What you just described is exactly the reason why I went and got a pretested 5.2Ghz 8700k. Yes it is kinda nuts but it is the brute force approach.
The beauty of this CPU is, that it will work great on not so great programmed games with it’S superior IPC and high clock rate.
Considering most of our VR games are from small indie studios the brute force approach is a good one.
With highly parallelized software the threadripper is a great piece of tech for sure.
I had the same experience with my Fury X that I replaced with a Titan X Pascal. The Fury X was - when it came out, a great GPU that could play it’s strenghs in some games. Most of the time all it’s potential was simply wasted while it’s counterpart the 980 GTX pushed through with high clocks versus the Fury X unused Cores. I know I am comparing GPU to CPU now but the Fury X had pretty much the same issue as a threadripper has now when gaming. Loads of theoretical performance that is not used.
From my experience the brute force aproach by intel/nvidia works out better for now.
What ppl see in i7-8700 benchmarks is also the dependancy of nVidia having the GPU scheduler run on the CPU. This is why higher clocks benefit especially in older titles when just looking at the CPU. It can turn the other way as soon as nVidia loves many threads and optimizes it’s drivers for the Threadrippers and upcoming Intel 8+ cores of 2018 as well.
To me the whole story of the new 6 core i7s reminds me of how well the 4 core i7-7700k was received when it came out but today it looks like a CPU with too short legs.
My expectation is simply that in 12mths down the road you might face a similar situation… although 6x 4.3GHz all cores is not that bad, it takes at least 8x 3.3GHz to be on the same nominal level in a perfect multicore scaling scenario. So in case somebody is OK with spending money every year on a new CPU platform the current 6 core champion is the way to go… it’s better than an 8 core today and will be at least on same level for the forseeable future, but i doubt there will be an easy drop in replacement given Intels recent product history.
This is the thing: It is not 6x 4.3 Ghz. It is 6x 5.2 Ghz. The ridiculous possible clocks is what makes the CPU so attractive as long you got a proper water cooling loop.
Are you sure about that capability of the Intel when overclocked?
Single core overclockability is different to when all cores are engaged and speed drops when trying to push speed over all cores. Getting such high speed on all cores (5.2Ghz) would mean the single core capability would be up and around 6Ghz.
I’ve not heard of that being the case yet with desktop CPU’s Water cooling or not.
This is my CPU. 5.2 ghz allcore. Only the best i8700 reach it but it is far from unique. And 6ghz single core wont work as consequence. This is a fixed oc for all cores. Single core wont go higher and would not be stable if it would.
Impressive )
Must have a lot invested to get that clock across all cores and stable. Well done. The other side of the equation is software developers writing optimised and tight code. Combination of both hardware and Software bringing us good VR.
All you need is a CPU from a good batch and a good custom water cooling loop.
You have to behead the CPU and reapply liquid metal between CPU die and heatspreader. After that the temperatures from the high overclock can be kept in check easily.
It for enthusiasts but totally worth it if you hunt for the best VR experience.
I own an TR 1950x and there is a lot of misconception going around about this HEDT. It’s actually quite good for gaming + doing other task at the same time. I am not sure if Pimax 8K will generate that much drawcalls. It all depends on the game I guess.
if on have OC E5 2696v4 is good of 1950x
BUT 1950x is easy to oc(E5 2696 v4 just can setting of Core voltage/_"")
If the software can support unlimited core, then use E5 2696v4 X2
If the software can only support below 22 cores, then use the 1950x
E5 2696 v4 If all 22 cores run at maximum, you will get 22 cores at 2.8GHz
If you set the Core voltage, the highest is 3.4 ~ 5GHz, but not stable, and requires good thermal management