Don't be disappointed. There are two key factors that many reviews are not stressing on.Saw the reviews and I am disappointed, even though Techpowerup just has reviews for 9700x and 9600x. I was really looking for upgrading to an AMD set-up for the first time in my life.
According to HUB, With PBO enabled 9700X is even more unimpressive, had no significant improvements in Gaming, Single-core Cinebench and some 9% multi-core while consuming as much power as 2 year old 7700X.Yup. Saw a lot of the reviews. It stops sucking if you remove the TDP limitation. But then again it comes under overlclocking.
Ooh ok.. this was linus tech tips. Looks like indeed to watch more.Not really true as the video shows with PBO enabled 9700X is even more unimpressive, had no significant improvements in Gaming, Single-core Cinebench and some 9% multi-core while consuming as much power as 2 year old 7700X.
Some reviews show no improvement while some show decent improvements. Looks like it is depending heavily on mobo. Too early to call out. AMD should have sent mobos too to reviewers or atleast worked with mobo makers to tune high end boards.According to HUB, With PBO enabled 9700X is even more unimpressive, had no significant improvements in Gaming, Single-core Cinebench and some 9% multi-core while consuming as much power as 2 year old 7700X.
This I can get behind. Let wait and watch.Some reviews show no improvement while some show decent improvements. Looks like it is depending heavily on mobo. Too early to call out. AMD should have sent mobos too reviewers or atleast worked with mobile makers to tune high end boards.
Bhai, watch hardware unboxed.Don't be disappointed. There are two key factors that many reviews are not stressing on.
At this point of time, reviews are all over the place and I am suspecting that it is due to BIOS. All reviewers are using X670 based boards and it looks like AMD and board makers do not have the most efficient BIOS update. X870 and B850 will come out in a month and by then they will sort out all inconsistencies with BIOS in X670. The reviewers that say that this is a flop must take a look at themselves in the mirror. These same guys used to salivate over efficiency 'tocks' when Intel used tick-tock cycle (tick for architecture change that bring performance gains, tock for better fabrication tech bringing efficiency gains). The Zen 5 is tock for AMD.
- Efficiency. The 9700x matches or beats 7700X while consuming up to 40% less power. Bloody 9700x aced Cinebench multi core test and did not even hit 60 degrees while my 5800X hits 90 degrees in few seconds. Compare these chips to 14600K and you will see how good and efficient they are going to be.
- Massive overclock headroom. Level1techs and der8auer shows the overclocking potential of the 9700x and 9600x. PBO is going to be massive this time around.
TL;DR: Wait for AMD to iron out BIOS and driver related bugs/issues and take the plunge. These are supremely efficient chips with massive OC headroom.
That was first video that popped up in my YT subscriptions. It was drama and click bait, with un-ncessary -ve vibe overall. Unsubscribed to that channel.Bhai, watch hardware unboxed.
No one knows at this point of time. Wait for experts to release PBO and expo settings that work well for your exact motherboard. You can refer to this article though that has very detailed overclocking and testing https://skatterbencher.com/2024/08/07/skatterbencher-78-ryzen-7-9700x-overclocked-to-5860-mhz/how easy / hard it is to overclock cpu's on a b650 motherboard?
i am interested in getting a 9950x when it is out. already have a b650 creator mobo but i have not oc'd a processor in 10 years.
B650 supports all overclocking features out of the box. AMD doesn't gatekeep that stuff like Intel does. VRMs and heatsink on your mobo seem decent enough. You should be good unless you want to go insane.how easy / hard it is to overclock cpu's on a b650 motherboard?
i am interested in getting a 9950x when it is out. already have a b650 creator mobo but i have not oc'd a processor in 10 years.
Sell it now. Attest you will be selling a working CPU. Don't wait til it kicks the bucketI'll sell my 14700 KF, if this overclocks well and there is really good performance gain.
Intel gave me 5 years now to kick that bucket.Sell it now. Attest you will be selling a working CPU. Don't wait til it kicks the bucket![]()
I completely agreed with it.... they click bait every single thing that will create engagement on the comments like Oled mate or shiny monitorsThat was first video that popped up in my YT subscriptions. It was drama and click bait, with un-ncessary -ve vibe overall. Unsubscribed to that channel.
I mean for gaming purposes it going to perform about the same compared to 9950xIntel gave me 5 years now to kick that bucket.
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So my 14700 KF is running at 5.5 MHz with 1.42 Voltage. That update is out and going to see how it runs. Current BIOS version is 1202 x64.
Although this is a tock, you got the definition wrong. Tick is for process gains and tock for microarchitecture gains.Don't be disappointed. There are two key factors that many reviews are not stressing on.
At this point of time, reviews are all over the place and I am suspecting that it is due to BIOS. All reviewers are using X670 based boards and it looks like AMD and board makers do not have the most efficient BIOS update. X870 and B850 will come out in a month and by then they will sort out all inconsistencies with BIOS in X670. The reviewers that say that this is a flop must take a look at themselves in the mirror. These same guys used to salivate over efficiency 'tocks' when Intel used tick-tock cycle (tick for architecture change that bring performance gains, tock for better fabrication tech bringing efficiency gains). The Zen 5 is tock for AMD.
- Efficiency. The 9700x matches or beats 7700X while consuming up to 40% less power. Bloody 9700x aced Cinebench multi core test and did not even hit 60 degrees while my 5800X hits 90 degrees in few seconds. Compare these chips to 14600K and you will see how good and efficient they are going to be.
- Massive overclock headroom. Level1techs and der8auer shows the overclocking potential of the 9700x and 9600x. PBO is going to be massive this time around.
TL;DR: Wait for AMD to iron out BIOS and driver related bugs/issues and take the plunge. These are supremely efficient chips with massive OC headroom.