upgrade my Ryzen 7700X for i7 6950X

cou60 · 2024-07-23T23:55:13+0100

Hi ,

i have an Ryzen 7700x and i want to upgrade, i am a bit cpu limited for certain game. i have an old motherboard X99 and i was thinking to buy an i7 6950X oc to 4.5 ghz with 4 channel memory at 3200 mhz

is that a good idea ?

tabascosauz · 2024-07-23T23:59:47+0100

No that's a terrible idea lol, 7700X would still absolutely roll a 6950X in just about everything even if you underclocked it and forced it to use JEDEC RAM

Are we trolling here?

Klemc · 2024-07-24T00:05:32+0100

7700x limited in games, list the games so that we know for sure.

1.5 year's CPU best gamer:

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Review - The Best Zen 4 for Gaming

With the Ryzen 7 7700X, AMD is introducing their fastest Zen 4 processor for gamers. In our review we found out that gaming on the 7700X runs better than the 7900X and 7950X, thanks to the single CCD design of the 7700X. Just like on other high-end AM5 CPUs, temperatures are a problem though.

www.techpowerup.com

cou60 · 2024-07-24T00:06:34+0100

the 6950X is an 10 core versus 8 for the 7700X, the 6950 also use 4 channel vs 2 for the 7700X and games love to have more ram bandwidth.

Klemc · 2024-07-24T00:08:16+0100

Processeur Intel® Core™ i7-6950X Extreme Edition (25 Mo de cache, jusqu'à 3,50 GHz) Caractéristiques techniques

Processeur Intel® Core™ i7-6950X Extreme Edition (25 Mo de cache, jusqu'à 3,50 GHz) fiche de synthèse comprenant les spécifications, les caractéristiques, les prix, la compatibilité, les documents de conception, les références de commande, les codes de spécification, etc.

ark.intel.com

JFYI

Blaeza · 2024-07-24T00:08:30+0100

cou60 said:
the 6950X is an 10 core versus 8 for the 7700X, the 6950 also use 4 channel vs 2 for the 7700X and games love to have more ram bandwidth.

Don't know what yer smokin' but send some my way!

cou60 · 2024-07-24T00:14:13+0100

what wrong with what i said ? English isn't my native language

the 6950X seem to be quite a bit slower than the 14900k and is a bit below the 12700k even with the best ram and oc, maybe i should pick the 14900k, but i will have to buy a new motherboard

Klemc · 2024-07-24T00:20:41+0100

Near 10 years old CPU, and.......

tabascosauz · 2024-07-24T00:29:27+0100

cou60 said:
the 6950X is an 10 core versus 8 for the 7700X, the 6950 also use 4 channel vs 2 for the 7700X and games love to have more ram bandwidth.

That's not how either single core nor multi core performance works, if it was then a Sandy Bridge Xeon E5 would be literally unbeatable

Don't examine RAM performance in a vacuum. In the vast majority of even memory intensive workloads (if not all), it still serves to support CPU perf. An ancient CPU is still an ancient CPU.

Klemc · 2024-07-24T00:34:53+0100

Yes after three gens and mre CPU get too old to beat price and usage of newers, always and all, no exception.

My 7800x3d in 2030+ will do so crappy work that one rendered frame will cost me more electricity that one minute of gaming with latest CPU equivalent (like 17800x3d).

A&P211 · 2024-07-24T01:05:20+0100

cou60 said:
the 6950X is an 10 core versus 8 for the 7700X, the 6950 also use 4 channel vs 2 for the 7700X and games love to have more ram bandwidth.

dude that processor is 9yrs old vs the 7700x being almost 2yrs old. Plz stop trolling these forums.

Blaeza · 2024-07-24T01:15:08+0100

Klemc said:
7700x limited in games, list the games so that we know for sure.

1.5 year's CPU best gamer:

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Review - The Best Zen 4 for Gaming

With the Ryzen 7 7700X, AMD is introducing their fastest Zen 4 processor for gamers. In our review we found out that gaming on the 7700X runs better than the 7900X and 7950X, thanks to the single CCD design of the 7700X. Just like on other high-end AM5 CPUs, temperatures are a problem though.

www.techpowerup.com

Get a 7800X3D, sorted.

JWNoctis · 2024-07-24T01:35:27+0100

Feel free to do so, but keep your previous parts. This might make a good retro build experience.

Pick up a couple GTX 1080 at the same time too, because two surely beats one.

eidairaman1 · 2024-07-24T01:36:48+0100

cou60 said:
Hi ,

i have an Ryzen 7700x and i want to upgrade, i am a bit cpu limited for certain game. i have an old motherboard X99 and i was thinking to buy an i7 6950X oc to 4.5 ghz with 4 channel memory at 3200 mhz

is that a good idea ?

No, what you would be doing then is downgrading and going to a i14 series is a mistake as well, keep what you have,otherwise sell it on here, there are plenty who would take that cpu off your hands.

Klemc · 2024-07-24T01:46:34+0100

The strangest thing here is, 7700x is AMD, 6950x an Intel, and then he says he won't get a 14000 (intel) without changing MB !!!

eidairaman1 · 2024-07-24T01:49:56+0100

Klemc said:
The strangest thing here is, 7700x is AMD, 6950x an Intel, and then he says he won't get a 14000 (intel) without changing MB !!!

I think it's a troll...

Klemc · 2024-07-24T01:51:17+0100

Delete the whole topic in that case.

cou60 · 2024-07-24T01:53:02+0100

two 1080 beat the rtx 4090 ? probably, but the 1080 only have 8 go of ram, maybe i should do 2 rtx titan or 1080 ti . the 4090 is still good enough for me.

the 6950x is almost as good as an 17 12700k,

i7-6950X vs i7-12700K - Test in 7 Games | FHD 1080p (youtube.com)

i probably will pick an 14900k and be done with it,or wait for the next lake. i was aksing because the 6950X is only 200$ on ebay

the 14900k take to much current for my taste,

Klemc · 2024-07-24T01:55:04+0100

You strangely think about hardware PCs stuffs.

Buy a PS6 you will get better all.

Marcus L · 2024-07-24T02:00:57+0100

cou60 said:
two 1080 beat the rtx 4090 ? probably, but the 1080 only have 8 go of ram, maybe i should do 2 rtx titan or 1080 ti . the 4090 is still good enough for me.

GTFO lol you must be trolling to the highest standard lol

Toothless · 2024-07-24T02:02:14+0100

cou60 said:
two 1080 beat the rtx 4090 ? probably, but the 1080 only have 8 go of ram, maybe i should do 2 rtx titan or 1080 ti . the 4090 is still good enough for me.

the 6950x is almost as good as an 17 12700k,

i7-6950X vs i7-12700K - Test in 7 Games | FHD 1080p (youtube.com)

i probably will pick an 14900k and be done with it,or wait for the next lake. i was aksing because the 6950X is only 200$ on ebay

the 14900k take to much current for my taste,

I had a 6900k and a 3700x steamrolled it on everything. More cores does NOT mean better performance nor do games care about bandwidth that much when the Broadwell is ancient.

And SLI? Really? You're just trolling right?

Klemc · 2024-07-24T02:02:43+0100

Marcus L said:
GTFO lol you must be trolling to the highest standard lol

Imagine the researches he is doing on Google !..

TITAN x2 Vs. 4090S

cou60 · 2024-07-24T02:02:51+0100

i am a begginer Klemc don't be mad at me.

. the 6950x was the best cpu of the time. i am sorry i didn't realise the 6950 was to old to game. i will pick an 14900k instead

Toothless · 2024-07-24T02:03:59+0100

cou60 said:
i am a begginer Klemc don't be mad at me.

. the 6950x was the best cpu of the time. i am sorry i didn't realise the 6950 was to old to game. i will pick an 14900k instead

That's not even a solid choice until Intel drops the new microcode for voltage fixes. Sit down and wait and quit this nonsense.

Klemc · 2024-07-24T02:04:16+0100

7800x3d is the best, i told you what my CPU will be in 2030+ !! Read post 2 or 3 or 4, can't remember, i answered that.

Now i'd tell again, buy a PS6, it's near to be ready.

Also you didn't list the CPU limited games you talk, bc 7700x is one year's best CPU gamers like linked in my answer (TPU lnk)

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