Gaming Performance is a lot less than expected

[TechBuyingHavoc]

He has a 240 Hz monitor, I'd assume that's the target you'd want to hit in competitive games.

Certainly is for me, and not just competitive games either.

In that case, I would wait till next month's Black Friday sales and not buy anything right now. The 9800X3D may be released by then, if not, you can still get a good discount deal on current-gen CPU and mobo hardware.

 

[Mister300]

1. My 3080/12700k combo does 144 fps@ 2K on COD MW 3 and BO6 beta. I upgraded from a fifth gen intel 5820K and noticed zero FPS difference except for the rare min FPS drop.
2. What is your internet provider? When we went to ATT 1 gig fiber the online gaming experience was massive over TWC/Spectrum, why because Spectrum drops packets whereas the fiber does not, much more smoother gameplay even at lower FPS. Avg ping is 4ms.
3. I avoid using DLSS because it induces a slight lag or drag that I perceive.
4. Check you games settings when I play Dirt Rally if I enable adv blending it is laggy even at high FPS. When disabled the lag goes away. CSGO might have a buggy setting google to see if other peeps have issues.

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[Vayra86]

He could, but see thread title.

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Basically 7800X3D or 9600X is what I'd buy.

Otherwise just wait for Zen 5 X3D/Arrow Lake.

Don't skimp on CPU or fall into "but I can upgrade CPU later", waste of time and money, buy what you want from day 1.

Arrow Lake lower models will have comparable gaming performance to current gen X3D, and notably faster than non-X3D, but should be cheaper.

This, just get the best CPU you can afford right now, set it and forget it, and then worry about your GPU upgrades only, going forward. Its cheaper, your gaming is better, and it costs a lot less time and energy. Then after some time when CPUs have actually progressed in a meaningful way, you'll do the same trick again.

My path over the last 12 years was 3570K > 8700K > 7800X3D and I reckon I'll last a good 5 years at least, on this CPU now; that's 3 platforms/CPUs over the course of 17 years.

I went from 4c, to 6c12t, to 8c16t. DDR3, to DRR4, to DDR5. PCI 3.0 > 4 > potentially 5 (though not required). Big, meaningful jumps. Every new platform offered a new bunch of standards. No money was wasted doing same board upgrades. Never ran into performance issues in gaming.

 

[AleXXX666]

I'm not really the big guy for looks overall. As long as it isn't very flashy. It can have some lights maybe and then be black or Gray and that's basically fine with me.

Where is the temp roof? What is bad and what is good?

Shouldn't I maybe invest In an X3D AMD processor? Or is that not affordable at all?

X3D isn't "invest" in any case - it's rather "inWASTE" of $$$. If you could get 8-core cpu with lotta cache for the price of 12-core cpu... well, I'm with more core cpu anyday...

That is a good deal, AliExpress is usually the cheapest for the OEM version 7700 at 180$, but right now it is 213$+ the last time I checked.

Aliexpress is "cheapest" in some bargain useless stuff like phone cases or kids toys. Or maybe adults toys as well, dunno. I like to watch some "country which should not be named" Youtuber, which promotes Aliexpress for building "cheap" "gaming" PCs with old Xeon CPUs and refurbished "new" China-noname motherboards and other pc parts. For example, there are kindda "current" parts used - like DDR4 RAM, SSDs or GPUs. And I can tell you - if I compare the prices of Aliexpress for these components with "this country" stores - yes, Aliexpress wins anyday. But, reality, in EU or US prices are WAY CHEAPER, and am I dumb to get "noname"-branded RAM when for SAME price I can get reputable brand one?