AMD Details 3rd Gen Threadripper, Ryzen 9 3950X + Their New $49 USD CPU

[Chugworth]

I hope people will figure out how to get Max Payne running on these chips, as it's a pretty big issue, that from what I've looked into seems to be wonky CPUID code. It's interesting that this wasn't posted on Phoronix, and it's a deal breaker for me now. Fortunately, I'm not planning to get a new rig now, so I'll wait for AMD's chips to become fully functional.

Eighteen years later and you still haven't beat the game?

[andyprough]

Eighteen years later and you still haven't beat the game?

I was hoping this chip might help me get through Diablo II on nightmare and hell play levels.

[SofS]

24 cores with 140MB cache and slightly higher frequencies versus 32 cores and 144MB cache, just 4MB more. It will be interesting to see the trade-offs. By the way, how does the network interlinking the cores change from one version to another?

[edwaleni]

I like the value. PCIe v4.0 alone is worth it for me.

I know a guy with a 1st gen TR and a NVidia Ti who does engineering modeling and outputs to a 3D printer and a plasma cutter. He has been waiting on the 3rd gen because of the productivity increase it brings. He has to wait for a complex render to complete before it can print. If he can cut render time by ~30%, he wins.

[dweigert]

I like the value. PCIe v4.0 alone is worth it for me.

I know a guy with a 1st gen TR and a NVidia Ti who does engineering modeling and outputs to a 3D printer and a plasma cutter. He has been waiting on the 3rd gen because of the productivity increase it brings. He has to wait for a complex render to complete before it can print. If he can cut render time by ~30%, he wins.

I wonder if a distributed render farm would be better for him. It might be faster than a single machine, and time is definitely money. I had bought a 2nd generation TR a few months ago, and I use it for content creation (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) I'd run Linux on it if I could, but Adobe.... In any case... I have other machines with larger core counts for simulation work and virtual machines.

[brad0]

I hope people will figure out how to get Max Payne running on these chips, as it's a pretty big issue, that from what I've looked into seems to be wonky CPUID code. It's interesting that this wasn't posted on Phoronix, and it's a deal breaker for me now. Fortunately, I'm not planning to get a new rig now, so I'll wait for AMD's chips to become fully functional.

They are fully functional. The game has a bug.

[Guest]

They are fully functional. The game has a bug.

Still, it's weird that Phoronix doesn't mention this incompatibility.

[Guest]

Eighteen years later and you still haven't beat the game?

The fact that I've already beat the game doesn't mean I won't want to do it again.

[Hibbelharry]

Still, it's weird that Phoronix doesn't mention this incompatibility.

In which way is a single, old application being buggy relevant to all the readers of this article?

[GrayShade]

Congratulations, Michael!

Guys and gals, consider chipping in with some donations for him. The electricity bill will probably seem cheap from now on. Also, does anyone know what's in the plate in his Twitter header photo?