9800X3D releases Nov 7th, review embargo on Nov 6th

[Remij]

AMD released their initial benchmarks during their announcement.

(~8% faster than the 7800X3D across 40+ games tested)

(~20% faster than the Core Ultra 285K across those same 40+ games, at the time of testing)

There's some pretty impressive gains in some games relative to the 7800X3D, but also some which really show no improvement at all. Still, this should handily be the best overall gaming processor out there when it releases. Will be interesting to see how these chips overclock due to the change of the 3D V-Cache being under the CCD instead of on top.

I just got my new Mobo and RAM and am ready for the launch on the 7th!

Went with the MSI X870 Tomahawk Wifi and some G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 6000 CL30

 

[Scott_Arm]

I'm thinking about getting this cpu. I'll see when the reviews hit.

 

[Albuquerque]

Ditto. My current 5950x gaming rig is destined to become my next TrueNAS Scale rig, replacing the Sandybridge-era TrueNAS setup I'm currently running. I can't think of a better replacement than a 9800X3D for gaming duties, along with the upcoming RTX 5090, and a big bite of DDR5

 

[Scott_Arm]

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review - The Best Gaming Processor

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D establishes AMD as the leader in gaming performance. This Zen 5-based X3D chip is not only fast, it also comes with full support for overclocking. Besides gaming, application performance is considerably improved over the 7800X3D, but that comes at a price.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Remij]

Checked out the Digital Foundry review. Nice improvement to 1% lows. This CPU is a beast.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Checked out the Digital Foundry review. Nice improvement to 1% lows. This CPU is a beast.

Yep. Seems to be clearly the best gaming cpu around. I'm kind of curious about the 9950x3d, or whatever it will be called, because the rumours said it'll have 3d v-cache on both ccus, instead of just one. That could actually mean it's a very viable gaming product. Don't think I'd go that route anyway. Too much power etc.

 

[Albuquerque]

Good lord, the 9800X3D is a monster. I love it!

 

[pcchen]

Yep. Seems to be clearly the best gaming cpu around. I'm kind of curious about the 9950x3d, or whatever it will be called, because the rumours said it'll have 3d v-cache on both ccus, instead of just one. That could actually mean it's a very viable gaming product. Don't think I'd go that route anyway. Too much power etc.

If that's really the case, I'll be really torn about whether to replace my 7950X3D to a 9950X3D...

 

[Remij]

Good lord, the 9800X3D is a monster. I love it!

Can't wait for tomorrow! Hopefully they have plenty of stock!

 

[Remij]

I'm still amazed that CPU reviewers don't test "shader precompilation" times as a benchmark. They should make a little suite of games with shader pre-compilation processes and test compile times across multiple CPUs. As more and more games have these processes, it would be good information for gamers to know.. and could very easily sway some people to upgrade or choose a CPU with more cores.

Legitimately, I can't believe nobody is really doing this.