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7900X to a 9800X3D worth it?

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

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Hey guys,

Keep going back and forth on a X3D chip. Would this be worth the upgrade? I dont do any productivity, just gaming.

This is running well but wonder if the extra Cache is worth it?
 
sorry, should have mentioned that..

I game at 1440p 240Hz..

and the FPS are decent, but since my new GPU everything is smooth as butter, even when frames "tank"..

For an example, I ran the benchmark on Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, and got this... (sorry about the quality)

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Worth it is a hard thing to define. Is your CPU perfectly fine right now? Yeah. Would you see a benefit in some games that love the cache? Sure.

I mean, a 5090 is "worth it" for me, but would I buy one? No :D
 
You'll definitely see a bump in the numbers at that resolution, but whether it's noticeable is another matter.

I'd probably wait for the next generation. A 7900X and a 4070ti is a pretty balanced combo.
 
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Tetras said:
Worth it is a hard thing to define. Is your CPU perfectly fine right now? Yeah. Would you see a benefit in some games that love the cache? Sure.

I mean, a 5090 is "worth it" for me, but would I buy one? No :D
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yeah. i see where your coming from.

Ayahuasca said:
You'll definitely see a bump in the numbers at that resolution, but whether it's noticeable is another matter.

I'd probably wait for the next generation.
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hmm.. yeah, its running sweet atm, i dont want all the hassle if im going to get a modest upgrade that i cant notice.
 
Zeebedy said:
sorry, should have mentioned that..

I game at 1440p 240Hz..

and the FPS are decent, but since my new GPU everything is smooth as butter, even when frames "tank"..

For an example, I ran the benchmark on Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, and got this... (sorry about the quality)

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oh no 233. that's a powerpoint presentation lol

Save your money buy some speakers or something.
 
I'm not up to speed on AMD platforms but you could potentially get a boost from tuning your RAM if you haven't already and it's a capable kit.
 
hornetstinger said:
oh no 233. that's a powerpoint presentation lol

Save your money buy some speakers or something.
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thanks, i have a good speaker setup atm, but i see your point :)

Ayahuasca said:
I'm not up to speed on AMD platforms but you could potentially get a boost from tuning your RAM if you haven't already and it's a capable kit.
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interesting, I have the RAM stock atm, its not the fastest though, only 5600Mhz..
 
You'll see a slight boost in performance, which will be game dependent. Really comes down to whether you view a £300+ net spend ( assuming you sell your 7900X ) as worth it or not. A more frugal/rational choice would be to wait for the next generation of AMD chips.
 
xaldub said:
You'll see a slight boost in performance, which will be game dependent. Really comes down to whether you view a £300+ net spend ( assuming you sell your 7900X ) as worth it or not. A more frugal/rational choice would be to wait for the next generation of AMD chips.
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yeah, its perfectly fine, I just thought there might be a drastic improvement for gaming, but will probably hold out if the gains are not going to be a game changer (pardon the pun).
 
Zeebedy said:
yeah, its perfectly fine, I just thought there might be a drastic improvement for gaming, but will probably hold out if the gains are not going to be a game changer (pardon the pun).
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Definitely won't be drastic, bar one or two edge cases eg. MSFS 2020/24. Most games are GPU bound, not CPU bound at 1440p and 4K.
 
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You may lose some performance outside of games if that concerns you, though it is generally less than 10% difference, but I was watching someone benchmarking a bunch of CPUs recently including the 7900X3D (not the regular X) and in some newer games against the 9800X3D there is a big difference in the minimum FPS in some situations even though the average FPS might not be hugely different - in some situations the limits of 6 core and/or cross CCD communications (not sure which is in play) is having noticeable impact.
 
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