With the launch of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the company led by Lisa Su has once again created the gaming processor most powerful on the market, a processor that surpasses the performance of its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3Dalthough the performance difference is not so great that it is worth upgrading to the new model with the 7800X3D.
While we wait for the release of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and of Ryzen 9 9900X3DThere are many users who wonder if it is worth waiting for its launch or if the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is more than enough to play.
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For users who are expressing their concerns in this regard, Martijn Boonstra, product and business development manager at AMD, in an interview with the Video Gamer media, clears up any doubts. According to Martijn, and as expected, the performance of the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D will be practically the same in video games as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.
While the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has 8 coresthe Ryzen 9 9900X3D has 12 cores and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a total of 16 cores. Although at first it would be logical to think that, with a greater number of cores, performance should be better, this is not really the case.
This is because most games are optimized to operate with 8 cores, which is when you get more performance, or less. The new Ryzen 9 with 12 and 16 cores are not designed for the field of video games, but for productivity tasks and multithreading where the cores do allow for greater performance.
If you are looking for a processor for gaming, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is perfect. But, if you are also a content creator, the processor you need is the new Ryzen 9 range with 12 and 16 cores, processors that will be more expensive than 9800X3D.
At the moment, AMD has not announced the expected release date. launch of the Ryzen 9 9000 range. According to Martijn in the Video Gamer interview, the launch date is close, so it is possible that they will hit the market before the end of this month, confirming the rumors.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D still has availability problems
Since its launch in early November last year, the Ryzen 9800X3D has been suffering from stock issues. Its launch price is 539 eurosHowever, and as is usual when there is not enough stock to cover demand and it is high, the price increases. The disappearance of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D from the market has only contributed to increasing demand for the 9800X3D.
At this moment, finding the 9800X3D for less than 600 euros is impossible. Days after launch, this process even exceeded 800 euros. AMD spoke out shortly after the launch stating that it was working to be able to offer a greater number of units but that, until March, it will continue to suffer from stock problems.
A few days ago, he made some statements in which he blamed the success that this processor was having on Intel, for not having launched a processor that is up to par in video games.
