Originally Posted by
mattliston
a 7940x would DEFINITELY be up to the task, 100%. BUT it has a slower clockspeed at 3.1GHz base and will probably not be a great match for high refresh gaming unless you overclock the snot out of it. OR can somehow guarantee 4-6 of its cores will stay at or near 4GHz
TR 12 core would be a great starting point, but the 7940x with at least an all core overclock to 4GHz would probably overcome it.
I vote you go with which ever one will give you an upgrade path. AMD will be adding to the TR lineup, but Intel seems to bend flagship guys over by forcing chipset upgrades (new boards purchased)
The TR future has more cores and higher base frequencies in the future.
The Intel linueup, who knows. Hopefully they dont pull another forced chipset upgrade for next gen processors.
Find a faster 8 or 10 core Intel. Isnt there a few with a 4.2GHz base clock??