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For regular gamers I totally agree with your comment. But, since there are Twitch streamers out there the Threadripper might be a good fit if you want to stream
by zitterbewegung 9y ago
For regular gamers I totally agree with your comment. But, since there are Twitch streamers out there the Threadripper might be a good fit if you want to stream since encoding must be done and preserve a high FPS (60 FPS or more). Also, it would future proof you maybe for VR streaming or 4k and higher streaming.
- zamalek 9y agoRyzen 7 and 8 targeted the streamer market. That platform has reproducibly breezed through game streaming workloads. Threadripper is for something else. "Professional work" most likely: developer workstations, 3D modeling workstations, etc. Given that all Ryzen SKUs support ECC [1], this is probably a good platform for individuals who have historically sought out server platforms. [1] So far as I understand it, they haven't disabled ECC in hardware but don't promise that it works.
- Zekio 9y agoFor ECC to work in NON Pro ryzen chips the motherboard needs to support it, pretty sure there are 2-3 that are confirmed to support it
- floatboth 9y agoRyzen 7 already struggles with two streams (2 separate x264 encoders with different settings for different streaming services, and I think that was tested at 1080p). Really serious streamers might pick up Threadripper :)
- eropple 9y agoIME, Ryzen's very happy with a 1080p60 stream with fast or even medium quality, leaving headroom for CPU spikes because of rough encoding patterns. Really serious streamers are generally more advised to just split the existing stream at that point; 3.5K/medium (Twitch) and 5.5K/medium (YouTube) are pretty similar in motion.