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I am facing this strange issue of performance lag with thread-ripper machines from last few days though they were working just fine few days back. Currently they perform just 10-20% and sometimes 50% faster while vray rendering as compare to Intel I7-9700K. I have tried all major troubleshoot solutions available related to 2990Wx. Like keeping check of VRTEMPS , CPU TEMPS, RYZEN Dynamic Local Mode, Core Prio but the performance seems to be lagging while rendering. I also ran benchmark tests like Indigo Bedroom Score between (1.6-2.0) , Vray 4 (29,934). I basically want someone or people with Ryzen 2990wx running on stock config with their benchmark results so that i understand it being specific Project related performance issue or it is being some hardware glitch also if anyone could come up with any particular evermotion scene to do some benchmark testing as It might also help other people who have recently purchased the same processor for fair comparison.

Im planning on putting together a pc with a Ryzen cpu, but I am a bit worried. Will it really perform as good as an Intel? I know it performs well in games, and it has more cores/threads but! Is it really good for rendering, texturing (constant interactive rendering in Max and Corona)? I'd like to hear opinions of people who use it or who switched from intel. Money is not the problem, if the Intel is better or more stable, I'm going for that even if it's double the price. I'm intrested in your opinions as well. Thank you!

Hey, you all that have built Ryzen based machines, would you mind sharing your build specs? I'm planning a Ryzen render node build and would love some advice. I've been checking pcfoo daily hoping to see the headline, '$500 Ryzen Node'...but no luck yet ;) I'm thinking a bare-bones render node, but not skimping on things that matter. For example, not putting in a 1000w psu in when it only needs 300w, but making sure its a quality 300w psu thats going to provide clean power. Node will be used solely for rendering Vray scenes from 3ds Max & Sketchup. I have 32 GB in my main workstation, but I usually have open 5 Skp files, 3 Max, 20 PSD's, 35 autocad drawings and over 100 chrome tabs, with netfilx and Spotify running simultaneously. Ok, I'm exaggerating (only a little bit), but dont' really know how much RAM I use for scenes, but it couldn't be too much....We mainly do single family residences. I imagine 16GB would more than suffice. Could always add more later. Budget is like I said, don't want fancy extras, but don't want to skimp on quality - it will be used to make money, but would like to keep it cheap as possible. Look for the best ROI. Its there to make money...so I don't split hairs about deciding if the faster chip is worth $75 more...if it costs $75 more but saves many hours a year in render time...its a no-brainer. Sounds like it will be worth it to water cool for highest stable overclock? OK..I'm starting to ramble... Basically, want to put together a professional grade, no-frills build. There is currently just about zero info around the web about ryzen render nodes, so I can't wait to hear some feedback. Excited about seeing another 16 buckets rendering but not having to pay Intel prices! Cheers! Greg

Hi, I'm new to the forum and would value advice from you folks. I am planning on building my first pc aimed at running the following (as best as possible in my budget): Blender: Advanced Particle systems. (Full grass fields with 1000000’s of strands using low poly grass meshes) Cloth/Fluid Simulations High poly meshes. Faster Render mode in the viewport as well as faster rendering images. Advanced PBR shaders as well as Procedural materials. Other software: Substance Painter Substance Designer 3ds max External rendering software. (Vray) Photoshop/Corel painter (with bigger canvas and brush size but not getting lag when painting) Illustrator After Effects Unity Based on my budget (~AUD$2000, excluding monitor, keyboard, mouse etc), I have been recommended the following build and would like some advice on whether this is suitable or can it be improved (without increasing the cost): AMD Ryzen 7 1700x Noctua NH-U12S Multi Socket CPU Cooler ASUS Prime X370 Pro Motherboard Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 Black Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB SSD Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 6GB Phanteks Enthoo Pro Chassis Black EVGA SuperNOVA G2 Gold 850W Power Supply Hitachi 2TB HGST (secondary drive) windows 10 I do understand that I will need an excellent monitor as well, but that will be an extra cost not included in this build cost. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks! Julia