AMD Slashes Threadripper Prices, 12-Core Now a Killer Deal
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… Now Read: AMD's Threadripper 2950X Review , AMD Unveils 32-Core Threadripper 2 , and AMD Crushes Q2 2018 Earnings Results
… AMD, in contrast, keeps the 1900X at parity with the 16-core 1950X and the 12-core 1920X. All of AMD's Threadripper CPUs are also unlocked, soldered, and overclockable, though I wouldn't necessary count on getting great OC results. …
… While we don't expect AMD to ship a Threadripper configuration like this, the 64-chip remains startlingly overclockable. In V-Ray, the Xeon Platinum 8470 hits 74,449, compared to 74,254 for a stock-clocked Threadripper 3990X. …
Since before Threadripper launched, we've known that AMD had an eight-core variant of the chip waiting in the wings. The new CPU has hit the market as the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Opens in a new window , with eight cores, 16 threads, and support for AMD's X399 motherboard platform. …
… Back when Piledriver was AMD's best architecture, Intel could sell one core for every two of AMD's and still expect to come out comfortably on top. That's not the case anymore. The major comparison here will be between the Core i9-7980XE and AMD's Threadripper 1950X. …
… I am aware of fears that AMD has canceled Threadripper after it showed the third-generation parts coming later this year in a March slide deck, but removed any mention from Threadripper in its most recent quarterly slides. Now Read : AMD’s Zen 2 Architecture Is Coming. …
… Now Read: New Utility Can Double AMD Threadripper 2990WX Performance AMD Announces New 12-Core and 24-Core Threadripper CPUs, Performance-Boosting Memory Mode New Retail Data Shows AMD CPUs Outselling Intel 2:1
… In an email to ExtremeTech, the head of Principled Technologies, Bill Catchings, wrote: Specific to AMD CPUs, we started the testing on Game Mode for AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors. Those results did indeed show Game Mode overall yielded the best gaming performance on Threadripper. …
… It's especially troubling that AMD pulled back from giving this chip out to other publications, too. It's very likely GamersNexus would have given it a lambasting, which it will likely still do when it buys one at retail for testing. This isn't a great look for AMD, either way.
… AMD's Pro line of CPUs tends to be slightly slower than its consumer counterparts, but with additional tweaks and software adjustments to make them more stable—the kind of platform professionals need if they don't want to spend for higher-end Threadripper options. …