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Great to see AMD focusing on performance per watt. I might very well jump ship now; will be interesting to see the reviews - I'm into the kind of "poorly optimi

Great to see AMD focusing on performance per watt. I might very well jump ship now; will be interesting to see the reviews - I'm into the kind of "poorly optimised" simulators that saw a massive impact from the 5800X3D. The NVIDIA 4090, whilst having amazing performance is just too much in both price and wattage. NVIDIA's questionable business practices have also left a lot to be desired; they easily forgot who got them into the #1 position when miners were lined up with their money during the lock-downs.

CobaltFire 4y ago
If you are referring to DCS, I think that's absolutely down to the cache on the CPU and the memory subsystem as a whole. I ran a Threadripper Pro system and it had the most stable VR FPS I have seen anyone put up (if not the fastest; clocks matter). I attributed it to cache and RAM bandwidth (8 channels... is a lot) and the 5800X3D numbers seem to support that.
- sundvor 4y ago
  That's awesome re the Threadripper Pro! Yes, DCS World in particular, but also Star Citizen (where nothing else comes close at the moment) and to some degree iRacing. It went from stuttering all the time (bad 99% lows) on a well overclocked (all core 4.4ghz) 3900XT to butter smooth frame rates in DCS - and that's including custom scripts I had to exclude before (Streamdeck integration, etc). I can now push DCS World to three screens; even on my lowly (for the task) 3070, the lowish 30-40-50 depending on weather FPS numbers combined with Free(G)sync monitors are never stuttering so it still feels smooth. I attribute it to the CPU never being the weak link; also, have reasonably good memory (4x 16GB C16-3600 Neos at XMP/3600mhz). For gaming, there's no better value for money right now than the 5800X3D - if you already have an AMD system. And even then, if not, and you're not made of money.
preisschild 4y ago
DCS on the 5800X3D is amazing. Probably the best CPU for DCS. Currently waiting for a Ryzen 7000 series X3D CPU. Should be available early next year I think. I'll upgrade to the 7900XTX then too.
- sundvor 4y ago
  Nice, good times ahead for us virtual pilots! I'm likely going to do another CPU upgrade as well, probably end of next year once/ if DDR5+AM5 mobo pricing has settled down a bit - but mostly because I want my son to have a better PC for his gaming as well. (His 6850k system is getting a bit old.)

CobaltFire 4y ago

If you are referring to DCS, I think that's absolutely down to the cache on the CPU and the memory subsystem as a whole. I ran a Threadripper Pro system and it had the most stable VR FPS I have seen anyone put up (if not the fastest; clocks matter). I attributed it to cache and RAM bandwidth (8 channels... is a lot) and the 5800X3D numbers seem to support that.

sundvor 4y ago
That's awesome re the Threadripper Pro! Yes, DCS World in particular, but also Star Citizen (where nothing else comes close at the moment) and to some degree iRacing. It went from stuttering all the time (bad 99% lows) on a well overclocked (all core 4.4ghz) 3900XT to butter smooth frame rates in DCS - and that's including custom scripts I had to exclude before (Streamdeck integration, etc). I can now push DCS World to three screens; even on my lowly (for the task) 3070, the lowish 30-40-50 depending on weather FPS numbers combined with Free(G)sync monitors are never stuttering so it still feels smooth. I attribute it to the CPU never being the weak link; also, have reasonably good memory (4x 16GB C16-3600 Neos at XMP/3600mhz). For gaming, there's no better value for money right now than the 5800X3D - if you already have an AMD system. And even then, if not, and you're not made of money.

preisschild 4y ago

DCS on the 5800X3D is amazing. Probably the best CPU for DCS. Currently waiting for a Ryzen 7000 series X3D CPU. Should be available early next year I think. I'll upgrade to the 7900XTX then too.

sundvor 4y ago
Nice, good times ahead for us virtual pilots! I'm likely going to do another CPU upgrade as well, probably end of next year once/ if DDR5+AM5 mobo pricing has settled down a bit - but mostly because I want my son to have a better PC for his gaming as well. (His 6850k system is getting a bit old.)