, some do We are all winners with this/these CPU's for the basic reason I believe that Intel might actually lower it's prices.. I know it's a long shot and they might not, but if they loose money by people buying AMD, then who knows what might happen.

I for one would love this CPU.. Crunching cancer is a good thing but if you think there's 64 work units being done at once (250w just for arguements the power it needs) that's about 4w a thread, that's amazing Just for reference, my 5960X system @ 4Ghz @ 1.0vcore is consuming 220w.. that's about 14w a thread... I paid £1000 for this CPU back in 2015... Still no regrets even though I've not used it for 2 years and a bit, until recently.. But at least it's doing something useful now

All this CPU power we have access too and I'm pretty sure that even when gaming there will be cores of our CPUs still not being used...

 

[ToxicTaZ]

OK where do I start?

Good job AMD!

Also good job steeling Intel thunder 1 day before 9900K paper launch.

Now 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.

Personally 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

 

[efikkan]

Threadripper 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.

Now 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.

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.

Personally 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....

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.

 

[Prima.Vera]

So when can we have them benches?

 

[ToxicTaZ]

Threadripper 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.

Very true well said.

Let's see what Intel does with Quad Channel X series this year if it's anything like the upcoming Dual channel 9900K. ... Crazy benchmarks war!

Give us benchmarks please.... This is fantastic...

 

[Ruru]

Personally 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

Yeah sure. If even a poor guy like me runs quad channel, then it's not expensive.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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

What 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.

 

[gmn17]

Thrusts per second

 

[johnspack]

It's about time. My next system will be a tr. I ran amd cpus from amd286 to athlonx2 64 then had to give up and go intel. Now that I only run linux, and mainly do workstation stuff, this is a far more
logical choice than any intel cpu. Might have to run this intel piece of... for a year or 2 more, but I will have a tr.....

 

[eidairaman1]

I 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

4.4GHz

 

[Frick]

What 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.

The 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.

 

[StrayKAT]

The 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.

I can understand that for the highest end chips.. at least from my perspective. But not HEDT as a whole. In fact, I wish Intel would stop all of their product variations and simplify it.

 

[AltCapwn]

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

I 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.

 

[Crustybeaver]

I 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.

You've had dicks in your butthole?
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.

 

[AltCapwn]

You've had dicks in your butthole?
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.

No I didn't have dick in my butthole been a while I haven't bought Intel.

Well, I'm an ethical buyer; if I don't like a company attitude, I just find alternative.