Until there are reliable benchmarks published, we won't know....with the non-x variants, im assuming all you need to do is to PBO/manually overclock to get perf of 7000-x cpus
so a 7700x will generally be able to OC better than a 7900?X chips are generally higher binned and will get more out of a manual OC or PBO. Depends if it’s worth it to you or not
Rule of thumb yes as the 7900 has more cores so you’ll be pumping out a lot more heat trying to get an all core OCso a 7700x will generally be able to OC better than a 7900?
what about single core?Rule of thumb yes as the 7900 has more cores so you’ll be pumping out a lot more heat trying to get an all core OC
The maximum turbo boost speed is for a single core workload anyway, which for the most part is what you'd be manipulating if you leave the multiplier on Auto.what about single core?
What still uses single core when you’re wanting an 8 or twelve core cpu?what about single core?
gamingWhat still uses single core when you’re wanting an 8 or twelve core cpu?
Everything is still handled by a single core - even instructions relayed to other cores.Many modern games can use multiple cores.
You’re about 5 years behind. Modern titles use multiple cores and some don’t even run in dual cores anymore. This is partially driven by consoles having a lot of threads to work with now tooEverything is still handled by a single core - even instructions relayed to other cores.
Core parallelization never took off. It's still in serial; performance is often tied to how busy that one core is.
So you're saying there would be no difference in performance to disable half the cores in a 8 core CPU and play a game such as Modern Warfare?Everything is still handled by a single core - even instructions relayed to other cores.
Core parallelization never took off. It's still in serial; performance is often tied to how busy that one core is.
You’re about 5 years behind. Modern titles use multiple cores and some don’t even run in dual cores anymore. This is partially driven by consoles having a lot of threads to work with now too
What they're talking about is that games are still run in sequence because that's just the nature of the beast. You can't render graphics without processing the rest of the game logic, you can't run AI without updating the game world state, you can't update the game world state without updating the physics, player input, etc. And while these sub-steps may have multiple threads to handle them, they're still typically given stuff to do by a single manager thread.So you're saying there would be no difference in performance to disable half the cores in a 8 core CPU and play a game such as Modern Warfare?
THIS is the kind of data I like, cheers!
With processor speeds already reaching 4.5GHz under all-core boost conditions, a few hundred megahertz theoretically adds <10% of a performance boost while significantly increasing the power consumption in many cases. The relative uplift gets worse the faster the factory all-core boost is capable of.
If performance at all cost is what you're after, then sure. But for most people, they won't even notice a difference outside of benchmarks and looking at the result.