If you had to keep it cool by clocking so low that a normal 16 core outperforms it, it doesn’t make sense.
Or maybe I’m completely wrong, and they’ll release a dual 3d cache cpu a couple months after they start selling the 9950x3d to maximize profit
I seem to remember it being mentioned during a factory tour or interview with one of the head honchos. I don’t think they got into specifics, but my bet was that thermals were holding it back since the cache was on top of the ccd. Now that they’re below, I bet we see one next generation after they reduce the cost of putting it below the ccd.
Iirc gamers Nexus said they’d tried double 3d cache CCDs and there was diminishing returns for the 2nd cc’d 3d cache. At least on the 5000/am4 generation
It seems like they’re trying to out price their own last Gen cards so they don’t have to mark them down. They’ll just seem cheaper in comparison to the new $2000-$2500 cards
Heh, I did something similar for my dad. He went from 2x core2quad 24gb DDR2 to a 12th Gen i5 with 32gb ddr5. Something like triple the compute power, at under $500 when he paid ~$5k for the original