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Threadripper 2950X Overclocking and Gaming capabilities?

Hi!

 

These are the specs that recently dropped for the upcoming 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 2950X:

16 cores, 32 threads,  a base clock of 3.5GHz and boost clock of 4.4GHz, for $899.

 

Does anyone know at what FSB they will / could run?

 

How far do you guys think we could overclock it and how?

 

If we push a little over the 4.4ghz boost clock, how do you think could it perform in gaming compared to a 8700k for example?

 

I am looking for a new video rendering / gaming CPU and am wondering if this could be a neat choice for me.

 

Thank you for your feedback!

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4.3 ghz is the max you could expect from an overclock. 

 

It will perform worse than the 8700k in gaming. 

 

For casual rendering and gaming the 2700x is a cheaper choice, but the 1950x/2950x is a very excellent workstation CPU

 

Remember to pick up a good board. Like an MSI Creation

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hmmm, so someone asking us what the theoretical performance of a CHIP thats not released yet nor any validated Benchmarks have been released yet? Yep.. sounds like a launch event to me...

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We cant say taht now... but it will be a real boss in Workstation tasks. This is for sure

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12 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

It will perform worse than the 8700k in gaming.

People game on Threadripper? I've seen enough.. where is the rope

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Just now, ZeouLs said:

People game on Threadripper? I've seen enough.. where is the rope

LOL maybe on the 8core part it makes "sense"

 

 

But yeha mister OP: Get a Ryzen7 and put the other budget towards a nicer GPU. This will give you much more FPS. Or if you allready maxed out this get some RGB xDDD

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1 minute ago, Metallus97 said:

get some RGB

doubles your fps and makes gamer girls w... uh forget the last part, you dont need to know that

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1 minute ago, ZeouLs said:

doubles your fps and makes gamer girls w... uh forget the last part, you dont need to know that

A full RGBed Rig is like the ricer of the PC comunity

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5 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

People game on Threadripper? I've seen enough.. where is the rope

Its just a regular Ryzen CPU. Id dont entirely see the issue. It is definitivly aimed workstation use though.

 

Surprised you didnt die when Linus attempted to play on a Xeon Phi

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Just now, GoldenLag said:

Its just a regular Ryzen CPU. Id dont entirely see the issue. It is definitivly aimed workstation use though.

 

Surprised you didnt die when Linus attempted to play on a Xeon Phi

yeh but gaming on TR is still possible but well not intelligent xD

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1 minute ago, Metallus97 said:

yeh but gaming on TR is still possible but well not intelligent xD

Indeed, its a waste of money. On the plus side, you can stream at 4K

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Indeed, its a waste of money. On the plus side, you can stream at 4K

But this should allso be possible with a nice R7 2700x

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My question is do you plan to stream, or do rendering on the side, cuz the extra cores are pushing it for the sake of lower clocks and in turn gaming performance

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17 minutes ago, LiteralKiteral said:

My question is do you plan to stream, or do rendering on the side, cuz the extra cores are pushing it for the sake of lower clocks and in turn gaming performance

Video: I render ALOT h265 clips with Premiere. ...alot.  I also use AFX.

Games: I play most of the modern shooters currently on 144hz 1080p. Will upgrade to ultrawide at some point.

I do not stream but i used to record. I want to continue, but only if I feel no performance Issues. (I could also use an external system for capturing)
 

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7 minutes ago, Dirtstyle said:

Video: I render ALOT h265 clips with Premiere. ...alot.  I also use AFX.

Games: I play most of the modern shooters currently on 144hz 1080p. Will upgrade to ultrawide at some point.

I do not stream but i used to record. I want to continue, but only if I feel no performance Issues. (I could also use an external system for capturing)
 

then you will be happy about TR

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1 hour ago, GoldenLag said:

4.3 ghz is the max you could expect from an overclock. 

 

It will perform worse than the 8700k in gaming. 

 

For casual rendering and gaming the 2700x is a cheaper choice, but the 1950x/2950x is a very excellent workstation CPU

 

Remember to pick up a good board. Like an MSI Creation

The Threadripper 2950X's Boost Clock is already 4.4GHz according to specs. If that could be pushed to 4,7 Ghz it would have the same turbo as a 8700k, but with 10 more cores and 20 more threads!
I do not know how well Threadrippers can be OC'ed, but i am intrigued!
Edit / ps: If it achieved a similar Result for gaming but much more Power for Rendering it could be an optimal CPU for me. 


 

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25 minutes ago, Dirtstyle said:

The Threadripper 2950X's Boost Clock is already 4.4GHz according to specs. If that could be pushed to 4,7 Ghz it would have the same turbo as a 8700k, but with 10 more cores and 20 more threads!
I do not know how well Threadrippers can be OC'ed, but i am intrigued!
Edit / ps: If it achieved a similar Result for gaming but much more Power for Rendering it could be an optimal CPU for me. 


 

That is 4.4 on a single core. 

 

Threadripper 2 will have slightly higher OC limit that Ryzen 2. So about 4.3 ghz. 

 

It will be 10-15% worse in gaming, depening on resolution and games it will be identical or slightly worse. It will offer a lote more computing power in heavily threaded loads.

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2 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

That is 4.4 on a single core. 

 

Threadripper 2 will have slightly higher OC limit that Ryzen 2. So about 4.3 ghz. 

 

It will be 10-15% worse in gaming, depening on resolution and games it will be identical or slightly worse. It will offer a lote more computing power in heavily threaded loads.

Thank you!
Meanwhile i found interesting Overclocking Results with the Get 1 Threadripper!

 

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9 minutes ago, Dirtstyle said:

Thank you!
Meanwhile i found interesting Overclocking Results with the Get 1 Threadripper!

 

I am pretty shure that is a very high voltage and sub-ambient temperatures. 

 

Threadripper 1 had about 4.1-2 maximum OC. You wont get any extra without voltage that will kill the CPU and sub-ambient cooling which is not something anyone runs

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14 hours ago, Dirtstyle said:

Video: I render ALOT h265 clips with Premiere. ...alot.  I also use AFX.

Games: I play most of the modern shooters currently on 144hz 1080p. Will upgrade to ultrawide at some point.

I do not stream but i used to record. I want to continue, but only if I feel no performance Issues. (I could also use an external system for capturing)
 

If you stick with 1440p or more the GPU becomes the bottleneck so therefore as long as your CPU clock speeds aren't abysmal you should be just dandy running just about anything

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On 8/7/2018 at 12:11 PM, Skiiwee29 said:

hmmm, so someone asking us what the theoretical performance of a CHIP thats not released yet nor any validated Benchmarks have been released yet? Yep.. sounds like a launch event to me...

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So afaik most games will utilize not much more than 4 cores ...right?
How practical is it to boost 4 Cores to a higher Boost Speed and assign those to the games?  

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