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Will keep an eye out
V$ was originally done for Epyc CPUs in fact, that's how we got it for desktop, it trickled down. Their main use case was for databases, it had huge gains there (and that's pretty much it iirc). There was a whole interview about it (years after the fact) with an ex-AMD guy I think but I can't remember exactly. Or maybe it was a Forrest Norrod interview. I'm sure someone can track the exact source down.
Review is very positive, looks very good and promising standing up to the leaks and rumours
i would like to say...i called iti think at stock, the 9800x3d will only be 5-15% faster than the 7800x3d
my reasoning for this speculation is:
going from a 5800x to a 7700x is a 15% performance bump
going from a 5800x3d to a 7800x3d is a 20% performance bump (+5% on top of vanilla)
so, if the performance uplift of a 7700x to a 9700x is only 5%, then i would assume a 10% increase (5% + 5% for the x3d portion)
the only way i can see this improving is if zen 5 is much more efficient than zen 4 and allows the 9800x3d to keep the boost clocks higher and for longer, given that the x3d sits in between the cpu and the heat spreader
putting this out here so i can either be proven right or be laughed at when next month comes round
