If I upgrade my CPU, will I gain FPS? If so, will it be substantial?
I am looking at upgrading to the Ryzen 9 5950X.
Thoughts?
Current specs:
Ryzen 7 3700X
MSI 4080 GPU
G.Skill Ripjaws 32 GB 3200Mhz RAM
WD_BLACK 2TB m.2 SSD
For gaming, 5800x3D is the way to go.
Yes, but the FPS increase will be marginal and probably in the single digits. A question you should ask yourself is if you’re happy with the FPS you’re currently getting? If the answer is yes, then stay the course.
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Depends entirely on the game.
Depends entirely on the game.
What resolution are you playing at and how many FPS (= Hz) can your monitor handle?
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5k vs 3k series is, iirc/afaik, typically 15~20% faster at the same clocks, and some 15~20% higher clocks, for maybe up to a 30% performance increase in *some *CPU limited situations in gaming.
A select few theoretical future games may benefit further from the 100% increase in core/thread count, but it’s unlikely that this will be a meaningful improvement and likely won’t exceed the additional up to 30~50% from the added cache on the 5800x3D, which as previously mentioned, is the way to go for gaming(and some productivity) on the AM4 platform.
I don’t personally believe either is worth the investment at this time, but I also don’t think a 4080 is worth it either, so ymmv. In some cases you may even see up to a 70% improvement or more from 5800x3D over 3700x. If you find the price of the 5800x3D reasonable for a fairly sizeable performance jump that is very similar to the difference between 5800x3D and 7800x3D, it may be worth it to you.
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