3900X to 9950 X3D?

[dancook]

I upgraded my 2080ti to a 4090 a couple of years ago for more VRAM to play with higher resolution AI renders, but I didn't touch the 3900X processor and I'm now feeling it.

3440x1440p 34 inch ultra wide monitor.

As a professional photographer I want lightroom, photoshop and denoise processing jobs running as quickly as possible. I use a 50/100MP cameras, sometimes I'm stitching 5/6 200MB raws into a pano, or running 200 images through denoise.

As a gamer, right now, I want Path of Exile 2 not to hit low FPS when running juiced maps. I'm actually only getting 30-50 FPS at the best of times.

I also want to toy with all the latest AI image/video advancements.

The 5800X3D might be the top AM4 option? but otherwise I'm thinking I get the 9950 X3D on release, new motherboard, new RAM.

Just wanted to ask the audience on their views before committing ..

 

[Tetras]

The 5800X3D might be the top AM4 option? but otherwise I'm thinking I get the 9950 X3D on release, new motherboard, new RAM.

Just wanted to ask the audience on their views before committing ..

If you want performance beyond games (but also including games) you're really stuck with upgrading to AM5. Because, the 5700X3D/5800X3D can actually be slower than the 3900X in fully multithreaded workloads.

 

[dancook]

If you want performance beyond games (but also including games) you're really stuck with upgrading to AM5. Because, the 5700X3D/5800X3D can actually be slower than the 3900X in fully multithreaded workloads.

Thanks, that's good to know. I will stop even thinking of it as an option !

 

[Tetras]

Thanks, that's good to know. I will stop even thinking of it as an option !

I assume you have actually checked where the bottleneck is though, while you're running those tasks?

 

[dancook]

I assume you have actually checked where the bottleneck is though, while you're running those tasks?

hah, actually I was going with my gut - and maybe the performance graph in-game for POE2

I will take a look at the windows performance graphs next time I do something in lightroom

 

[Tetras]

hah, actually I was going with my gut - and maybe the performance graph in-game for POE2

I will take a look at the windows performance graphs next time I do something in lightroom

Yeah, I'd definitely check that! You could even find the bottleneck is the SSD, who knows.

 

[FredFlint]

Cheap option would be a second hand 5950X(~1.5x the performance of 3900X), that would give a nice bump in single and multi-threaded work. the 3D chip's can be good for games, less so for other work loads though. I would think most 5x CPU's would be more than good enough for most games. I went from a 3900X to a AM5 7950X and its a good upgrade, less about games for me, more muli-core stuff.