AMD Threadripper Is Looking Good, At Least Under Windows

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Threadripper Is Looking Good, At Least Under Windows

AMD's embargo has just expired on the Threadripper performance figures. The Windows numbers at least are very positive...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-ThreadRipper-Lift

[schmidtbag]

Michael - if you've got time to kill during the benchmarks, I'm really curious how the 1950X will perform using softpipe or llvm-pipe. With so many threads, I figure at this point some games (older ones, like OpenArena) would end up being playable, at least on low detail settings.

[lightonflux]

Computerbase has benchmarked TR with Linux applications: https://www.computerbase.de/2017-08/...endungen_linux

It is just an overview of several benchmark put together in one graph. Not very detailed but a good first impression.

[Michael]

Michael - if you've got time to kill during the benchmarks, I'm really curious how the 1950X will perform using softpipe or llvm-pipe. With so many threads, I figure at this point some games (older ones, like OpenArena) would end up being playable, at least on low detail settings.

I have an 80 thread Intel system coming in a few days I do plan to have fun with LLVMpipe on.

[schmidtbag]

I have an 80 thread Intel system coming in a few days I do plan to have fun with LLVMpipe on.

Nice! It'll have been roughly 25 years since games were capable of being played comfortably using strictly a CPU. I'll be impressed if this Intel system and/or Epyc build can do the same.

[torsionbar28]

Leisure Suit Larry does not require a 3D accelerator, neither does Kings Quest 3. Only these newfangled games that millennials play have this requirement. I don't see why anyone needs more than EGA graphics, for gaming anyways.

[edwaleni]

Computerbase has benchmarked TR with Linux applications: https://www.computerbase.de/2017-08/...endungen_linux

It is just an overview of several benchmark put together in one graph. Not very detailed but a good first impression.

Thanks for the link.

About what I expected as it mimics Ryzen behaviors (except the segmentation stuff).

Strong on threaded apps and floating point. Weaker on single threaded stuff.

[bug77]

Leisure Suit Larry does not require a 3D accelerator, neither does Kings Quest 3. Only these newfangled games that millennials play have this requirement. I don't see why anyone needs more than EGA graphics, for gaming anyways.

Test Drive wasn't too shabby in all its CGA glory

[qsmcomp]

My Ryzen 7 1700 is being RMAed, and a staff of an agency told me that the segfault problem is just a silicon manufacturing issue.

[anarki2]

Yeah right, make sure not to link those Windows benchmarks. Then this article might get remotely useful.