Intel Announces Core i9-9900KS, World's Best Processor for Gaming Made Better

[efikkan]

Just like i7-8086K before it, i9-9900KS is certainly a good product, but is ultimately just a PR stunt for a few thousand golden samples.

I will say it depends on the task at hand. If the software is optimized for Intel, then yeah it will be faster.

There is no way to optimize software for either Intel or AMD. They use the same ISA, and the low-level differences that separates them are not exposed to the programmers. The myth of "Intel optimized software" is a lie and needs to die.

9900KS wins in most games, but as a cpu needed for for every thing. 3900X is a better all over performer and also if you stream your gaming then 3900X is also a better solution.

That all depends on the workload. Some real-world productive loads like Photoshop and Premiere scales much better on fewer faster cores. And for most non-server workloads, faster cores will remain advantageous. Unlike before, there is no clear cut winner across the board, so buyers needs to look at benchmarks relevant to their use case. There is no point in choosing products based on irrelevant use cases or even synthetics.

 

[wiyosaya]

Faster than a three-year old PC is Intel's way of saying that they have made progress.

 

[Axaion]

1 year warranty
..wait
..thats illegal in the EU aint it? lmao

 

[Dave65]

YAY!
INTEL IS BACK......................................................Nah!

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Anandtech reviewed one:

During a sustained CB20 run, which is possible through the command line, we were able to observe a peak power consumption of the system at 600W, which indicates that at 5.0 GHz this CPU is pulling an extra 334 W over idle – this power naturally being split mostly to the cores but some will be for the mesh and some will be in the efficiency of the power delivery.

The Intel Core i9-9990XE Review: All 14 Cores at 5.0 GHz

www.anandtech.com

 

[candle_86]

Hmm Intel emergency edition is back

I remember 2004 well, a64 released and to beat the fx51 Intel released an over locked xeon, I wonder is the same game about to be replayed.

 

[Chaitanya]

Silicon Lottery to Bin AMD Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel Core i9-9900KS This November

Silicon Lottery is extending its chip binning business to AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X and Intel's Core i9-9900KS

www.tomshardware.com

I had no idea about silicon lottery offering binning of 3950X. Intel has been selling 9990XE as prebinned cpu with 9900KS joining the list of stupidity from Intel in consumer market.

 

[Deleted member 185158]

I had no idea about silicon lottery offering binning of 3950X. Intel has been selling 9990XE as prebinned cpu with 9900KS joining the list of stupidity from Intel in consumer market.

Binning a 3950X....
Saw the historical list with my 2700X and laughed. 4.2ghz AVX2 tested at 1.4250v..... The exact same frequency and voltage my rig uses when PBO oc is set to level 3. Wow, what an accomplishment.

Do people really buy into this binning business?? Get box and stock cooler for only 10$ more!!! Doesn't that come with the cpu any ways? GOtta pay extra for that because of a supposed binning?

lol.

 

[Vycyous]

I think it's their way of saying "don't expect support for B360." I wonder if Z370 is supported, because there are some pretty expensive Z370 boards.

According to Intel's product specifications page, it is compatible with every 300 series chipset except B365, but I believe that's probably an error because I haven't found a single 8th or 9th gen CPU that lists B365 as compatible chipset/product on their respective web page.

Click on "Compatible Products"

Product Specifications

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[Tsukiyomi91]

"world's best processor" is this a joke? Can't even sustain 5GHz all-core boost & with that $510-ish price tag... still riding on that 14nm node & cramming 40 PCIe lanes just to sell to people who only runs single GPUs? Intel oh Intel... you just never learn from your mistakes, huh?? Using the "up to" moniker makes it even worse.

 

[cucker tarlson]

"world's best processor" is this a joke? Can't even sustain 5GHz all-core boost & with that $510-ish price tag... still riding on that 14nm node & cramming 40 PCIe lanes just to sell to people who only runs single GPUs? Intel oh Intel... you just never learn from your mistakes, huh?? Using the "up to" moniker makes it even worse.

this is 16 cpu+24 pch lanes,just like any 1151 cpu
the price tag is ridiculous
the node doesn't matter,it's a nice cpu but really a redundant one and way overpriced.

 

[kmetek]

Intel = BORING.

 

[Melvis]

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

everything about Intel these days is a joke. Too bad not many are sane enough to consider paying half grand for that 27% gain in multi-tasking unless they are those Intel shills.

 

[ratirt]

Well I'm kinda confused here.
4x binning on the 9900K version? Am..... for me binning is categorizing the product (put certain CPU in a proper bin representing specific product) so if a SL does x4 binning on the 9900k version CPU means it is being categorized 4 times? Some people here make it sound like "Binning" means some sort of enhancement that Intel and now SL apply on the CPU's to make them faster and that " binning process" is applied on an already manufactured processor. That's is a little bit of a stretch to me though.

 

[trog100]

when this thing was first announced 5 g on all cores i was skeptical.. now the magic words "up to" which really means maybe or sometimes i aint so skeptical..

when people say most 9900k chips will do 5 g they are correct.. but it all come down to the voltage required to be stable at 5 g.. these binned examples will just hit 5 g on a lower voltage than average but it will still come down to cooling the things when they are firing on all cylinders..

trog

 

[AusWolf]

What the heck is mega-tasking? This KS (Keep Spending) sku is just as big a marketing c*** as the i7-8086K was.

I'm sick of how Intel is trying to push sales by calling their $500+ CPUs "gamer". I doubt anyone knows a game that benefits from having 16 threads at 5 GHz. I can't reach 50% usage on my i7-7700 with any game, so why would I need this overpriced heating device?

 

[EarthDog]

when this thing was first announced 5 g on all cores i was skeptical.. now the magic words "up to" which really means maybe or sometimes i aint so skeptical..

trog

This is how all turbo is described from both amd and intel. Nothing new in that wording.

 

[TranceHead]

Say what you will, this is the news I was waiting for, with all mainstream CPUs having only 16x PCI-E lanes I'm glad this one finally has 40.
Don't want to gimp my 2080ti at all for the sake of a NVMe SSD, (2080ti saturates 8x)

 

[EarthDog]

Say what you will, this is the news I was waiting for, with all mainstream CPUs having only 16x PCI-E lanes I'm glad this one finally has 40.
Don't want to gimp my 2080ti at all for the sake of a NVMe SSD, (2080ti saturates 8x)

????

16 from the cpu the rest (24) are on the chipset... same as before, no (z390 chipset)? Typically a single drive doesnt take any cpu pcie lanes and dual NVMe m.2 drives would only take from SATA ports (depending on the board). May want to read your board's manual to see how it breaks down, bud.

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ark.intel.com

Indeed. That 2% performance loss running x8 must be a deal breaker (but I get it!)....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti PCI-Express Scaling

It takes a lot of bandwidth to support the fastest graphics card, especially one that can play anything at 4K 60 Hz, with an eye on 120 Hz. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti could be the most bandwidth-heavy non-storage PCIe device ever built. PCI-Express gen 3.0 is facing its design limits.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Deleted member 158293]

This thing just needs more marketing, if there actually exists enough stock of it to be worth marketing. Or maybe just more RGB...

8 cores are still ok-ish for small VMs I guess, but for sure not at that price.

 

[TranceHead]

????

16 from the cpu the rest (24) are on the chipset... same as before, no (z390 chipset)? Typically a single drive doesnt take any cpu pcie lanes and dual NVMe m.2 drives would only take from SATA ports (depending on the board). May want to read your board's manual to see how it breaks down, bud.

Product Specifications

quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

Product Specifications

quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

Indeed. That 2% performance loss running x8 must be a deal breaker (but I get it!)....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti PCI-Express Scaling

It takes a lot of bandwidth to support the fastest graphics card, especially one that can play anything at 4K 60 Hz, with an eye on 120 Hz. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti could be the most bandwidth-heavy non-storage PCIe device ever built. PCI-Express gen 3.0 is facing its design limits.

www.techpowerup.com

Ah, sweet.
I got a i7-4930k and been avoiding upgrading due to lack of lanes.
I don't fanboy, I've had an Athlon back before Pentium 4 after Pentium 3, had Opteron.
Fanboys miss out on a chance of buying best CPU for price, at the moment looks like AMD has it nailed, I was just looking for lanes.
Cheers bro, makes my upgrade decision so much easier

 

[Keullo-e]

This should've been named i9-9900EE. Emergency Edition like back in the day..

 

[Space Lynx]

I prefer my Ryzen 3600 anyway even over this chip, mainly because I know it is much more secure than any Intel chip at the moment. If I lose 10 fps in some games I am fine with that knowing I have better security.

 

[efikkan]

Well I'm kinda confused here.
4x binning on the 9900K version? Am..... for me binning is categorizing the product (put certain CPU in a proper bin representing specific product) so if a SL does x4 binning on the 9900k version CPU means it is being categorized 4 times? Some people here make it sound like "Binning" means some sort of enhancement that Intel and now SL apply on the CPU's to make them faster and that " binning process" is applied on an already manufactured processor. That's is a little bit of a stretch to me though.

All microprocessors go through binning, which only means they sort it by "quality".
i9-9900KS is not more binned than i9-9900K, just a higher (or different) bin.