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Not gonna happen with DDR4. Clock for clock, the Vega8 and Vega11 go toe to toe when OC'd, pointing to bandwidth starvation. Maybe with a bigger package they c

Not gonna happen with DDR4. Clock for clock, the Vega8 and Vega11 go toe to toe when OC'd, pointing to bandwidth starvation. Maybe with a bigger package they could throw HBM2 on there... Something like a Ryzen 7 2 CCX configuration (8c/16t) + Vega ~20 + 4GB HBM2 in a package that fits the Threadripper/Epyc socket. At that point you're stuck paying a premium for the X399 platform, though, you should probably just buy a dGPU :)

nerpderp83 9y ago
Would u recommend over clocking memory for the best perf increase?
- mizzack 9y ago
  RAM speed is definitely important for CPU and GPU perf, but much like other Ryzen parts it hits a point where higher end kits provide little to no benefit. 3200MHz is about where you start hitting seriously diminishing returns, especially considering cost of high end RAM kits. You can see a much larger gaming benefit by overclocking the IGP. In most tests I saw today, an overclocked Vega8(1100MHz) in the $99 part easily catches up to the stock Vega11(1250MHz) and can be pushed to ~1500MHz. https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xRaven-3-Time-Spy-rev.png.pagespeed.ic.QuYRXcT33J.webp https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xRaven-3-... https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_2400G_Vega_11/images/memory_scaling2.jpg https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_2400G_Vega_11/images/...
yarg 9y ago
There's already a huge amount of free space in Threadripper - the active processors only take up half the space. The biggest issue will be heat dissipation - but most games are GPU bottlenecked (especially beyond 8C/16T) and games generally aren't designed to consider the Threadripper module structure anyway. You could probably add the GPU and a couple of 8GB stacks of HBM to the two empty slots, then throttle one of the CPU modules when the GPU ramps up. I'd recommend a water block.

nerpderp83 9y ago

Would u recommend over clocking memory for the best perf increase?

mizzack 9y ago
RAM speed is definitely important for CPU and GPU perf, but much like other Ryzen parts it hits a point where higher end kits provide little to no benefit. 3200MHz is about where you start hitting seriously diminishing returns, especially considering cost of high end RAM kits. You can see a much larger gaming benefit by overclocking the IGP. In most tests I saw today, an overclocked Vega8(1100MHz) in the $99 part easily catches up to the stock Vega11(1250MHz) and can be pushed to ~1500MHz. https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xRaven-3-Time-Spy-rev.png.pagespeed.ic.QuYRXcT33J.webp https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/xRaven-3-... https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_2400G_Vega_11/images/memory_scaling2.jpg https://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_2400G_Vega_11/images/...

yarg 9y ago

There's already a huge amount of free space in Threadripper - the active processors only take up half the space. The biggest issue will be heat dissipation - but most games are GPU bottlenecked (especially beyond 8C/16T) and games generally aren't designed to consider the Threadripper module structure anyway. You could probably add the GPU and a couple of 8GB stacks of HBM to the two empty slots, then throttle one of the CPU modules when the GPU ramps up. I'd recommend a water block.