ThreadRipper 2: Die Four Real
The 2950X and 2990WX are both ThreadRipper 2 chips but are very different beasts under the hood. The 2950X has two active die similar to the original chips while the 2990WX has…
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The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and 2990WX Review: Moving Forward
Today, we are talking about something that would have seen impossible just a few shorts years ago— a 32-core processor for consumers. While I realize that talking about the history…
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Double the price; not so much performance though … Skylake-X versus ThreadRipper
You cannot really talk about the new Skylake-X parts from Intel without bringing up AMD's Threadripper as that is the i9-7980XE and i9-7960X's direct competition. From a financial standpoint, AMD is the…
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The Intel Core i9-7980XE and 7960X Review: Skylake-X at $1999 and 18-cores
It has been an interesting 2017 for Intel. Though still the dominant market share leader in consumer processors of all shapes and sizes, from DIY PCs to notebooks to servers,…
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