7900X reviewed!

[done12many2]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Any idea as to why they are using 2 substrates?

 

Best guess would be to allow for the easy adaptation of KBL into the LGA-2066 socket.  

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, done12many2 said:

Best guess would be to allow for the easy adaptation of KBL into the LGA-2066 socket.  

That's the thing tho, Kabylake-X DOESN'T have 2 substrates, only Skylake-X has

[Spectrez]

2 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Delids aren't even hard since there's n00b tools out these days. 

having done 2 delids on the 7700k i follow a simple rule.

 

if you cant afford two - you cant afford to delid especially with these darn europe prices

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Spectrez said:

having done 2 delids on the 7700k i follow a simple rule.

 

if you cant afford two - you cant afford to delid especially with these darn europe prices

If you fuck it up, just RMA the CPU and they will replace it for free, no big deal

[Spectrez]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

If you fuck it up, just RMA the CPU and they will replace it for free, no big deal

i guess i could just glue it back together and be like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  even tho its douchy af 

[AnonymousGuy]

2 minutes ago, Spectrez said:

having done 2 delids on the 7700k i follow a simple rule.

 

if you cant afford two - you cant afford to delid especially with these darn europe prices

Boy is delidding the 7980XE going to be a nail biter lol.

[done12many2]

4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

That's the thing tho, Kabylake-X DOESN'T have 2 substrates, only Skylake-X has

 

Interesting.  Must be where they are hiding the greatness that makes it perform high in single and mutli-threading.  Maybe they realized to takes two PCBs to reach that, until now, unobtainable goal.  

 

1 minute ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Boy is delidding the 7980XE going to be a nail biter lol.

 

I'll pop that bitch just like any other chip.  

 

It's just going to take a bit more man muscle to get 'er done.  

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, done12many2 said:

Interesting.  Must be where they are hiding the greatness that makes it perform high in single and mutli-threading.  Maybe they realized to takes two PCBs to reach that, until now, unobtainable goal.  

LOL, Broadwell-E also had 2 PCBs, I really can't understand why they are doing that

[done12many2]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

LOL, Broadwell-E also had 2 PCBs, I really can't understand why they are doing that

Could it be where the store the AVX goodness?  

 

You know I'm just having too much fun now @MageTank.

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, done12many2 said:

Could it be where the store the AVX goodness?  

Haswell-E didn't have 2 PCBs.

[Spectrez]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

LOL, Broadwell-E also had 2 PCBs, I really can't understand why they are doing that

you should make a project out of it and slice one in half, idd watch dat video

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, Spectrez said:

you should make a project out of it and slice one in half, idd watch dat video

Sure, all I need is a small loan of a million dollars

[FloRolf]

1 hour ago, domandric034 said:

Very very promising CPU with hot price. Looking foward enthusiast war. Intel you impressed me this time. Gj, you've didnt impress me since Skylake reveal.

They didn't impress me since Sandy Bridge reveal lol

[done12many2]

11 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Haswell-E didn't have 2 PCBs.

 

It's the AVX-512 goodness layer.  Come on man, get with the program.  Haswell-E and Kaby Lake X don't have the 512 goodness.  

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, done12many2 said:

It's the AVX-512 goodness layer.  Come on man, get with the program.  Haswell-E and Kaby Lake X don't have the 512 goodness.  

Nor does Broadwell-E, but it has 2 PCBs

[done12many2]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Nor does Broadwell-E, but it has 2 PCBs

 

Yeah, that's because Broadwell-E needed 2 PCBs just to convince buyers that they were getting something more then they would have if they would have just bought Haswell-E.  The extra PCB was added to lower the overclock headroom.  

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

It's the AVX-512 goodness layer.  

I need this layer, time to start saving up for a Skylake-X upgrade

[79wjd]

25 minutes ago, Spectrez said:

i guess i could just glue it back together and be like  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  even tho its douchy af 

In fairness, it's also a bit douchey of Intel to charge such a premium just because they could/can. I'm not saying they shouldn't have charged people up the ass for minimal improvements -- after all, they are a business with the intention of making as much money as possible, but by that same logic you're also a consumer with the intention of saving as much money as possible. 

[tom_w141]

1 hour ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

And in AVX workloads, when using AVX the 7900X will destroy the 16 core threadripper

What are some common AVX workloads you use?

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

What are some common AVX workloads you use?

Encoding using H.265 is the most common AVX workload for most people

[SteveGrabowski0]

Why was Hexxus doing a cpu test at 1440p with a GTX 1080? It would make more sense to use a 1080 Ti at 1080p to keep the gpu from ever being a bottleneck in their gaming tests. As it stands their gaming test is worthless.

[Tech_Dreamer]

when there's a legit competition nearby offers performance at half the price & they still wanna play with those price range

 

[tom_w141]

1 minute ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Encoding using H.265 is the most common AVX workload for most people

So rather insignificant then  just seeing a lot of AVX-512 being banded around as a vital feature and wondered what it was useful for

 

Regarding the OP (the post not you):

 

- Yeah 10 cores beat 8 who'd a guessed it?

 

- No mention of Thermals so i'm guessing it ran warm

 

- Single core as expected (but you would be mad to spend this much on a cpu if you intend to do single core tasks)

 

- Multi core nothing to write home about marginally better than the 6950X

 

Need to wait for threadripper to compare results, comparing to an 8 core is a waste of time (even though you could buy 3 8 core R7 systems (mobo + cpu) for the cost of this 1 cpu  

 

 

 

 

[DildorTheDecent]

39 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Nope, not with Skylake-X, der8auer said it himself, delidding Skylake-X is too risky even with a delid tool

generally tho. The n00b tools make it easy. 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, tom_w141 said:

So rather insignificant then  just seeing a lot of AVX-512 being banded around as a vital feature and wondered what it was useful for

No, I said, for most people  But most people don't buy HEDT CPUs. Many programs that are useful to people buying such CPUs can use AVX