I Upgraded To The 7950X3D And Regret It

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Presenter: Brett Sticklemonster
Writer: Brett Sticklemonster
Videographer: Brett Sticklemonster & Kyler Himes
Editor: Brett Sticklemonster & Kyler Himes
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[definitelyhexed]

Seems you regret everything. Regretted the 7800x3d, regretted the 7950x3d. Maybe just stop buying stuff altogether.

[christianprice]

There are so many other tech tubers that have reviewed the 7950x3d and accurately capture the difference between the 3d and non 3d parts. You've obviously done something wrong here man. Check the countless other reviews online.

[supergoofy]

Windows OS scheduler needs a big update, to be able to use the X3D chips efficiently.

[AngelicStreak]

Next time, when you compare CPUs, compare their TDPs. Cause 7950X3D takes almost half the energy that 7950X does. You won't need to cool as much etc.

[sonegokrone]

Too much advertising to get to the point...I understand it is necessary but with limits!

[Phynellius]

the 7800x3d will be the one that makes sense, the difference between the 7950x3d and the og 7950x is pretty small in most cases, especially once you run the game at settings that most people with a 1000$+ gpu would reasonably be targeting

[JustinZ]

You may not see much of a difference in 1080p with fps in games where the 7950x was already pretty much hitting the engine limit. The 7800x3d is targeted specifically at gaming. The 7950x3d is for both gaming with the x3d enabled ccd and productivity apps the non x3d ccd with higher clocks. Another way to think of the 7950x3d is kind of like a higher clocked 7700x and a 7800x3d combined.

[mikeclardy]

so i was looking up "7950x in 2024" to see what other people think of it who also have one. came across your video and even though its late, i have really good things to say about this cpu and its gonna be a good processor for a while (so consider this gem if you find it at a reasonable price!). Yea, its hard to cool, but most 360 AIO's are good enough for the job. other than that minor draw back, this chip just does anything you ask of it. and its multi tasking performance is super quick and snappy. its super efficient with an undervolt, most of these cpus can handle a -30 all core offset and typically run faster when you do this (tip: set custom temp limit to 89c, you'll cut allot of heat out and it will rarely ever reach this limit even on 100% load for either x or x3d variant).
If you do engineering, 3d work, gaming, whatever this cpu crushes it all and it does it all well. It is a master jack of all trades. I see why this was labeled pretty much neck to neck with the 13900k at launch. Its simply put a great processor.

[MeCrazy]

have you tried something like process lasso for locking certain tasks to certain cores instead of relying on windows or gamebar

[RDF]

I'm still rocking with the 5950X.

[GunpowderRacing]

Went from a 5950x woth 4080 to a 7950x3D and it runs phenominally. Talking 30-40% fps gains, CPU bottlenecks are real. Well worth it, the whiny reviewers who say otherwise... meh, just negative titles for more views and comments.

[IrocZIV]

I've got one myself, super happy, but I'm upgrading from a 6850k so almost anything would be better. What I'm really curious about is those games that normally can't ever seem to run well like MS Flight simulator, where things get pushed in weird ways. I also want to test it when running slower RAM. I plan on upgrading to 128GB pretty soon, and its a known issue that you have to down clock your memory (4800 is often all motherboards will list as compatible) And maybe the cache will help deal with that.

[lyrand]

What is required in my case (7900X3D) is to force the CCD priority in the actual BIOS with the Cache option. Not relying on the XBOX Game Bar in Windows (Windows 11 in my case) because even with just relying on that it doesn't actually run my games on the 3D vCache CCD0, by default it runs everything I do on CCD1 only. But going to the BIOS and forcing the priority for CCD0 there worked and everything I do now in Windows (gaming, etc) first runs on CCD0.

However, it IS a problem. No one should have to force that through the BIOS and it should absolutely be a "set and forget" thing you do maybe once in Windows and that's it. It should just work out of the box. It DOES work for some people out there and they'd claim that there is no scheduler-related issues. That's normal... because they don't experience the problem, obviously. But there ARE cases where - for some reason - JUST relying on Game Bar just won't cut it. I'm one of those cases, and forcing it via the BIOS was my only solution.

[EloyBushida]

Weird, I love mine. 3 months I've had it, zero regrets, its blazing fast for my rendering and compiling, while also being insanely good in games. Literally the best of both worlds.

[BigPimpJunior]

I may have missed it but did you update your chipset for 3DVcache on your system after you installed the new chip? Those numbers seem off just a bit. But also under the impression the 3dvcache chips are better for games that require large amount of simulation. Space engineers, Stellaris, Universe sandbox, Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator, etc. However if I'm wrong on that someone let me know. Thinking about grabbing a 7800x3d soon when it releases.

[LuMo]

You get better 1% and 0.1% lows with 5800X3d and 7xx0X3D which ultimately gives you smoother gameplay in 4K or VR, it's not so much about the 1-2% maximum FPS.

[rahovartiv]

I envy people that actually live near a micro center. Closest one to me is near d.c. and I can't really justify a 6hr round trip there and back.

[PaulGrayUK]

What's crazy about PCs today is a Raspberry Pi4 is about as powerful as a PC 10-20 years ago. Think about that, more so when it uses the same power as a single one of those NZXT fans, and this system has 17 of those running.

Makes you wonder, when will we reach the stage where fans to cool a PC/compter are a thing of the past.

[TheMisleduser]

All I know is I came from a 2700x and with this knew am5 build with the 7950x3d I'm blown away. Always to just once build a pc that I didn't really need and pretty happy I did. I look at it like does anyone really need a Lamborghini? Nah but people buy em.

[flyryan]

Did you install Ryzen Master and put the CPU in gaming mode (which disables one of the CCDs)? That made a MASSIVE difference for me.