3 ms·
It seems that they left the plastic cover for at least some of the benchmarks [1]. I can imagine that would limit performance since the CPU would be throttling
by xvf22 8y ago
It seems that they left the plastic cover for at least some of the benchmarks [1]. I can imagine that would limit performance since the CPU would be throttling itself down to keep cool.
[1] https://www.anandtech.com/comments/13124/the-amd-threadripper-2990wx-and-2950x-review/611648 https://www.anandtech.com/comments/13124/the-amd-threadrippe...
- vesrah 8y agoYou think they'd either pull the review or place a disclaimer at the start about this, but I agree with what you're thinking (throttling).
- wtallis 8y agoIan re-ran all of the affected tests after discovering the mistake, but he also kept the data for later analysis. Those results aren't in the review yet.
- xvf22 8y agoFair enough, mistakes happen but the comment didn't make it very clear which benchmarks were included. "Me being an idiot and leaving the plastic cover on my cooler, but it completed a set of benchmarks. I pick through the data to see if it was as bad as I expected"
- wtallis 8y ago> but the comment didn't make it very clear which benchmarks were included It made it perfectly clear. You were reading from a list of what wasn't in the review yet: "But here's what there is to look forward to:"