Painmiester Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I9 7980xe, 18/36 threads, 44 pci lanes socket 2066 1999.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeraldEvans Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Moved to Hardware. - GE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painmiester Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 PC gamer has a good article on the merits of what a gamer will need.or enthusiasts will need.... And it's back down the the issue of 6 cores was plenty and 8 or more was over kill. Now 10 core too 18 core inter or risen 8 core too 16 core. But with the enthusiasts wanting better and bigger monitor's 4K and duel ,triple 4K monitor's will the need to get more cores and usage out of the computing power of the newest systems coming out . The new risen stuff and the Intel stuff coming out .will see leaps and bounds and the biggest winner will be the consumer at this point. What will be the balancing point,between cost effectiveness and raw power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 The 18-core Intel i9 won't be here until next year, I hear. And at a price of nearly 2,000 dollars it'll be very expensive. Meanwhile, AMD 16-core arrives in late July this year and it's rumored it'll cost $849(!) IMO, any price of AMD's top HEDT (High-End Desktop) processor below $1,000 will result in increased market shares for AMD and put a serious pressure on Intel and its prices, which will benefit us all - both when it comes to a more healthy competitor to Intel (and Nvidia) in the future, and lower prices for all consumers. Personally, I'm aiming for a new rig with a top motherboard - probably the Asus Zenith Extreme - with a 12-core (or 14-core) Ryzen Threadripper, 64+ GB memory at 3400+ speed, a fast M.2 SSD disk (1 TB Samsung 960 Pro) and the top dual Vega card coming later this year. Before you ask - Yes, I'll need it to run Star Citizen. The game will love more cores, lots of fast RAM, and a fast SSD. Besides, I want to run SC in 4K with high/ultra settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painmiester Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 It was anouced that the 18 core will ship later this year not next year.. at a estamated price of 2000.00 Or amd For a Rummered price of 849.00. Apples and orange lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Well, I guess the question is then - would you pay $1,150 more for two more cores and a little faster gaming frame rates at 1080p? In this case I prefer the oranges, as in the orange in the Ryzen logo. Note also that, according to rumors, the 14-core Threadripper 1976X has approx. the same speeds or higher as the 8-core Ryzen 7 1800X (3.6/4.0 GHz)! If true, this means AMD has optimized the architecture a great deal in the two months since the Ryzen 7 release in March. That's six more cores at the same speed! It also looks promising for the Ryzen 2xxx iteration later this year, or next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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