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I've been considering the win10 LTSC, but I feel like it might be a hassle, and in the end it would just postpone the inevitable. Not that switching to linux wouldn't be a hassle, but it could be a long term solution
I use speccy for the screenshot because it got the job done, and I have it on my computer. It is not a task I feel the need to optimize too much
>Probably even 1st gen TR is better than what you have
It isn't though, mostly due to inferior AVX support. AMD would have to be at least zen 4 to be competitive. I have a Ryzen 5950X on another computer, and it is much slower with direct solvers, by up to 50%. Sure it only has 2 channel memory controller etc., but I believe it is mostly about the AVX. AVX is an Intel thing, so their implementation tends to be fast and robust. Consumer grade benchmarks don't tell much about these things. The 5950X is more competitive with iterative solvers, and it has actually been faster on occasion
Most of the problems that I work with need a lot of steps to solve, but are small enough to fit in RAM. Well, I make them small enough, as solving from disk would be too slow to be practical. Thus I need fast ram more than I need fast PCIe lanes. I'm curretly back at school for a while, and I don't do much real work, so I don't really need a new machine. I will have to get a new system sooner or later however. Time will tell whether it'll be Threadripper based, or whether Intel will get it's shit together with granite rapids or whatnot
The power draw is not super high by modern standards, because the pesky GPU sits idle most of the time. Also my office has electric heating, so power draw doesn't matter most of the year
