Friday, October 18th 2024
AMD Sets Up Press Event for Ryzen 7 9800X3D Launch
AMD China has set up a press event to launch its new Ryzen 7 9800X3D "Zen 5" processor with 3D V-cache. The company is sending out invitations like the one pictured below to the Chinese tech press and select PC enthusiasts. The event is slated to take place in Zhuhai, and spans October 23 and 24, which could mean that the company has set up an experience zone, where visitors can take gaming desktops powered by the 9800X3D for a spin with popular game titles. It won't surprise us if AMD has at least an online press event planned around this time for the rest of the world.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is widely expected to extend AMD's lead with gaming performance. In first-party gaming benchmarks put out by Intel for its upcoming Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" processor, the new chip is shown within 3% of the Core i9-14900K, which the current Ryzen 7 7800X3D beats, and the 9800X3D can only push the gaming performance envelope further from here. If it's not the higher IPC of "Zen 5," then it could be the alleged 5.20 GHz all-core boost frequency for the 9800X3D. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is expected to go on sale in the first week of November 2024.
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HXL (Twitter)
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is widely expected to extend AMD's lead with gaming performance. In first-party gaming benchmarks put out by Intel for its upcoming Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" processor, the new chip is shown within 3% of the Core i9-14900K, which the current Ryzen 7 7800X3D beats, and the 9800X3D can only push the gaming performance envelope further from here. If it's not the higher IPC of "Zen 5," then it could be the alleged 5.20 GHz all-core boost frequency for the 9800X3D. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D is expected to go on sale in the first week of November 2024.
21 Comments on AMD Sets Up Press Event for Ryzen 7 9800X3D Launch
It is an invitation for the half of the event in some city other than Macau, though Macau is mentioned as the other half. Interesting, if true.
Overclockable X3D is here :cool:
Now, just don't screw up the price... :fear:
So $700
They also want to make up for the absolute doggo non-X3D sales.
7800X3D is currently selling at $500, they're not going to price below that.
AMD will absolutely want to monetize their gaming advantage, however insignificant it may be in the real world. 15% prettier benchmark bars means 50 to 100% prettier checks coming in.
Its not gonna be more than 500. I could somehow think they might go for 550. But more? They'd be the laughing stock of the year, and that's saying something after Intel's shenanigans.
7800x3d is like $480 right now - owing to how weak zen 5 is, if the 285K underwhelms like it's looking to, you're looking at $500 7800x3d and $600 9800X3D
600$ it is.
That's 7950X3D / 9950X3D price and one can simply enable prefer cache in the BIOS to get within 1-2% of the single CCD chip.
The price for the 7800X3D has temporarily spiked to around $500 (currently sitting at 473 on amazon), that's not what the market is willing to pay as on ongoing basis from here on out. The price will likely drop back to where it was previously, $350 - $320.
A huge reason for the 7800X3D's and 5800X3D's popularity is their pricing. Some people seem to be vastly over-estimating what most of the market is willing to pay for an 8-core CPU based on nothing more than surge pricing that represents less than 1% of the product's pricing history.
I have a 7800X3D and $500 would have been a dealbreaker, let lone $600 or $650. That's just nuts. I could have gotten a 7950X3D for $430 on sale. Heck $450 is high for the 8 core X3D part IMO, that price already has the "fastest gaming CPU" tax baked in. I would absolutely buy the 16 core CPU or go Intel if they significantly raise prices without massive performance increases.