{"id":40358,"date":"2018-07-12T14:36:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=40358"},"modified":"2018-07-12T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:36:42","slug":"amd-threadripper-2990x-and-threadripper-2950x-launching-on-august-13-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/amd-threadripper-2990x-and-threadripper-2950x-launching-on-august-13-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD Threadripper 2990X and Threadripper 2950X Launching on August 13, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like AMD has decided to take Intel head-on\u00a0in its race towards more CPU cores and threads. With more competition between these two, we can expect some pretty crazy sounding CPUs coming our way in the future. We had an idea previously that AMD was in the works to release 32 core processor but the date and name wasn’t confirmed. As it turns out the 32 core processor is going to be the AMD Threadripper 2990X. Moreover, AMD is also going to release a 24 Core and 48 threads processor which would be the AMD\u00a0Threadripper 2950X.\u00a0AMD Threadripper 2990X and Threadripper 2950X both will be releasing on August\u00a013, 2018.<\/p>\n

These processors would be geared more towards content creators as the plethora of cores would really be utilized in rendering processes. For gaming, we think these processors will be an overkill since most games won’t need more than 6 cores to run at full potential. The\u00a0AMD Threadripper 2990X and Threadripper 2950X capabilities would be best utilized in a workstation computer, video editing, and animations.<\/p>\n

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