I did wonder, after seeing those beasts Seachnasaigh put together, whether those Threadrippers had caught his eye

In that video posted by Nails, he does mention something that requires a bit of thought on the side of a potential purchaser, though. What I'm referring to is the part where he marvels at the screen in awe, and talks about how it looks almost like a GPU rendering away, although not quite there. So what I think people should be mindful of is that since we now have out of core GPU rendering that can access the main system RAM, and a single GPU is faster at a fraction of the price with also the ability to use up to eight GPU's, then why on earth would us 3D types need those Threadripper's that cost as much as a car?

My initial thought was that it might be a RAM thing, but like I said, we now have out of core rendering for GPU, so what is the attraction of such an expensive Threadripper for those of us who have this hobby of rendering?

I mean wow, surely if a single GPU is faster than that processor, and we can add up to eight GPUs to a single machine now, that would mean a machine that is over eight times faster than even the fastest processor, and it would still cost less!