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Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 1920X

by Tarinder Sandhu on 10 August 2017, 14:01

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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Overclocking

So you want some more, eh? We managed to increase both Threadrippers' all-core speed to 3.925GHz without touching the voltage. The limiting factor here appears to be cooling rather than inherent chip potential, as even a Thermaltake AIO struggles to keep both processors in check.

You may wonder why the overclocked score is lower. The reason is that the all-core peak speed is actually lower than what the chip turbos to when set to default speeds.

That all-core speed is far more useful when hit with a heavy load. A score of 3,355 is going to be very hard to beat. Over to you, Intel.

Yet gains in gaming are far more marginal. Here, frequency doesn't matter so much.