[News] AMD’s 32-core Threadripper 2990WX is now a reality
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Now, who needs a 32-core CPU? View full story here...
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Pretty incredible for a consumer CPU
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HWZ Editorial wrote: Now, who needs a 32-core CPU? View full story here... AMD wan sui can beat Intel i9-7980XE liao
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Koenig168 wrote: Pretty incredible for a consumer CPU It is incredible because Intel failed to deliver this at a reasonable price. I feel Intel have been artificially capping retail customers with 4 cores so that they can get more out of the prosumers and server class chips.
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I like the naming. 2990WX. Guess the 2970WX will be the sweet spot.
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Man I need one for my Ray Tracing. But this damn thing is already 2
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Can reuse TR1 mobo.
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watzup_ken wrote: It is incredible because Intel failed to deliver this at a reasonable price. I feel Intel have been artificially capping retail customers with 4 cores so that they can get more out of the prosumers and server class chips. If you don't have meaningful competition, there is little reason not to squeeze out as much profit as possible. If not for Ryzen, we wouldn't see 6 core Intel consumer chips.
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Article updated with expected local prices
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ragnarok95 wrote: Can reuse TR1 mobo. Yeah safe to use also. Tr1 mobo all build for next few gens. The next refresh should be TR3 boards. Tr1 vrms all quite beefy lol.
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