AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X review

Posted on: 08/10/2017 03:54 PM

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Yeah super weird, it's probably him, probably totally unrelated to these:

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph11697/89857.png

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph11697/89859.png

If the average FPS is 132 and it dips down to 70, what's that gonna feel like?

Not a whole lot.

Though i'm confused where you came up with specifically 132 and 70.

Again, as i said, i'd wonder if rocket league had an update since them, or nvidia drivers.

If it was a universal issue, again: I'd feel the issue, i play rocket league, and i notice stuttering, as it's possibly the most annoying thing ever.

Posted on: 08/10/2017 03:57 PM

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So you're saying your friend has an nvidia GPU and ryzen CPU and is getting stuttering? I'd wager it has nothing to do with either of them, at least by themselves. Maybe the specific GPU he is using, possibly. I state this, simply because i play rocket league, and have never had stuttering...

As to anandtech, i'd more wonder if rocket league had an update between their tests of the Ryzen and Threadripper.

He has a 1080 and 1700x. I know his BIOS is updated, I don't know how Anandtech tested, if they retested Ryzen with newer BIOS's or whatnot. But I know the issue is fairly widespread, I'm subbed to the rocketleague sub and I see people post about it every now in then looking for solutions - most people recommend turning off Nvidia's threaded optimization.

Rocket League in general seems to have some weird issues related to FPS though, especially on 144hz monitors it would seem. The netcode rate is supposedly tied to your framerate - so large swings in framerate cause more excessive stuttering then in other games where that isn't the case.

Posted on: 08/10/2017 03:58 PM

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most people recommend turning off Nvidia's threaded optimization.


I wonder if i have that disabled...

especially on 144hz monitors it would seem.

I do have that, but i also have gsync, who knows if its that's a factor either.

Posted on: 08/10/2017 04:01 PM

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Awesome review and awesome platform. Hats down to AMD, if I were to make a build now it would be X399 TR no doubt!

Posted on: 08/10/2017 04:01 PM

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I'm a little confused - despite that the latency SHOULD be worse than AM4 CPUs (more cores, more CCXs, more memory channels, bigger cache, etc resulting in slower synchronization) somehow, TR manages to outpace AM4 in latency-sensitive tasks like games. And then there are the lower core voltages. Not sure what AMD did but somehow they managed to squeeze a noteworthy amount of performance out of the same architecture.

I wonder if the power tables can be modified to help improve idle power consumption. I agree that ~100W is pretty high for idle.

I also appreciate Hilbert stressing who the target demographic is. Should hopefully be a good reality check for some people.

It's a bit weird seeing an AMD product get the "Top Pick" award.