AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990X Makes an Appearance on 3DMark

[btarunr]

It's becoming clear that AMD is naming its 32-core flagship HEDT processor Ryzen Threadripper 2990X. The chip was even listed on a German online retailer for a little over 1,500€, which if it turns out to be true, could spell doom and gloom for Intel's Core X HEDT processor lineup, as it could demolish the price-performance equations of every Intel SKU priced 1,000€ and above.

Thai PC enthusiast Tum Apisak scored a screenshot of this chip lurking around on 3DMark database. The screenshot hints at the possible clock speeds of the 2990X, with a rather healthy nominal clocks of 3.00 GHz, with boost frequencies of 3.80 GHz. XFR 2.0 could automatically overclock the chip even beyond the boost frequency, if your cooling is up to the task. The screenshot also reveals that this database submission was made by someone testing the processor, as a prototype motherboard codenamed "Whitehaven OPS rev B CF4" is listed. AMD is expected to launch its 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper HEDT processors, based on the 12 nm "Zen+" architecture, some time in Q3-2018.



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[kastriot]

 

[Nephilim666]

My body (and cooling) is ready

 

[phanbuey]

what a time to be alive.

 

[dj-electric]

Still waiting for motherboards that could truly handle this beast, mostly under OC.
None exist just yet

 

[springs113]

Still waiting for motherboards that could truly handle this beast, mostly under OC.
None exist just yet

I beg to differ, the vrms on my three zenith are more than capable of handling this beast. Don't believe me? Then go look at gamers nexus board review.

 

[aktpu]

springs113, Well actually, if you watch Buildzoids thoughts on 32 core Threadripper, he says Zenith Extreme is not enough.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Mmm...tempting but I will wait for the 7nm one, anyway GJ AMD things are looking good

 

[phill]

I am liking this...

 

[dj-electric]

I beg to differ, the vrms on my three zenith are more than capable of handling this beast. Don't believe me? Then go look at gamers nexus board review.

Calling @buildzoid to tell you how great the Zenith's 8-phase system would handle over 500W of CPU power.
If he won't come from the sound of the forest horns, he left a message about it.

 

[Caring1]

Calling @buildzoid to tell you how great the Zenith's 8-phase system would handle over 500W of CPU power.
If he won't come from the sound of the forest horns, he left a message about it.

I would have thought the larger VRM of the Asrock Taichi could have coped well with this chip.

 

[dj-electric]

I would have thought the larger VRM of the Asrock Taichi could have coped well with this chip.

Technically that system should handle a stock 2990X at full load.

 

[er557]

once unlocked, each of my two xeons pull about 300W, and the motherboard has dual 9 phase vrm with a not-so-much heatsinks, should I be worried? though the platform should have been designed to handle even e5-2699 v4 or more, socket 2011-v3 max tdp is about 220W, I haven't noticed any abnormal temps on any motherboard sensors on load. May I add there is no overclock, only what is called power-cut (ignore tdp limit)

 

[Metroid]

Mmm...tempting but I will wait for the 7nm one, anyway GJ AMD things are looking good

yeah, is so close to 7nm, no point upgrading now, the wait for 7nm will be worth and will last for at least 3 years down the line on top.

 

[RejZoR]

It used to be cool when you went for CPU with 2 cores more than mainstream. Now the mainstream are almost these monsters already lol. When I'll be upgrading the system again next time, 8 core, 16 threads CPU's will be the lowest end models if we continue at this rate. AMD really nailed the MOAR CORES this time around.

 

[Xaled]

Thats why i kept my i5 2500k for almost 7 years.. ..i will use every single mhz of these 32 cores / 64 threads

 

[LemmingOverlord]

i like the fact that it says "Genuine Intel"... lol

 

[Joss]

I wonder if we could use the second (counting from top down) PCIe 3.0 x16 with a single GPU for the sake of air cooler compatibility.