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    AM4 reboot?

    https://www.techpowerup.com/348272/amd-to-re-launch-ryzen-7-5800x3d-as-am4-10th-anniversary-edition Looks like it's real, a bunch of sites reporting this today. I expect we'll keep seeing these as long as people keep buying them as they have to keep churning out 5000 series Epycs for another...
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    Simple question - in my use case scenario is 9950x3d worth $200 upcharge over 7950x?

    In general, x3d=gaming performance. There are a few niche productivity cases where the x3d provides a boost but if you don't already know the x3d provides a boost in that app it probably doesn't. The 9950x3d fits a very narrow case of those that need both high productivity performance and game...
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    What Happened to the 9950X3Dv2?

    This would only make sense in a new build where it's what, $200 more than a 9950x3d? Then sure, why not. Complete waste for an upgrade, though. Zen6 probably this time next year, at that point we'll see where the cpu/gpu landscape is but that'll be about the longest I've ever gone without...
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    DLSS 5 - Generative AI

    At a certain point we can go back to vector graphics and apply different models to get the look wanted. Realistic, hyper realistic, cartoon, cell shading etc. For characters, just a reference picture (ie back to a basic texture map) and let ai do the rest. I absolutely think it's both the...
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    5900x vs 9950x3d my impressions

    Yep - I made the move to 64GB with AM5. I tried 128GB but ram speed suffered enough to not be worth it for the extremely rare scenario the capacity would be useful.
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    5900x vs 9950x3d my impressions

    What do you use for upscaling? I have quite a few videos taken at 720 or 1080 that I'd like to upscale to 4k.
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    Threadripper @ 1,499 more like x99 days? Worth it over 870e?

    As soon as you get into die-die communication, the vcache loses it's speedup as that latency is way higher than the cache latency. It would provide no real benefit in a multi-die situation other than having to spend a little less time setting up...Which if you're worried about, probably...
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance, Overclocking and Cooling Thread

    I'm getting similar, but in photogrammetry it's going up into the 80's. Nothing concerning but I'm not running PBO, either (juice not worth the squeeze imo).
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance, Overclocking and Cooling Thread

    Not to beat a dead horse, but I would not touch scalar unless you're ok with reduced chip lifespan. It basically adjusts the temp/voltages to allow shorter silicon lifespan. If you keep it at 1x you basically get the default ~10 year expected lifespan, 2x takes it to 5 years, 5x to 2 years...
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance, Overclocking and Cooling Thread

    I moved to the 9950X3d from 7950X3d - the jump in both multi threaded productivity and gaming was bigger than I expected. I'm fully GPU limited now with my 4090 in VR gaming which wasn't always the case with the 7950x3d, and it's reduced photogrammetry rendering times by around %20. That's...
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    CLOSED

    The X3D chips are a pretty big boost from non-x3d in games and are now zero compromise in MT tasks vs. their non x3d counterparts. Totally depends on what you do gaming wise whether cpu or gpu will be a better upgrade there, but based on your usage I really don't see any need.
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance, Overclocking and Cooling Thread

    Don't touch scalar, it affects the silicon reliability (unlike the other parameters). Unless you plan to only use it for 6 months to a year, I would not touch it. Scalar x10 basically takes it from a 10 year (typical consumer grade) expected lifespan to 1 year.
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review - Great for Gaming and Productivity

    I'm same boat, ordered one from Amazon. This is a larger uplift than I expected, in both gaming and productivity vs 7950x3d.
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    Rumor: Prices leaked for 9900X, 9950X, 9900X3D ($599), and 9950X3D ($699)

    Ordered one from Amazon, we'll see when it shows up. I was going to sit this gen out but the gains in both gaming and productivity are pretty large for the 9950x3d vs 7950x3d It appears to be truly zero compromise, top in both gaming and productivity.
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    Budget AMD CPU?

    I think we'll get at least one more gen on AM5 before AM6, possibly 2. AM4 was zen1, zen1+, zen 2, zen 3. So far we have zen 4 and zen 5 on AM5. We'll get a zen 6 on it, with zen 7 likely on AM6. Given sales trends, my thought is that at some point all ryzen 7 and 9 chips will get v-cache...
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