AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D has been a massive hit with gamers. Now, AMD is back with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, aiming to deliver both top-tier gaming and productivity power.
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review: The Best High-End CPU
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At the price, it would be better for AMD to offer the 9900X3D with a full 8 on the X3D core and then 6 on the non-X3D core. Yes, that would make it 14 cores, but it would make sense of the price and not compromise the performance of the X3D core. The 6 core X3Ds could be saved for the inevitable 9600X3D. Many people would choose it in that case to save a little money and AMD would have the best of both worlds, a way to sell more non-X3D cores with 2 disabled cores and to sell more X3D cores with 2 disabled in the budget 9600X3D, both would be extremely popular choices.
I don't think Intel will ever come back from this.
AMD is already on their 3rd iteration of x3D and they are already solving major issues at each new iteration.
AMD is already on their 3rd iteration of x3D and they are already solving major issues at each new iteration.
Burty117
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Shockingly quiet from the Intel fans, suprised to see nobody saying how much better the 285K is over anything AMD has.
It is legitimately weird seeing AMD outright dominate Intel though, I was 12 years old the last time that happened. Honestly well deserved, Intel spent years giving us the same CPU over and over again, then they got lazy with the manufacturing process, it is self inflicted.
It is legitimately weird seeing AMD outright dominate Intel though, I was 12 years old the last time that happened. Honestly well deserved, Intel spent years giving us the same CPU over and over again, then they got lazy with the manufacturing process, it is self inflicted.
My first pc was a Packard Bell Pentium 75mhz. A few years later I upgraded to an IBM PC with AMD K6 800mhz.
I was working part time at Best Buy PC/Home Office selling computers while I was in college at the time when the Athlon 64 came out rocked Intel's world.
Equally shocking that nobody has complained about 1080p gaming benchmarks yet… coincidence?
Pit1209
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Isn't this a CPU specific review? People who follow this content certainly should know why 1080p benchmarks are used on this type of reviews.
kiwigraeme
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Think is the Intel just wins in encoding , but does it a minute saved on encoding , will be taken up in preparing the files as slower everywhere else , add in more power. Plus that time is more valuable as that is the user in front of their machine, unzipping , handling the files etc
These things are so powerful , add in some AI/creation tools people hate - people will be able to make movies etc much more easy .
Probably need an article on movie Flow - maybe was GPU based , but believe that was on a "simple" system
daffy duck
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Awesome cpu for sure and even in ECO mode trades blows with 9800X3D in gaming and uses less power. Still KitGuru had 9900X3D and it actually is a good product in itself in gaming other than the stupid pricing. If it gets a price cut, 9900X3D will finally be a worthwhile product unlike the 7900X3D which sucked at productivity and was thrashed by 7950X3D in gaming.
A PBO's and UV'd 9900X3D will be a great alternative for those that don't want to move to 16 cores and here in Australia 9950X is way more than $100 dearer, more like $400.
Hopefully we get this tested ASAP.
A PBO's and UV'd 9900X3D will be a great alternative for those that don't want to move to 16 cores and here in Australia 9950X is way more than $100 dearer, more like $400.
Hopefully we get this tested ASAP.
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Xenocea
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Here, the 9950X3D delivered, on average, 35% more performance – a mind-blowing margin unlike anything seen before in AMD vs. Intel comparisons
You guys have forgotten about the Athlon 64 57-FX.
Back then, it was shown to be 30% to 40% faster on average when it comes to games, compared to the Pentium 4 670 back in the days.
You guys have forgotten about the Athlon 64 57-FX.
Back then, it was shown to be 30% to 40% faster on average when it comes to games, compared to the Pentium 4 670 back in the days.
BadThad
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Radio Shack/Tandy 486/33 was my first. A whopping 2MB of RAM. Eventually I upgraded to 6MB, that cost me $750 for a single 4MB module!
StrikerRocket
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And... equally shocking that some are still complaining about 1080p benchmarks without doing a little research as to the reason why...
Tells one thing or two about their comprehension of the process IMHO...
maxxcool7421
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Absolutely NOBODY with a 9950x3d is gaming on a 1080p monitor. not even one 2k 4x bench ... waste of an article
BadThad
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Do you know this is a benchmark review for CPU? SMH
phinn888
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Thanks for including Eco mode, haven’t seen that in any other reviews. This makes these X3D cpus WAAAY more efficient in gaming rivaling even the 7800X3D.
Please do Eco for 9800X3D too. Just bought one and would love to see analysis if Eco is viable for that too. My only concern other than cost was that last gen is a lot more efficient.
Please do Eco for 9800X3D too. Just bought one and would love to see analysis if Eco is viable for that too. My only concern other than cost was that last gen is a lot more efficient.
I'm an Intel fan boy. I built my only AMD system in 1998. About a year ago, my 13900K system started gradually becoming instable and crash prone. Ended up taking me a few months of getting more and more annoyed and spending far too much time troubleshooting before I zeroed in on the CPU and once I did some research, I was having all the same symptoms (monitor signal resetting frequently, games crashing randomly, BSODs, and productivity software crashes as well). I'm a programmer so I do a lot of compiling code on my system and one of the biggest tells of problems was using Unreal Engine editor -- clicking on different editor windows or widgets would very frequently trigger a monitor reset.
RMA'd the 13900K. Got a 14900K replacement. 9 months later (about 2 weeks ago), my system stability took a nose dive overnight instead of the slow gradual death from my 13900K. Also to clarify, I never overclock -- not worth the hassle. I applied the recommended bios settings on my 13900K as soon as it became available but obviously the damage was done and the bios settings help prevent degradation.
Started a 14900K RMA, and went to purchase a new 14900K to drop in, but my system would no longer boot, after some diagnosis and discovering my old CPU wouldn't boot either, I inspected the mobo pins and one of the pins caught my eye. It's so small, couldn't get any decent pictures of it, but it appears it's slightly elongated and above the other pins... as if it partially melted or got stuck to the CPU, so when I removed it, it must have pulled it up.
Last night I purchased a 9950X3D and new mobo and I'm up and running again. My 2nd AMD system in 28 years. We shall see how this goes!
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