AMD's current flagship Ryzen 9 9950X processor is marked down to $589
AMD's current flagship Ryzen 9 9950X processor is marked down to $589
More cores, less money
No one should buy this for gaming...
Great CPU, but if you're gaming you want the x3d because of caches and other "small" improvements that give huge graphics gains.
Is it really that big of a deal? I just upgraded to a 9900x and am playing Yakuza kiwami 2 and several vr games including half life alyx at max settings. On the rare occasion I drop below 120fps, the bottleneck has very clearly been my 6700xt. I don't think I've seen the cpu ever come close to maxing out
Nah like unless your game is a cpu intensive game (older games come into mind) any recent cpu will do just fine. Hell even a 5600 still chugs for 99% of all games
Cache is just a slight optimization and your gpu matters a lot more for gaming. The only other benefit is a bit better power draw, which is like nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I don’t think I’ve seen the cpu ever come close to maxing out
You bought a Camaro for an hour long daily commute stuck in traffic.
It's not going to be bad, it's just if all you do is game then you're not using what you paid for. You could be getting the same performance for much less price and electricity.
Gaming performance might be a little worse than an x3d (probably not), but you'd need a crazy card for a cpu bottleneck so it doesn't matter.
What should one buy for gaming and when is next gen potentially coming out? My 12700k isn't struggling atm or anything, just curious.
The x3ds are the best for gaming... Which means overkill if not using a higher end gpu.
But it depends on what gpu and motherboard you have, then if you're just trying upgrade CPU or build new.
Tomshardware isn't as good as it used to be, but they do a good job with their comparisons for cpus and gpus.
If you're not changing your GPU anytime soon, use an online calculator to find out what CPU matches it so you don't bottleneck. A little either way isn't a big deal.
It was $569 at Microcenter. Nice.
wonder what the x3ds price is gonna be
That's an attractive price that will last maybe 2 GPU upgrades.
Don't buy the 9950x3D because the 3D v-cache is only on one set of CCX.
Having v-cache on one CCD is not an issue. It seems most of the scheduler issues have been fixed and that was just software. It would be nice to have v-cache on both, but it actually adds more complexity.