AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: The Budget 3D V-Cache King

[Steve]

AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D revives Zen 4 with a lower-clocked take on the 7800X3D. We benchmark 13 games to see how much performance it gives up and whether it still belongs in a modern gaming PC.

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Review: The Budget 3D V-Cache King

 

[yRaz]

At the discounted price it definitely becomes an interesting budget option,. especially for those who don't just game. Typically I ask people if they'd be willing to drop down a tier on the CPU if that means they could go up a tier on the GPU. Now, I have the feeling the difference between the 77x3d and the 78x3d is the difference between 16GB and 32GB of ram.

I was hoping the 5070ti would have come down in price by now, but it hasn't so I have a feeling the price: performance Goldilocks zone is going to be a 77x3d and a 9070xt. I did recently have some hands on time with the 5060ti and was pleasantly surprised by it, though. The numbers we see on charts don't do a great job of reflecting the ownship experience. I needed to do some tweaking but it wasn't nearly as major as I thought it would be.

Shameless Linux plug here, I'm surprised at how much better nVidia Linux drivers have gotten over the last 12 months.

Anyway, I do think the 77x3d discount price could be the difference between someone being able to build a 32GB rig or just sticking with old hardware. Zen 1 is mostly gone, but there are still a surpaing amount of zen2/3000 series ryzen rigs out there. In the current market I would still recommend upgrading to a zen3 CPU and holding onto it for a few more years than doing a platform upgrade if you are rocking ryzen 3000 CPU.

There is a surprising amount of choice on the CPU side and I have a feeling that that is because of the ram shortage. Now is a GREAT time to buy a high-end motherboard.

 

[Thatsdisgusting]

DDR5 and a f"ing RAM cartel spoils all the joy though.
Would gladly roll from 5800X3D if I had ddr5 kit.

 

[Jyrkz]

Consider 5800x3d comeback