tthurman Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 that works like any other Ryzen The $750 Ryzen 9 3950X is coming this September, and it fits into an AM4 motherboard I hope this hits Intel where it hurts and brings competition back to the market. Intel has been lazy and greedy since the took the lead back. Go AMD! https://www.pcworld.com/article/3401086/amds-ryzen-9-3950x-is-a-16-core-cpu-aiming-to-topple-intels-gaming-dominance.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Oh well. Just got a new 2950x setup. Have to say though, very happy with it. No real issues. Stable enough for me. Can recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP-Felix Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 How many applications are even taking full advantage of 4 cores, let alone 16! From what I've read it's a PITA for devs to code multi threaded applications. We've already hit a thermal wall with frequency increases generating too much heat. Miniaturization is nearing it's limit too. So in the future, it's ARM and Multi threading that offer increases in performance. That must keep software developers up at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I can see the need for multi-core/threaded systems for server apps requiring wide simultaneous access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Actually its piss easy for developers to code multi threaded apps on PC's. Maybe your thinking of old gen consoles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIP-Felix Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Yeah, maybe what I read was talking about emulating consoles, where multi threading isn't really as useful as clock speed...IDK. In any case, If the program wasn't designed from the beginning to take advantage of multiple cores, then it won't see any performance increase. Is it easy to future proof an app, where it can take advantage of as many cores as any future processor may have? Or would there likely be a limit, like a max of 8 or 16 or whatever? If so, then there won't be any universal benefit to legacy applications like clock speed was. Interesting video on the future of Intel and AMD vs ARM: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 The topic title in regarding to "Gaming PC" is a bit misleading. They are referring to the other Ryzen CPUs, not threadrippers in regard to that. Games currently rarely take advantage of threading but its good for other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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