Games @sh.itjust.works misk @sopuli.xyz 2w ago

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: obliterating the competition

www.eurogamer.net AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D review: obliterating the competition

The Digital Foundry CPU review of the Intel AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with the test rig, content creation benchmarks and much more.

Hardware @lemmy.world misk @sopuli.xyz 2w ago

www.eurogamer.net /digitalfoundry-2024-amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-review

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Damn, I did not expect such a step-up from the 7800X3D, that's kinda insane actually.
- It is pretty incredible. But it takes more power to reach those high clocks.
  
  Avg FPS from all tests:
  
  Source (German): https://www.computerbase.de/artikel/prozessoren/amd-ryzen-7-9800x3d-test.90151/
- Especially after amd advertised it as just a 8% avg uplift
Cannot wait for UserBenchmark's review.
- It'll probably say AMD turned to satanism.
Wtf is this poll:

3k people really unsure if they bought or not
- Well, did you?
  
  I don't know!
Will there be an equivalent Ryzen 9 upgrade coming soon as well?

Edit: I'm not as familiar with AMD as I am Intel, but I want to switch over next build. It looks like the last major relase was in August, with a 7 and a 9. Does this mean the 9 will get a similar upgrade to match the 9800X3D?
- Yes, but it's likely that it will not be any better than this for gaming, and might even be worse if they go hybrid again
  
  Is that the case with most 7's and 9's? I did see people recommend 7 more for gaming, but I couldn't tell if that was just because it was a better price to performance ratio or if 7's were objectively better for gaming.
- As with intel, I would recommend not really paying attention to the 3, 5, 7, 9 numbers. Those are just marketing vague indicators; ideally of performance, but realistically just of cost.
  
  Instead, look at the actual model numbers and seek out benchmarks performed by groups you trust with workloads similar to what you might actually do with them. E.g. If you are a gamer, look for comparisons between CPUs as to how they perform in various games. Linus Tech Tips do videos about recent CPU releases and compare how they do vs the competition in a bunch of games, and it shouldn't be hard to find websites with the same kind of comparisons.
  
  But also, yes, they are due to release a 9900x3D and 9950x3D early next year, supposedly. I am keen to see if the 9950x3D is symmetrical this time around; the 7950x3D was asymmetrical so I avoided it.
I'm tempted, but I would miss the raw core count of my 7950x for my workloads. Hope those vague rumours I heard about the 9950x3D having the extra cache on both chiplets are true, because then I'd just get that one.

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