Which Ryzen CPU to Get for Strategy Games?

[Author_25]

I am planning a move from Intel to AMD and not sure on which CPU to get.

I predominantly play strategy games like, Civilization 6, and 7 when released, Stellaris, Sins of a Solar Empire, Total War Series, but also like Battlefield and COD with occasional single player game like Black Myth Wukong and Space marine 2.

I plan to play at 1440P and when upgrading will get a new GPU, either a 5080 or 5070, depending on the Nvidia tax next year.

I am looking at the 9800X3D as well as the 9900X, and not sure which CPU would be the best overall for my gaming preferences, the 9800X3D is universally acclaimed as the best Gaming CPU, but feel the 9900X higher core count would be of more benefit for strategy games, while still giving decent performance in multi and single player games.

Any advice or alternative suggestions welcome.

 

[Author_25]

The lack of any benchmarking and testing of strategy games is weird given the amout of RTS and 4x games there are and there popularity but at the same time I can see why reviewers ignore them, they do not test a CPU or GPU like say Cyrsis 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 does.

I am leaning towards the 9800X3D but looking at stock ETA more likely to see Nvidia lower prices than get one before early next year, though CES will see the 9900X3D and 9950X3D, so may see some surprises.