Not sure 6 cores is enough for gaming though
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yeah these days not so much unless you only plan to game on it then you can probably make it work with a decent enough GPU.
If you plan to do more than just game then I would say 8 cores is really the minimum you should go for
So this is where I am at. I currently have a 5900x and need 12 cores for productivity. I have no issues with the two ccds on my current CPU. If I jump to a 9900x3d am I going to really notice when games scale across the two despite one only having the cache ? When games run on my 5900x that scale across both I never notice much of a problem. If that is the case I may just get a 9700x and wait a few years for zen 6
This is probably anb outlier but the new Indiana Jones games uses 88% of my CPU (9950X) and 100% of my GPU (4080 Super) (Ultra mode just gfor giggles)
Yeah it has all cores running on my 5900x plus other games like cyberpunk hence my interest in how the 9900x3d will perform. Just thinking that if it needs more than 6 cores like some of these games then the impact isn't that bad ? Otherwise I may as well get a non 3d cache chip.
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I’ve specced up a new PC, mobo, RAM, NVMe, currently with a 9950X but I’m prepared/resigned to wait for the 9950X3D, but do we think we’re likely to get an ETA at the coming CES?
Still got to wait for a 5090FE too but I gather we should be just weeks away from seeing those.
Still got to wait for a 5090FE too but I gather we should be just weeks away from seeing those.
Let’s hope we have a hard launch straight afterwards then.
Not looking forward to the alerts game for a 5090FE but I flatly refuse to spend another few hundred quid for a virtually identical AIB card.
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liliputing reporting that ECS has revealed that kracken has 8x Zen5c core rather than a mix of two 4x Zen5 plus 4x Zen5c CCD's.
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170W and 5.7Ghz boost, awesome. Can see why it's taken a while to launch, AMD have been busy binning - all the cores that couldn't do 5.7Ghz (or had some other defect) went into 9800X3D's.
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How does that actually compare to the 9800x3D though? From the few reviews I have checked numbers with the 9800x3D is 8% faster average at 1080p compared to 7950x3D so basically they are the same speed if that holds true.
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170W and 5.7Ghz boost, awesome. Can see why it's taken a while to launch, AMD have been busy binning - all the cores that couldn't do 5.7Ghz (or had some other defect) went into 9800X3D's.
Well look at AMD's title, 9950X3D "Worlds Best Gaming Processor". The frequency bump over the 9800X3D is substantial (500Mhz faster) and will likely overclock more as well with better binned cores.
Having double the CPU cores also makes it a much larger upgrade overall for people coming from older CPU's. £550 for a 9800X3D with 8 cores, or £750 for literally double the CPU, with significantly higher performance in productivity applications.
The 5.7Ghz boost will only be on the non v-cache CCD at a guess, just like the 7950X3D. Nothing we've seen so far would suggest otherwise.
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My point is they can claim that but their increase over the 7950x3D is exactly the same as the 9800x3D already is (average 8.3% from 4 reviews I read over 40 games) so the at moment the frequency bump isn't doing anything if you take the published 8% AMD are claiming and the known 8% average of the current 9800x3D. Noting it really should be compared the MSRP numbers. The £550 is clearly inflated. Comparing the £479 to the assumed £749 is more critical to compare tbh.
I mean it from numbers isn't any faster at min. Need to wait for reviews but honestly doesn't appear so if you take AMD official number as correct and compare to known numbers.
Also you are looking at 56% more expensive MSRP so it also isn't like it free speed etc.
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It's going to be an expensive February ! Paying £200 more (over the 9800x3d) for 8 more cores and 500mhz is a no-brainer.
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Yeap, literally double the CPU. Plus, if history repeats itself, OCUK will honour AMD official release price for a few hours/days. 7950X3D was £749 on release, 9950X3D will probably be £800 or more due to no competition from Intel.