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Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Is Sampling (According To AMD slide)
The past few weeks we've talked a lot about the Zen+ update for Ryzen, we all know that Threadripper will be undergoing that same amount of TLC. A public slide from AMD now confirms that Ryzen Threadripper 2900X, 2920X and 2950X are sampling.
Earlier on a document already leaked out, sharing the existence of the three mega-core procs. For Threadripper Gen2 you can expect a refresh of the current line-up; an 8-core Threadripper 2900X, a 12-core Threadripper 2920X and of course a 16-core Threadripper 2950X. AMD will apply the same Zen+ tweaks to the processors; including memory latency optimizations and higher clock speeds. This is going to be huge for Threadripper.
The Threadripper 2000 series is based on the new Ryzen 2nd Gen Pinnacle Ridge dies aka Zen+, and hopefully can achieve the same clocks as the Gen 2 Ryzen counterparts with turbos to the 4200 and 4300 MHz ranges. You should be able to see the same memory improvements on latency as well as higher frequency support. Earlier on it was indicated that Threadripper 2000 will hit the market in Q3, meaning likely at the AMD Computex press conference, they will announce that. BTW, before we begin another long discussion, dates are always a thing with AMD slides, simply put they reuse them all the time ergo, this one mentions 2017. We've verified the slide original, from a media presentation on Ryzen PRO last week.
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#5546649 Posted on: 05/14/2018 05:15 PM
i have played with the engineering sample (under heavy scrutiny) of the 2900X.
chills went down my spine... and when i heard about advanced cooling support for the TR4, i got giddy.
it was on an open frame workbench with a 420mm radiator from a major manufacturer.
i have played with the engineering sample (under heavy scrutiny) of the 2900X.
chills went down my spine... and when i heard about advanced cooling support for the TR4, i got giddy.
it was on an open frame workbench with a 420mm radiator from a major manufacturer.
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#5546654 Posted on: 05/14/2018 05:32 PM
AMD saved us all last year from the monopoly, but that isn't enough as they need to keep giving people reasons to upgrade.
I just hope consumers buy their products so they have the money to keep R&D pumping updates now.
I need a GPU more than a CPU tbh, and DDR4 isn't going down on price soon so...I'll keep my fingers crossed for better prices soon.
AMD saved us all last year from the monopoly, but that isn't enough as they need to keep giving people reasons to upgrade.
I just hope consumers buy their products so they have the money to keep R&D pumping updates now.
I need a GPU more than a CPU tbh, and DDR4 isn't going down on price soon so...I'll keep my fingers crossed for better prices soon.
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#5546658 Posted on: 05/14/2018 05:51 PM
I am sure that 2950X could boost up-to 4.5GHz on turbo-boost, and it should give min 10% performance boost over 1950X with better thermals/power consumption.
I am sure that 2950X could boost up-to 4.5GHz on turbo-boost, and it should give min 10% performance boost over 1950X with better thermals/power consumption.
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#5546663 Posted on: 05/14/2018 06:00 PM
... as they need to keep giving people reasons to upgrade.
... DDR4 isn't going down on price soon so...I'll keep my fingers crossed for better prices soon.
As you have already proved yourself, it doesn't matter if they give people a reason to upgrade since RAM (and GPU) prices are still too high. SSD prices could be better, too, but at least they're not unreasonable.
Regardless, having a reason to upgrade is subjective. There are people still rocking Sandy Bridge systems with no real incentive to upgrade, aside from maybe better power efficiency. The fact of the matter is, software just isn't becoming more demanding on CPUs, and single-threaded tasks aren't going to go away any time soon (if ever).
... as they need to keep giving people reasons to upgrade.
... DDR4 isn't going down on price soon so...I'll keep my fingers crossed for better prices soon.
As you have already proved yourself, it doesn't matter if they give people a reason to upgrade since RAM (and GPU) prices are still too high. SSD prices could be better, too, but at least they're not unreasonable.
Regardless, having a reason to upgrade is subjective. There are people still rocking Sandy Bridge systems with no real incentive to upgrade, aside from maybe better power efficiency. The fact of the matter is, software just isn't becoming more demanding on CPUs, and single-threaded tasks aren't going to go away any time soon (if ever).
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Hmm. Seeing as there's no signs of the 2800(X) for AM4, I would've thought they'd use the 2800X for the Threadripper 8-core model, and shift all the other numbers down. That way, the numbers line up better: the 2920X could have 12 cores and the 2960X could have 16 cores. I assume they're still not going to make 10 and 14 core variants?
Anyway - I suspect these Threadrippers will be the most interesting for Ryzen. First gen Ryzen's OC potential was disappointing. 2nd gen's is underwhelming, but for Threadrippers, you wouldn't really want to OC much beyond 4.2GHz anyway until you start running into cooling or power issues.