And meanwhile, I’m wondering how I can upgrade an AM4 motherboard CPU so that it can keep up with my Radeon RX 9070 XT… Apparently the X3D chips are no longer made, maybe I ought to look for a second hand one (using a Ryzen 9 3900X now which is good, but which seems to have trouble keeping up in games which are a decent part of my usage). Although the used market prices are fucking insane (500 € +).
There were rumors of a new series of AM4 chips, but nothing came of it (as suspected).
It seems most obvious to me in Insurgency, although I probably ought to run some kind of diag thing to pinpoint the problem.
The machine has 32GB RAM, Ryzen 9 3900X (not OCd), Radeon RX 9070 XT (slightly factory OCd), feeding a MSI 49" 5120x1440 display. In practice, I rarely get more than 100 fps at native resolution, often more like between 30 and 60. Looks nice though.
Well, you’re pushing 4K res at that point, which will always be a strain. Insurgency (Sandstorm?) is usually CPU heavy but at 4K, your CPU is rarely going to be the performance bottleneck. I’d just take a look at a resource monitor while you’re playing and see what’s capping out first.
And meanwhile, I’m wondering how I can upgrade an AM4 motherboard CPU so that it can keep up with my Radeon RX 9070 XT… Apparently the X3D chips are no longer made, maybe I ought to look for a second hand one (using a Ryzen 9 3900X now which is good, but which seems to have trouble keeping up in games which are a decent part of my usage). Although the used market prices are fucking insane (500 € +).
There were rumors of a new series of AM4 chips, but nothing came of it (as suspected).
I haven’t run into a real bottleneck yet with my 5600, but I’m also running 1440p. What are you playing that you’ve felt CPU constrained?
It seems most obvious to me in Insurgency, although I probably ought to run some kind of diag thing to pinpoint the problem.
The machine has 32GB RAM, Ryzen 9 3900X (not OCd), Radeon RX 9070 XT (slightly factory OCd), feeding a MSI 49" 5120x1440 display. In practice, I rarely get more than 100 fps at native resolution, often more like between 30 and 60. Looks nice though.
Well, you’re pushing 4K res at that point, which will always be a strain. Insurgency (Sandstorm?) is usually CPU heavy but at 4K, your CPU is rarely going to be the performance bottleneck. I’d just take a look at a resource monitor while you’re playing and see what’s capping out first.
It’s true that this probably requires more thorough testing.