There's also a lack of emphasis on things like minimum FPS and latency with many of the YouTube videos. Focusing entirely on the averages of max frames is going to give a poor impression.
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Can't actually recall seeing anything other than a few FPS in many of the online articles. Bar a few CPU intensive games at medium settings 1080p.
Anyone looking at Hardware unboxed or any other videos would be hard pressed to find any 50% nonsense because so far the only time you see a real boost is with a bloody 5090 and again in a minority of titles.
The harsh reality is that the majority of people buying X3D CPU's with mid range GPU"s see small improvement.
It's why so many on YouTube build recommendations don't bother with X3D, it's less sense than a 5080 over the 5070ti when you look at the videos from the likes of Hardware Unboxed when playing the general popular games on 1440p and 4k high and ultra.
It's why we have articles online discussing the poor value and real world performance of these CPU due to the current CPU/GPU scaling figures.
So far I have seen zero instances where someone with a 7600x and 9070xt went from 120fps to 180fps simply by adding a 9800X3D.
if what your saying is most people dont need one then yes, if what your saying is most people should put money into a GPU over the X3D chip then yes
if what your saying is the X3D chips dont work then your just wrong or have been licking under a rock
i myself with a mid range GPU went from 80fps to over 130fps in squads because the game is(was) CPU bottle necked, i had about 6 GPU's and the game would just sit at about 70% GPU usage.
i then went 3600x > 5600x > 5800x > 13900k > 7800x3d(in the space of 3 months) the only CPU that gave me a meaningful upgrade was the X3D
but you know also Baldur's gate 50 to 70% on X3D
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how ever i do agree that so many people are buying 9800x3d's to go with 5070's/9070's when they should buy a 9700x and a better gpu
if what your saying is the X3D chips dont work then your just wrong or have been licking under a rock
i myself with a mid range GPU went from 80fps to over 130fps in squads because the game is(was) CPU bottle necked, i had about 6 GPU's and the game would just sit at about 70% GPU usage.
i then went 3600x > 5600x > 5800x > 13900k > 7800x3d(in the space of 3 months) the only CPU that gave me a meaningful upgrade was the X3D
but you know also Baldur's gate 50 to 70% on X3D
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how ever i do agree that so many people are buying 9800x3d's to go with 5070's/9070's when they should buy a 9700x and a better gpu
The only problem with the 7600x3d is the core count. The 9700x / a second hand 7800x3d costs the same.
So it would be better getting a 9700x then.
A lot of games want more than 6 cores now days it all I’m saying.
What ress are you playing at and what what gpu?
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if what your saying is most people dont need one then yes, if what your saying is most people should put money into a GPU over the X3D chip then yes
if what your saying is the X3D chips dont work then your just wrong or have been licking under a rock
i myself with a mid range GPU went from 80fps to over 130fps in squads because the game is(was) CPU bottle necked, i had about 6 GPU's and the game would just sit at about 70% GPU usage.
i then went 3600x > 5600x > 5800x > 13900k > 7800x3d(in the space of 3 months) the only CPU that gave me a meaningful upgrade was the X3D
but you know also Baldur's gate 50 to 70% on X3D
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how ever i do agree that so many people are buying 9800x3d's to go with 5070's/9070's when they should buy a 9700x and a better gpu
Your just confirmed my points. Your saying you seen an improvement and your using a 5080, and I stated the X3D CPU's show little worth unless your running a high end GPU like the 5080. I also stated only a few CPU intensive titles show a difference. What I have stated has been on various Youtube content too, I guess you think the majority of content creators who reported the small gains with benchmarks made it up after licking rocks too? Despite you actually confirming the points made? As an example, Baldurs Gate at 1080p Ultra with a 4090. You can get 400 fps with World of Tanks at 1080p Ultra using a 7600x and 9060xt, pointless figures.
People need to remember most reviewers are running 9800X3D with 5080/5090 combos and many watching reviews buy the X3D based on that and internet hype, that's why there are people out there with 3060ti running 9800X3D due to a lot of reviews going OMG the 9800X3d is the best cpu EVA...
As for upgrading from a 7600x, currently I think at under £320 the 7800X3D is a better option than the 7600X3D, if your set on an X3D CPU.
The reality is not that X3D CPU's do not work, it's simply that they often cannot work optimally due to CPU/GPU scaling issues as you see in the above videos.
If you watch this test run. You can see it’s a split between the two CPU’s, the bench’s that 9700x wins are the games that are heavily threaded games. And as we move forward there will be more games that want more than 6 cores
Just remember for the price of a new 9700x you can buy a second hand 7800x3d.
Just remember for the price of a new 9700x you can buy a second hand 7800x3d.
Interesting benches.
Big wins for the 9700X: Civ VI, Minecraft Java and Assetto Corsa.
Big wins for the 7600X3D: PUBG, Fortnite, AC:Odyssey.
I do wonder though, if cores/threads are not why the 9700X gets those wins?
Civ VI, you'd expect to be heavily threaded, but the overall CPU utilisation is still low. AC is known for loving Zen 5, but also has low CPU utilisation.
Minecraft I thought was supposed to be heavy on single core performance?
Civ VI bench says it is AI and Minecraft says Java, so I wonder if the improvements that Zen 5 made to certain workloads (particularly server-oriented workloads, as Phoronix's testing showed) is actually the reason here, rather than the core count.
The 9600 is roughly 20-25% faster than the 7600 (vanilla) in Assetto Corsa so I doubt it's entirely related to cores/threads.
As for suggesting to buy a 5080 over a 5070ti/9070XT while including an X3D?
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Can't say I'd spend £300-400 + on a 5080 over those two cards instead of filtering in a 7600X3D or 9800X3D for the same or notably less money, I'd wager overall performance would be better too depending on resolution/games played and you've a better platform for upgrades going forward.
If someone primarily plays CoD they want an X3D CPU and a 9070XT, if someone primarily plays WoW they want an X3D and a mid + tier Nvidia GPU ideally speaking. You need to take things as a case by case basis rather than blanket recommendations, for my use case I absolutely benefit from having an X3D even with a mid tier GPU. For others it might matter less or not at all.
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This, 9800X3D is a worthy upgrade, and will be a strong gaming chip for years to come.
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Not really, it's on sale atm https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...ocket-am5-processor-retail-pro-amd-03517.html
Op was asking if the 7600X3D is an upgrade over his 7600X, it's not really enough of an upgrade to justify spending any money on, whereas the 9800X3D is a considerable upgrade.