Is this true?

[Galion]

I was watching an older video by Mr Linus testing diminishing returns of core to gpu usage for gaming , 

After 6 cores any cpu above 8 cores the rest of the cores idle? 

He tested the system with a 1080Ti about 1yr ago. 

Does it still apply? Since Intel and AMD has 8 core 16 threads samples now. 

I9 9900K

Ryzen R7 2700/2700X

Threadripper gen 1/2

[Guest]

iirc some of the later AAA titles make use of those extra cores, but some don't.

 

I doubt you'll see a noticeable difference if you've been gaming on 6 cores for yonks.

 

If you do things like editing it's a different story.

[TahoeDust]

There are games that will use all 8 cores.

[Galion]

7 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

There are games that will use all 8 cores.

Which games? 

Because there's a 1st gen threadripper (1920X) in the "second chance pc place" in my area I was thinking of getting but I watched  Mr Linus's video, so I'm not sure if I should spend the $300.

[TahoeDust]

6 minutes ago, Galion said:

Which games? 

Because there's a 1st gen threadripper (1920X) in the "second chance pc place" in my area I was thinking of getting but I watched  Mr Linus's video, so I'm not sure if I should spend the $300.

I have seen it in GTA:V, Battlefield, and most recently Fall Out: 76.  But, I would not pick threadripper for gaming.  A bunch of slow cores is not ideal for gaming. 

[Galion]

20 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

I have seen it in GTA:V, Battlefield, and most recently Fall Out: 76.  But, I would not pick threadripper for gaming.  A bunch of slow cores is not ideal for gaming. 

Slow? 

[CarlBar]

17 minutes ago, Galion said:

Slow? 

 

Threadripper sarcrafices individual core performance for sheer number of cores. It's not completely terrible but your definitely going to get more out of most 6 core CPU's. The rule of thumb seems to be from what i've seen that Threadripper 1 matches the Ryzen 5 on a per core basis while thread ripper 2 matches a ryzen 7 on a per core basis. Ryzen 5 si a solid mid tier chip. Ryzen 7 is a solid high tier, but not absolute top end chip.

 

That said having at least 6 cores 12 threads going forward is going to be incredibly important if you get a ray tracing graphics card as games implementing that are going to want that many.

 

Also use habits play a part, if like me your desktop is cluttered with stuff constantly you ma want an extra couple of cores and threads beyond the 6c/12T limit to keep it from chugging you at all.

[Galion]

1 hour ago, CarlBar said:

 

Threadripper sarcrafices individual core performance for sheer number of cores. It's not completely terrible but your definitely going to get more out of most 6 core CPU's. The rule of thumb seems to be from what i've seen that Threadripper 1 matches the Ryzen 5 on a per core basis while thread ripper 2 matches a ryzen 7 on a per core basis. Ryzen 5 si a solid mid tier chip. Ryzen 7 is a solid high tier, but not absolute top end chip.

 

That said having at least 6 cores 12 threads going forward is going to be incredibly important if you get a ray tracing graphics card as games implementing that are going to want that many.

 

Also use habits play a part, if like me your desktop is cluttered with stuff constantly you ma want an extra couple of cores and threads beyond the 6c/12T limit to keep it from chugging you at all.

So I shouldn't get the threadripper for games then it's a bad purchase right? 

[CarlBar]

Basically yes. You want a good per core performance and ideally 6-8 cores with Hyperthreading or equivalent.The 8700K or if you've got the budget 9900K are probably the best options now. Or Ryzen 7 for AMD side though the two intel chips slightly outperform it.