Testseek.com have collected 140 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz Socket sTR4 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 3.0GHz Socket sTR4.
August 2018
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The editors liked
Reasonable price per core
Lots of horsepower packed into 16C/32T configuration
Solid generational performance improvement
Indium solder between heat spreader and dies
Unlocked multiplier for overclocking
Strong Multi-Threaded Performance
Zen+ Enhancements
Easy Performance Boost With PBO
Mature Platform
Maintains Compatibility With Existing Mobos
Competitive Pricing
The 2990WX is a beastly CPU capable of breaking records on rendering tasks. Other processes that can utilize many cores but are not memory intensive could benefit from the 2990WX
The editors didn't like
Can't be overclocked and lacks HyperThreading
Conclusion
Expensive platform
2990WX Falters With Some Workloads
Single Thread Perf Still Trails Intel Overall
Memory bandwidth issues result in inconsistent performance on a variety of tasks. Very expensive. Potentially a onetrick pony that does one thing really
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Can't be overclocked and lacks HyperThreading, Conclusion
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Published: 2018-10-15, Author: Patrick , review by: servethehome.com
This generation of workstation CPU wars is still a question mark for one small reason: the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is a quad channel 2 DPC memory design. If AMD found a way to get electrical routing to make it an octo channel (like EPYC 7000 series)...
Ultimately, the Threadripper 2990WX is a very niche CPU that’s only fast in specific circumstances, and that’s as much down to its design as the scaling of software to 32 cores.
Published: 2018-09-11, Author: Ken , review by: pcper.com
This is an interesting shift in performance that lends itself to a deeper discussion at some point in the future. First, if this was indeed just a bug in the NVIDIA driver itself, the timing of it could not have been worse for AMD, as the window of time...
Abstract: While you might be familiar with AMD Threadripper installation, we give you a full installation video from start to finish covering your 2950X and 2990WX CPUs along with the new Cooler Master Wraith Ripper air cooler install. We cover two different types...
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Published: 2018-08-18, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Designing a processor is often a finely tuned craft. To get performance, the architect needs to balance compute with throughput and at all times have sufficient data in place to feed the beast. If the beast is left idle, it sits there and consumes power...
Published: 2018-08-14, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: It's one of the greatest questions of our time: AMD or Intel? Today, that rivalry has entered a new stage of Cinebench taunting as AMD's 2000-series Threadripper processors, commonly known as Threadripper 2, come to market to compete against Intel's Skyla...
Published: 2018-08-14, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
We're now better armed with more information in regards to how the 2990WX performs than we were a few days ago. That said, this additional information hasn't changed our perception much. Throwing more work at these CPUs just provided more mixed results, w...
