Hey Nejc - i thinkj we h ave the same machine (5995xw). Are you thinking of upgrading? id love to but what to do with the existing beast?
Indeed, I guess we needed Intel for AMD to do something :)
Maybe just to clarify my post there, TR5-SP6 is the socket for both PRO and HEDT parts. TRX50 is the chipset for HEDT and WRX90 is the chipset for PRO.
PRO TRs do work with TRX50 motherboards.
Yes sir, same machine with the same performance and the same hole in the wallet too! :)
Hm hm, I have just recently assembled another dual Epyc node for myself (2x 7B13, 256 threads, used of course :) ) so I honestly don't see the need to upgrade to anything at the moment. The 7980x seems
mighty fine but ultimately if I cut down my IR times from 10s to 7s I don't really think it would be worth it for me right now given that I have 4 machines that can render 24/7.
If I didn't have a small render farm in my office then yes, I think I'd definitely invest in a 7980x (and the 5995wx would be an amazing render node) but for me right now the only gain would be the 30-50% IR speed up - the actual final renders are done plenty fast on the other machines.
Don't get me wrong, I am very tempted about the IR speed up but realistically, dropping another ~7000€ is a) too expensive for me right now and b) I'd more or less be paying that much money for the IR speed gains only.
So yeah, that is my situation and it is kinda specific. The 7980x, 7970x and 7960x all look really great to me and my thinking is that if you could use a 5995wx render node then splurging on a next gen Threadripper is gonna be great for you :) If you do that then please report back on how fine it all is :))