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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X review
Posted by: on: 08/13/2018 03:00 PM [
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Perhaps the sweetest of the new Threadripper Gen2 releases is what we review here, the new 16-core / 32-thread Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. With a base clock of 3.5 GHz and Turbo to 4.4 GHz, this is a mean crunching machine!
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vbetts
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:10 PM
Holy wow oh wow.
Holy wow oh wow.
Koniakki
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:21 PM
^ vbetts is right! WOW! What a CPU!
^ vbetts is right! WOW! What a CPU!
sverek
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:24 PM
Developers better start improving software to support
Developers better start improving software to support
sexy
amount of cores.
SniperX
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:36 PM
Holy balls! Eye-watering numbers everywhere
Holy balls! Eye-watering numbers everywhere
m4dn355
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:38 PM
Freakin' awesome!
Great review Double H
Freakin' awesome!
Great review Double H
MorganX
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:42 PM
Great to see the power AMD has put in consumers hands at ridiculous prices. Unfortunately, until someone squeezes TR into ITX (never?) I'm happy with my 2700X. I actually don't need to overclock anymore.
Great to see the power AMD has put in consumers hands at ridiculous prices. Unfortunately, until someone squeezes TR into ITX (never?) I'm happy with my 2700X. I actually don't need to overclock anymore.
cowie
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:48 PM
damn right we have plenty of cores for the masses now.
Developers better start improving software to support
sexy
amount of cores.damn right we have plenty of cores for the masses now.
vbetts
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:50 PM
\I want to see Doom Eternal, scaling on all 64 threads of the WX.
Or, you could do what Linus did with his 8 gamers on one rig. Give 8 VM's with their own dedicated GPU, and hard drive and memory 8 threads.
damn right we have plenty of cores for the masses now.
\I want to see Doom Eternal, scaling on all 64 threads of the WX.
Or, you could do what Linus did with his 8 gamers on one rig. Give 8 VM's with their own dedicated GPU, and hard drive and memory 8 threads.
mnemo05
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:50 PM
what an absolute beast. good job amd!
what an absolute beast. good job amd!
Koniakki
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:51 PM
Btw the AMD TR 1920X is €408.90 on amazon!
There's also a used X399 Prime-A for €208. €616 for 12C/24T combo!
I need to go offline before I do something impulsive I might regret.
*disables ethernet
Btw the AMD TR 1920X is €408.90 on amazon!
There's also a used X399 Prime-A for €208. €616 for 12C/24T combo!
I need to go offline before I do something impulsive I might regret.
*disables ethernet
vbetts
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 03:53 PM
Any testing done with the CoolerMaster sourced Wraith Ripper?
Any testing done with the CoolerMaster sourced Wraith Ripper?
TurboMan
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:07 PM
Nice work AMD... Too bad I only care for gaming performance.
Nice work AMD... Too bad I only care for gaming performance.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:07 PM
Works quite well, but it's rather light and bright and blocks the main x16 slot on the ASUS board. I might do a quick article on it separately. Honestly, these CPUs deserve at least LCS though.
Any testing done with the CoolerMaster sourced Wraith Ripper?
Works quite well, but it's rather light and bright and blocks the main x16 slot on the ASUS board. I might do a quick article on it separately. Honestly, these CPUs deserve at least LCS though.
Spider4423
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:09 PM
On page 7. Why is the tRC 73 rather than 48 as shown in the XMP profile ?
@Hilbert Hagedoorn
On page 7. Why is the tRC 73 rather than 48 as shown in the XMP profile ?
@Hilbert Hagedoorn
RavenMaster
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:16 PM
Seems like the 2950X will be the better CPU for gaming.
Seems like the 2950X will be the better CPU for gaming.
schmidtbag
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:19 PM
For the 2990WX, I'm impressed that the single-threaded and memory benchmarks didn't suffer much considering the CCX configuration. Seems the InfinityFabric is much more efficient than I gave it credit for. As far as I'm concerned, if you could get past 3200MHz for the RAM, you'd see a pretty hefty performance increase, but I'm aware TRs don't tend to like going higher than that.
Also those overclock wattage numbers... holy crap, this is a CPU I would opt to keep at stock speeds, especially considering you don't really get much of a boost out of it...
For the 2990WX, I'm impressed that the single-threaded and memory benchmarks didn't suffer much considering the CCX configuration. Seems the InfinityFabric is much more efficient than I gave it credit for. As far as I'm concerned, if you could get past 3200MHz for the RAM, you'd see a pretty hefty performance increase, but I'm aware TRs don't tend to like going higher than that.
Also those overclock wattage numbers... holy crap, this is a CPU I would opt to keep at stock speeds, especially considering you don't really get much of a boost out of it...
wavetrex
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:34 PM
Ripping in pieces every other processor before it, professional, consumer or anything else.
The most powerful CPU ever made. (so far)
Ripping in pieces every other processor before it, professional, consumer or anything else.
The most powerful CPU ever made. (so far)
HWgeek
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:35 PM
Thanks for the great review.
Just for Fun- Look at Tom's review for load power consumption of 2990WX VS i9 7980XE - its 250W vs 282W!!! LOL.
Intel just overclocking their CPU's, OMG dont want to think about their "upcoming" 28 core
.
Thanks for the great review.
Just for Fun- Look at Tom's review for load power consumption of 2990WX VS i9 7980XE - its 250W vs 282W!!! LOL.
Intel just overclocking their CPU's, OMG dont want to think about their "upcoming" 28 core
.
schmidtbag
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:37 PM
Ripping in pieces every other processor before it, professional, consumer or anything else.
The most powerful CPU ever made. (so far)
Maybe not unanimously - the 32-core Epycs would probably win in some benchmarks, particularly related to memory (they have 8 memory channels).
Won't be long until the 64-core Epycs come along. It's a little difficult to wrap your head around a single x86 CPU with 128 threads, especially when you consider there are quad-socket motherboards out there that should support them.
Ripping in pieces every other processor before it, professional, consumer or anything else.
The most powerful CPU ever made. (so far)
Maybe not unanimously - the 32-core Epycs would probably win in some benchmarks, particularly related to memory (they have 8 memory channels).
Won't be long until the 64-core Epycs come along. It's a little difficult to wrap your head around a single x86 CPU with 128 threads, especially when you consider there are quad-socket motherboards out there that should support them.
Solfaur
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:40 PM
Insane in the membrane... what a proc, wow just wow. AMD is truly, truly back.
Insane in the membrane... what a proc, wow just wow. AMD is truly, truly back.
chispy
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:44 PM
Great reviews as always Hilbert , good read , thank you for the very in depth reviews.
I cannot wipe my big smile off my face after reading the review of the 2990wx , that Cinebench R15 score it's nuts , wprime was so fast i believe Hilbert you did not have time to blink before it was finished . What AMD has done it's absolutely marvelous and nothing short of amazing !
Incredible cpus , over at hwbot overclocking benchmarks world records are falling left and right right now with this cpus , what a beautiful day it is to be a geek , nothing but hwporn .
@Hilbert Hagedoorn did you try to overclock the ram as high as could go and or tight timings ? Please can you try it if you have not done so and update us with the information on the scaling of memory mhz and Cas latency tight timings versus loose timings , i believe there is some great gains to be had but i do not have a cpu 2990wx to test it for myself. Thank you in advanced.
Kind Regards: Chispy
Great reviews as always Hilbert , good read , thank you for the very in depth reviews.
I cannot wipe my big smile off my face after reading the review of the 2990wx
, that Cinebench R15 score it's nuts , wprime was so fast i believe Hilbert you did not have time to blink before it was finished . What AMD has done it's absolutely marvelous and nothing short of amazing !Incredible cpus , over at hwbot overclocking benchmarks world records are falling left and right right now with this cpus , what a beautiful day it is to be a geek , nothing but hwporn
.@Hilbert Hagedoorn did you try to overclock the ram as high as could go and or tight timings ? Please can you try it if you have not done so and update us with the information on the scaling of memory mhz and Cas latency tight timings versus loose timings , i believe there is some great gains to be had but i do not have a cpu 2990wx to test it for myself. Thank you in advanced.
Kind Regards: Chispy
Embra
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 04:51 PM
Very impressive beast of a CPU!
Very impressive beast of a CPU!
Srsbsns
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 05:01 PM
I thought the extreme versions of timespy supported high thread counts? If so its time to upgrade the testing tool set.
I thought the extreme versions of timespy supported high thread counts? If so its time to upgrade the testing tool set.
tunejunky
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Posted on: 08/13/2018 05:16 PM
thanks HH, thorough as usual.
even more impressive is a 4k Blender run. watch you tube content guys go nuts in the coming days and weeks.
i've seen the 2950x do 5X the speed of the i-9 (space heater).
and i'm gonna pre-order the EK monoblock as soon as they announce
thanks HH, thorough as usual.
even more impressive is a 4k Blender run. watch you tube content guys go nuts in the coming days and weeks.
i've seen the 2950x do 5X the speed of the i-9 (space heater).
and i'm gonna pre-order the EK monoblock as soon as they announce
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