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Which is I said objectively. No point in getting a 5950X and 3099 for gaming.Because it is not the best CPU+GPU combo for absolute gaming performance.
No it hasn't improved that much relative to previous generation. Still offering an advantage in multitasking loads but single core not a significant advantage over multiple tests. Show me were AMD dominants Intel in gaming or even productivity tasks.
Yes AMD fanboys will talk about AMD heavily but they are in many cases paying a 10 to 15 percent premium now if not more. AMD not the price champion anymore vs performance. So go ahead put your memes up lol.
No it hasn't improved that much relative to previous generation. Still offering an advantage in multitasking loads but single core not a significant advantage over multiple tests. Show me were AMD dominants Intel in gaming or even productivity tasks.
Yes AMD fanboys will talk about AMD heavily but they are in many cases paying a 10 to 15 percent premium now if not more. AMD not the price champion anymore vs performance. So go ahead put your memes up lol.
Then you need to review what that word means. "Objectively" that is the best combo. The best gaming CPU is the R9-5950X, and the best gaming GPU is the RTX 3090. That's objectively the best gaming combo right now.Which is I said objectively. No point in getting a 5950X and 3099 for gaming.
<[analyzed}>Then you need to review what that word means. "Objectively" that is the best combo. The best gaming CPU is the R9-5950X, and the best gaming and GPU is the RTX 3090. That's objectively the best gaming combo right now.
Also objectively, the R5-5600X and the RTX 3080 are a better value. Yet objectively those aren't the supreme value at MSRP in new condition, either (particularly when associated with related baseline costs like the motherboard, CPU cooler, and PSU).
So it is only "subjectively" that the 5600X/3080 combo can be called the best. What you're trying to articulate is that they are the optimal combo for peak performance before the price-to-performance curve flattens (meaning you've reached the plateau's break).

If this is true, Nvidia fucked up.
They need to find a different supplier lolWent to local computer store today
"any 3080's in stock"
"yes but you have to buy a motherboard with them, for every 3080 we order we also have to order 10 motherboards from that brand"
"I don't need a motherboard"
"we can sell you a 3090"
Yeah look at me the billionaire with 3090 money
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How does that no make sense? They are reviewing hardware and not focusing on hat the hardware can do. I almost gave up on ray tracing and thought I bought a hoax until Cyberpunk.
For graphics cards and gaming, pci-e 4 doesn’t offer any benefits, at least not today.Of course
And keep in mind, AMD X570 & B550 motherboards support PCIE Gen 4.0 while none of the current Intel boards do.
The new Nvidia 3000 series GPUs as well as the AMD 6000 series GPUs (also the previous 5000 series) support Gen 4.0 - I don't know if you would be losing much if any performance by using a motherboard with a Gen 3.0 interface but it is something to keep in mind for the future @Madmick would know more about this.
And with that, you also wouldn't be able to utilise any Gen 4.0 NVME SSDs to their full potential if you decide to go with a current Intel board.
They will be supporting Gen 4.0 but only when their next CPUs and motherboards come out next year.
Then you need to review what that word means. "Objectively" that is the best combo. The best gaming CPU is the R9-5950X, and the best gaming and GPU is the RTX 3090. That's objectively the best gaming combo right now.
Also objectively, the R5-5600X and the RTX 3080 are a better value. Yet objectively those aren't the supreme value at MSRP in new condition, either (particularly when associated with related baseline costs like the motherboard, CPU cooler, and PSU).
So it is only "subjectively" that the 5600X/3080 combo can be called the best. What you're trying to articulate is that they are the optimal combo for peak performance before the price-to-performance curve flattens (meaning you've reached the plateau's break).
So objectively you could say that the 5600x and 3080 are best within that price bracket..
They have to be getting like.... 3-5 of each and some people are buying one of each and walking out with three intending to keep one and sell 2 on the third party market at a 200% markup because SOMEONE someplace will pay for it.that's not what he said, though. you're inserting "within that price bracket," making it a totally different claim.
and my local microcenter got 6900XTs/5800Xs in yesterday. of course, already sold out of the 6900xt. kinda surprised to see more 5800Xs already, hoping the 5000 supply is better than expected.
aaaaaaaaaand apparently, they got 6800s/6800XTs in this morning... but sold out before i noticed, so no idea of quantities.