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The 9800X3D is the best CPU for gaming right?! For most of us – NO! PC Centric explains cpu bottlenecking, and the best graphics card and processor combos for your gaming PC!
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Jack Of All Trades Tier
RTX 5060 Ti GPU:
RX 9060 XT GPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X CPU:
Premium 1440P Tier
RX 9070 GPU:
RTX 5070 GPU:
Ryzen 7 9700X CPU:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU:
The Enthusiast PC Gamer Tier
RX 9070 XT GPU:
RTX 5070 Ti GPU:
Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU:
Pinnacle of PC Gaming Tier
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01:48 Here’s Your Mistake
02:26 RTX 5060 Ti and 9800x3D
03:19 GPU Bottlenecking
04:00 9800x3D Gameplay
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08:03 RX 9070 XT and Ryzen 9060X
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Budget Tier
Intel ARC B570 GPU: https://geni.us/KvUD
Intel ARC B580 GPU: https://geni.us/HEIgvDP
RTX 5050: https://geni.us/jQBWA0
Ryzen 5 7600 CPU: https://geni.us/F65xw8C
Ryzen 5 9600X CPU: https://geni.us/BjAruma
Jack Of All Trades Tier
RTX 5060 Ti GPU: https://geni.us/zitZ
RX 9060 XT GPU: https://geni.us/jCsls0v
Ryzen 7 9700X CPU: https://geni.us/RKBSw
Premium 1440P Tier
RX 9070 GPU: https://geni.us/KaGqF
RTX 5070 GPU: https://geni.us/mNiDsmz
Ryzen 7 9700X CPU: https://geni.us/RKBSw
Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/YgiMI
The Enthusiast PC Gamer Tier
RX 9070 XT GPU: https://geni.us/A6IYCyE
RTX 5070 Ti GPU: https://geni.us/yFgqTN
Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/YgiMI
Pinnacle of PC Gaming Tier
RTX 5080 GPU: https://geni.us/mFG3iRh
RTX 5090 GPU: https://geni.us/WYpy
Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/YgiMI
Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU: https://geni.us/rwkg
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The biggest HW forum conducted a survey, and the x3d cpus were the biggest most popular cpu in there, more popular than all of intel cpus combined, and same with 9070xt gpus over nvidia.
But Nordic countries, including Ger has always been amd friendly, even back in the k era and especially during the athlon era, among the diy enthusiasts and the boutique builds, ie when a store builds a rig according to your specs.
@PcCentric would you be able to advise on what AM5 CPU would be best to pair with a 9070xt (Nitro+) GPU currently as looking to upgrade into AM5 platform from my AM4.. games playing are racing simulation iracing/Le Mans Ultimate. Also PC is used for streaming and playing…. great videos from the UK👌
Remember guys only buy components so you have upgrades in the future? You undertand how stupid this video is. Oh this game bottleneck by the gpu. Yeah no crap. Are you new to pc gaming? Gpu has always been the bottleneck and that is what people want the bottleneck to be not the cpu. This video is for stupid people and saying x3d isn't worth it. Yes it's totally worth it and the gpu upgrades should be focus for the future until it makes sense to upgrade to a new platform.
I found non-X3D to be good enough for gaming, and the extra cores were a godsend for non-gaming, like video encoding. They're closely priced to x3D CPUs. They're less efficient though, so that's a con.
14600k for 160 $ , gigabyte gaming b760 X AX for 130 $ , 32 GB RAM 6600 MHz for 90 $. So for 380 $ I can play everything with good results. With a little optimization in bios it runs cool and quiet at 5300 MHz on P-cores and the power consumption also under control. Coming from a Ryzen 5600 I could definitely feel a more snappy sistem and better overall gaming experience, no more micro stutter in cpu heavy scenes or hitching, faster shader compilations. With the 5600 I needed to lock the FPS at 100~120 fps in most games to free up the cpu for overhead. The FPS swing was wild between different scenes. Fast mouse turns now are smooth, swinging in Spiderman games are butter smooth , the last if us or any other cpu heavy games now just runs smoothly.
seems like the only bad choice is a 5060
Then why did i get a 9 9800 X3d for my white 5090 for flight sim 2024
great analysis,,,
Remember that Bottleneck calculators are BS, they don't account for any tuning.
Would this expensive CPU do really well with a 5080?😊
Not upgrading anything in times like the rampocalypse, R7 5700X / RX 7800XT / 32GB still rocking the shit out of nearly all games. Bang for buck? YES
i am sorry but you are just mismatching hardware….obviously the 9800x3d is not supposed to be used with a 5060ti….the 9070 xt is a much better pairing….so yeah what you say is correct, but it s misleading…it all depends on whaty you want to do with your pc and what is your budget….if budget is low you go for the appropriate hardware…you always have to match correct , which you do on your pinned comment where you correctly align 9070xt with 9800x3d etc….so what is the point of this video?
I have Amd combo build 9070xt and 7800x3d paired , Its the best build i have ever had !! Playing on 1440p able to run all games smoothly without any issue 😉 ..
you said the best cpu but not worth to buy it LOL
I wound up with a 9800X3D because I had the money for it, putting the budget into the GPU wasn't a possibility because I literally bought the best GPU available at the time. That said, I don't regret it, it's a gimmick but it's a fun one. It's so smooth.
Or end up using the savings on ram and ssd…
Hardware Unboxed did almost this same test last year with a 7800X3D+4070 and 7600+4070 Ti and they found the 7600+4070 Ti was better in almost all games and resolutions.
I am surely not wasting money on X3D.
Sincerely, someone who doesn't have x3d
Oh so his whole argument is if you're money limited lol. Yes the x3D chips are just flat better, theyre just more expensive.