Tuesday, February 28th 2023
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and 7900X3D Go on Sale From Today
AMD's top two new desktop processors, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-core/32-thread; and the Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-core/24-thread, go on sale later today (starting 3 PM Central European time, 9 AM EST). The two "Zen 4" processors feature the company's 3D Vertical Cache technology, which significantly improves gaming performance. The 7950X3D in particular attains parity with the Intel Core i9-13900K in both gaming and multi-threaded productivity performance.
3D Vertical Cache is a 64 MB SRAM die that augments the 32 MB on-die L3 cache of one of the two CCDs in these processors. The combined 96 MB cache has a profound impact on compute latencies for gaming. In our testing, the 7950X3D matches the gaming performance of the i9-13900K "Raptor Lake," which means AMD now has a truly competitive processor with Intel's latest. It also matches or exceeds the I/O feature-set, including DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen 5 (including for the CPU-attached NVMe slot); and an iGPU, although it loses out on DDR4 memory support. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D commands an MSRP of USD $700, and the 7900X3D $600.
Catch the TechPowerUp Review of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
3D Vertical Cache is a 64 MB SRAM die that augments the 32 MB on-die L3 cache of one of the two CCDs in these processors. The combined 96 MB cache has a profound impact on compute latencies for gaming. In our testing, the 7950X3D matches the gaming performance of the i9-13900K "Raptor Lake," which means AMD now has a truly competitive processor with Intel's latest. It also matches or exceeds the I/O feature-set, including DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen 5 (including for the CPU-attached NVMe slot); and an iGPU, although it loses out on DDR4 memory support. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D commands an MSRP of USD $700, and the 7900X3D $600.
Catch the TechPowerUp Review of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
26 Comments on AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and 7900X3D Go on Sale From Today
Therefore, you're probably waiting for the 8c/16t 7800X3D.
AMD know that the 7800X3D will be the most popular version by far. The decision to delay the CPU is probably a simple matter of building up more inventory for a hard launch.
Let's be serious now, not even the 5800x3d is at 300$ yet lol It's the classic lead with the best halo product, others follow that happens with every launch since forever, why are people even surprised!?
People need to realize unless you really need it ~ you can always skip it! Don't give corporations any power over you. I guess you've already calculated their margins worldwide & future projections on their sale, plus the yields on these chips?
The 7800X3D will, by far, be the best and most interesting CPU for gamers. No fiddling, no forced 'game mode', no forced yucky Xbox Game Bar... just plug & play for carefree gaming!
www.newegg.ca/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr5-sdram/p/N82E16820374369?Item=N82E16820374369
By Friday you probably won't see many posts from me over the weekend as every Game I like to play will be sampled. Will Just Cause 4 maintain over 200 FPS at 4K? We are going to find out. Like I have said in previous posts though the best thing about the X3D chips are the exemplary 1% lows that translate into the smoothest experience you could feel in a modern high end PC. Before I sell my 5800X3D, I am going to pair it with a 6500XT and see for myself if you need a high and GPU to appreciate the 5800X3D.
You already know what board I am getting so the total cost was $1700 Canadian. That is not cheap but still less than a single 4090. I could have saved about $350 but I wanted a board with flexible PCIe, M2 storage.
On a totally different tangent the WD AN1500 is the fastest at loading Forspoken in my array including M2 RAID, SSD RAID and high speed 4.0 drives like the 530. The thing is Game Bar is integrated into Windows anyway.
Or converting anything.
These X3D chips aren't made from the best or worse bin.
They're made on mass out of selected wafer's then rated, binned then put on a substrate and package.
The grinding that is essential to making these X3D chips is done at the wafer scale not individual unit scale Afaik.
AMD is a business after all, of course they'll price the products in a scale regardless of product cost - i.e. it's common to disable functional parts to meet lower end product demand, is it wastefull? Yeah, but it's how the market works, without the profits from higher end cash cows with huge margins neither high nor low end products would ever get made. This happens in every thing, is not just technology. Didn't know about that, arguably Xbox game bar makes them more Halo (ba dum tsss :D) but yeah, 7800 looks like the simpler and better options. You don't need a 16 core monster for games.
How the actual fffff is half the cores = -60%(not -50% like you know the Math indicates not)
A 7800X3D has 3 separate dies down only one on the bigger chip.
In fog brained math, equals reality mode that's 25% less hardware so the price HAS to be 700-25% surely because I said so?;?!???.
What matters to people differs by person, some couldn't care less your quite disappointed.
If you're math is based on actual cores 8 is 50% of 16?.
Anyway semantics, I and others refute your maths and your claims.
New platforms usually incurred a first in price gouge.
Business is business.
The price though is based on many things including what they Think people will pay, just don't pay, I'm not buying and tbh if you're on a recent generation, it's likely not worth upgrading.
Yep no surprise they are pricey
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I agree that these are new but also wanted. AMD created a real movement among enthusiasts with chips like the 3300x and 5800X3D. The expensive AM5 boards have been moving this week (My board had 50 other people in cart on Newegg). I fully expect that when the 7800X3D launches that the flood gates will open as those B650 boards should be a little cheaper then with some PCIE 5.0 drives coming online then too.
X3D looks like a chart topper.. wouldnt make much sense for me since i play at 3840X1600@144Hz
www.pcmag.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d