The Ryzen "ThreadRipper"... 16 cores of awesome

[wahdangun]

Does TR have a mode where 2-4 cores have high frequency (like 4GHz). Something like gaming/low thread performance mode? Like intel turbo max (or whatever they call it on SKL-X)

I'm pretty sure its have 4Ghz turbo and XFR on top of that, and since EPYC have highest turbo frequency up to 12 core, I'm quite sure that TR will at least have more than 2 cores,(because RYZEN have 2 core to 4GHZ + XFR)

 

[french toast]

Inb4 Zen is a copy of Haswell:

A quick jog down my electronics engineering memory lane reveals that FO4 is fan-out-of-4, a metric of delay of a CMOS inverter, and is defined as the gate delay of an inverter when loaded by four identical inverters. Lower FO4 therefore means faster switching(higher clock speeds). It is also, as expected, proportional to gate length.

Thanks, best explanation I've seen so far.
For the record I'm not suggesting Zen is in anyway a copy of Haswell, just saying from a very high level looks similar And Haswell was capable of high clocks, more than broadwell.

 

[tamz_msc]

Thanks, best explanation I've seen so far.
For the record I'm not suggesting Zen is in anyway a copy of Haswell, just saying from a very high level looks similar And Haswell was capable of high clocks, more than broadwell.

My intention was not to say that you were suggesting that it is a copy of Haswell, just that I've seen posts made elsewhere alluding to such a possibility.

 

[Anarchist Mae]

Speaking of which: Haswell-Tuned Binaries Are Still Sometimes Faster On AMD Ryzen Than Znver1 Tuning

 

[csbin]

AMD Ryzen Threadripper launches on August 10th

 

[IEC]

Ryzen Threadripper retail box, courtesy of Lisa Su:

Spoiler

From AMD's facebook:

"This box is our retail box, in stores early August!"

 

[mattiasnyc]

Something tells me no included cooler and way too much empty space in the box (which I think is terribly irresponsible and unnecessary).

 

[Yakk]

Nice box, can't wait to hold one myself!

 

[plopke]

https://twitter.com/AMDRyzen/status...suitably-massive-ryzen-threadripper-packaging

also on their twitter

 

[EXCellR8]

lol that is one of the worst CPU packages ever... unless it's a pack of 20

 

[swilli89]

lol that is one of the worst CPU packages ever... unless it's a pack of 20

Speak for yourself.. I keep a lot the boxes of stuff I buy and I think this would look super cool on a desk.

 

[moonbogg]

That's a cool box, but its not the kind of box you could eat though.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Something tells me no included cooler and way too much empty space in the box (which I think is terribly irresponsible and unnecessary).

I can't believe they'd have a box that huge just for the CPU - they have to be including something else IMO - I know there were rumors a couple of weeks ago that they were possibly going to include an AIO, but I find that hard to believe and even a 120 mm model would seem to be a tough fit in that box.

 

[ddogg]

I'm guessing some kind of CPU cooler. Box seems way too big for just the CPU.

 

[EXCellR8]

Speak for yourself.. I keep a lot the boxes of stuff I buy and I think this would look super cool on a desk.

are you serious? is the rest of your desk from 2002 also?

 

[mattiasnyc]

I can't believe they'd have a box that huge just for the CPU - they have to be including something else IMO - I know there were rumors a couple of weeks ago that they were possibly going to include an AIO, but I find that hard to believe and even a 120 mm model would seem to be a tough fit in that box.

I'm guessing some kind of CPU cooler. Box seems way too big for just the CPU.

I've bought some software and hardware with an absolutely amazing amount of air in them. I actually think the box looks pretty cool, but I hate wasting natural resources for no good reason.

Anyway, I sure hope there's a cooler in it and that I end up buying one

 

[swilli89]

are you serious? is the rest of your desk from 2002 also?

No need to try and make fun of anyone. Am I not allowed to think some artistic expression from a company is cool? Lighten up.

As someone else said.. this is a potentially $800 SKU.. who cares if they are packaging it in something different and eye catching for a $~15 cost to them at the most.

 

[Space Tyrant]

Anyway, I sure hope there's a cooler in it and that I end up buying one

Just guessing, but I'm pretty sure there's an AIO in that box.

Edit: Although I'd personally rather see a massive Spire-style air cooler instead!

Edit2: Gamer Meld says no. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8d8q9kwSFY

 

[nopainnogain]

I'd like to have one even if wrapped in a box like this:

 

[R0H1T]

Speak for yourself.. I keep a lot the boxes of stuff I buy and I think this would look super cool on a desk.

Looks like the eye, of Sauron, from LoTR except the black enclosure.

are you serious? is the rest of your desk from 2002 also?

Is this some "get on with the trendy, hip, fashion bandwagon" that you need to keep an eye on in 2017? Everyone has a different taste & unless you believe that everyone should follow or have the latest stuff in fashion, & hardware, what's wrong in something from 2002?

 

[nathanddrews]

Obviously it's a prismatic RGB LED box...

 

[swilli89]

Looks like the eye, of Sauron, from LoTR except the black enclosure. Is this some "get on with the trendy, hip, fashion bandwagon" that you need to keep an eye on in 2017? Everyone has a different taste & unless you believe that everyone should follow or have the latest stuff in fashion, & hardware, what's wrong in something from 2002?

Yes x1000 on the "Eye of Sauron"! I love that you can see a glimpse of the chip itself inside too.

 

[Pick2]

The box is an Anti-copy , "harder to make a fake" measure.
Expect to see a demand for empty but pristine TR boxes on the dark web

 

[beginner99]

but I find that hard to believe and even a 120 mm model would seem to be a tough fit in that box.

Yeah in fact any decent cooler hardly fits in that box. The huge socket/IHS size of TR is kind of a problem. If it does not ship with a good cooler, anyone buying git must add another $100 or more to the price tag because you need a new cooler which you don't with Skylake-X.

 

[kellym]

Yeah in fact any decent cooler hardly fits in that box. The huge socket/IHS size of TR is kind of a problem. If it does not ship with a good cooler, anyone buying git must add another $100 or more to the price tag because you need a new cooler which you don't with Skylake-X.

On the Arctic Cooling website (on the "packaging content" of the Liquid Freezer aios) it says that the retention ring for the TR4 socket will come with the cpu. http://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=lf240&lang=en



If that's true I think it would work for all Asetek coolers, which would help.