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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Defy Belief said:
Those were very different times, people were just buying them to sell on for profit due to a crypto boom and mining craze.

If anyone is buying a 9800x3d to flip they will be incredibly disappointed as no one sensible would pay over the odds for something that will likely have a suitable level of availability.

I haven't been keeping tabs on the likely performance of the chips but if anything a drive down on the currently inflated 7800x3d chips as a result would be nice.
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Tbh that was the last computer part I bought. still rocking a 3700x (not that old I know, but time for an upgrade nonetheless) so didn't know if scummy scalpers were still buying up
new parts.
 
7800x3d is brilliant still and no games I play is being held back. I'll wait till 2027 and get the last x3d chip they do for AM5 along with a GPU upgrade. I don't do small upgrades anymore, I want big increases. I went from a intel 6700k with Nvidia 1080 to my now 7800x3d and AMD 7900xtx and it got me an extra 100+FPS on my games. I'm hitting my monitors capacity of 144fps.
 
t2na said:
What games do you play? What resolution are you playing at?

Are you experiencing issues in games where you feel like the 5800x3D is holding you back?
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At 1440p, mainly COD, Avatar at the moment. Heaviest game I’ve played graphically was TLOU.

My 5800x3d seems buttery smooth and no issues really.

With Unreal 5 I suppose getting more cpu horse power might help?
 
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GhostDog1981 said:
At 1440p, mainly COD, Avatar at the moment. Heaviest game I’ve played graphically was TLOU.

My 5800x3d seems buttery smooth and no issues really.

With Unreal 5 I suppose getting more cpu horse power might help?
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That monitor maxes out at 180hz doesn't it with the OC? So I guess you're not exactly CPU limited at 1440p on COD and in terms of getting the most from your monitor, you're probably comfortably sitting at that number.

Up to you, it's your money and I don't think anyone should tell you how to spend it but ultimately it comes down to if you think you'd really notice the change. If someone swapped your CPU/Mobo/RAM in your PC and didn't tell you, do you think you'd notice?
 
Hostile_18 said:
Any remotely modern CPU is good enough IMO, these are just nice to have quality of life updates. It's not transformative as a GPU upgrade can be, but neither is it anywhere near as expensive.
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Yeah, it's kinda telling when they have to show benchmarks at low settings at 1080p to demonstrate the differences between these CPUS. Nobody (unless esporting) is realistically playing at these settings.

At higher resolutions and higher graphical fidelity, most newer games are going to be hitting GPU limits long before a modern CPU becomes a factor.
 
I'm getting the 9800x3D to go with a 5090 as well. Just sold my 4090 for £1700 earlier this week. :D

Both this CPU and a 5090 are costing me around £600 combined after selling the current parts.
 
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