[Hardware] Why will this model be the best gaming processor in years?

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Many times having the best architecture does not mean having the most performing CPU, this paradox has occurred several times in the history of computing. Especially with optimized versions of already mature architectures compared to newer ones. That is why AMD decided to join its Ryzen 7000 with the V-Cache of its 5800X3D to create what for a long time will be the best processor for games and its successor. We are talking about the 7800X3D and we will tell you why we are waiting for it like rain in May.

There is no doubt that in the PC the freedom to choose the components allows us to build systems suitable to our budget and needs. The problem comes when we want something with high performance and the differences between one chip and another may seem insignificant on paper or unimportant, but once the concept of performance compared to price enters, the whole tower of mud collapses. It is at this point where it is important to know how to choose well.

Add more cache, a sure bet on performance
After the release of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is composed of a single CCD and, therefore, with all the cores benefiting from the V-Cache, the 5800X3D finally has its true successor on the market. Although, as we have said several times, the benchmarks do not get better results on a CPU with much more last-level cache memory, in general applications, yes, and we could already verify that with the 5800X3D, which with this small change was capable of to match the Ryzen 7700X in most workloads.

On the other hand, it is no secret that the speed of access to RAM is the biggest bottleneck. Therefore, it is a safe bet for any processor to alleviate this problem and the addition of cache memory is the safest and most classic of all. Of course, the common user is not interested in those details of how, but what and precisely what is Caesar's, although we criticize AMD for how it is doing in graphics cards, in processors it is a totally different song.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the best processor for games
Not long ago, the folks over at Techpowerup decided to do a mock review of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D using the Ryzen 9 7950X3D for it. Since both CPUs are the same, except for the addition of a CCD without V-Cache in Ryzen 9, they decided to disable it to have their younger brother on a practical level. Of course, the Boost speed of AMD's symmetrical eight-core processor is slightly less than sixteen asymmetrical of the same brand, but most likely with a slightly higher base clock speed.

At first glance, losing 8 cores is losing performance, however, the fact that there is a higher latency between them since they are on another chip and perform worse because they do not have the V-Cache is counterproductive. On the other hand, there is not a single game currently, within the PC world, that requires more than 8 cores and 16 threads to run smoothly and less if these have improvements.

 

 

Now, the best stress benchmark for a CPU is to make it do a cross-country run, this means it doesn't sit still for a while and the best graphics card for this is the RTX 4090, it's so fast that it requires you to all the processors have to keep up with it or the general performance, in frame rate it is cut. Well, according to these tests, activating or deactivating CCD0 (the one from the V-Cache) or CCD1, the results in games are surprising.

 

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