Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

I love techpowerup but they still refuse to put the 7600X3D in their benchmarks.

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I've had a really good experience with Solidgms Warranty service so far. It's been different, in a good way.

On the 19th, a weekend, I filled out the RMA form.
They accepted the RMA on the 21rst, a Monday.
The sent me a prepaid Fedex label on the 22nd.
On the 25th, they sent me an email about how I hadn't used the prepaid shipping label. I told them it would be awhile before I could use the prepaid since you have to drop it off at a fedex location, and there wasn't one near me.
Fedex is coming to pick up the package at my house on Monday.
 
I'm getting the 9800X3D
Spec sheet. Looks like it drops in a little over a week (Nov-7):
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Specifications of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor were leaked to the web by a Geizhals listing. The chip comes with a processor base frequency of 4.70 GHz, and a maximum boost frequency of 5.20 GHz. The base frequency of 4.70 GHz is a significant increase from the 4.20 GHz of the current 7800X3D, while the maximum boost frequency has moved up a couple of notches from the 5.05 GHz of the 7800X3D. The TDP of the processor is set at 120 W, same as the 7800X3D, and higher than the 105 W revised-spec cTDP of the non-X3D Ryzen 7 9700X.

The specs sheet also confirms that the 3D V-cache size is unchanged generationally. The stacked 3D V-cache die adds 64 MB to the on-die 32 MB L3 cache, which is exposed to software as a 96 MB contiguously addressable L3 cache. The per-core L2 cache size remains 1 MB per core. The biggest contributor to generational gaming performance increases will rest on the increase in frequencies, the new "Zen 5" microarchitecture and any IPC improvements on offer, plus L3 cache performance improvements AMD introduced with "Zen 5." We recently reported a spectacular theory that AMD has designed the 9800X3D such that the stacked 3D V-cache is positioned below the 8-core CPU complex die chiplet, and not above it, which should significantly improve thermals, and clock speeds.
 
Spec sheet. Looks like it drops in a little over a week (Nov-7):
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I might wait until the AsRock x870E Nova Wifi is back in stock, that's the one I decided on after the whole fuckery with lane sharing on the ProArt. It's just sold out everywhere ATM
 
Microcenter here FINALLY carries Thermalright products. I asked someone working there awhile back why they didn't and I was told, "well if we don't carry them then they're probably junk" before trying to sale me an NHD15.
 
JayzTwoCents figured out how to get the 285K to run 1:1 with the 7800X3D in gaming:

 
JayzTwoCents figured out how to get the 285K to run 1:1 with the 7800X3D in gaming:


But only when overclocked and with more expensive memory and only in specific games. Not to mention the implication that the 9800X3D is about to kick its ass even with the OC+memory. Hopefully people who got these chips can get the most out of their purchase, but hard to see how this release still isn't an L for Intel on the gaming front.
 
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