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AMD 7950X review

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AMD 7950X review by GN
Some quick conclusion :
30% performance uplift over 5950X but requires DOUBLE the power ( in Blender ) and serious cooling. The review used an Arctic Freezer II 360mm with fans at 100%.
No value for gaming (while using a 3090Ti) a 5600X gets similar framerates (5600X is also one/1 % behind 5800X in gaming).
CPU designed primarily for work.
 
MARSTG said:
AMD 7950X review by GN
Some quick conclusion :
30% performance uplift over 5950X but requires DOUBLE the power ( in Blender ) and serious cooling. The review used an Arctic Freezer II 360mm with fans at 100%.
No value for gaming (while using a 3090Ti) a 5600X gets similar framerates (5600X is also one/1 % behind 5800X in gaming).
CPU designed primarily for work.
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Oh the ironing.
 
clshades said:
According to a couple recent reviews I watched. The 7950 runing @95c is intended and normal. Apparently doesn't throttle down at that temp.
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It's very different, but I am not against it if it is expected and "normal".

It seems the CPU has enough power envelope that it essentially doesn't limit anything. This allows clocks to continue to ramp until reaching ~90-95 deg, and then start throttling clocks (if required) to not have temps go any higher. So it seems (my understanding) is that temps may end up the same across a swath of coolers, but the sustained clocks will be the variable changing depending on how much heat the cooler can dissipate...you don't get better temps with a better cooler, you get better CPU freq. All of this is above the baseline rating of the CPU (self OCing).

I have read in a few spots that an "ECO" mode makes the CPU run in a more traditional way, but I haven't seen anyone actually test it yet.
 
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I think "next-gen" from Nvidia a and might be something really power efficient, but it seems the consumer doesn't really care about efficiency: Nvidia traveled this way before, from series 400 to 700, and then dropped something really efficient with the 900 series, AMD tinkered on the Zambezi design till they shored Ryzen and it looks like Intel is dropping something more efficient with Raptor Lake.
 
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