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AMD milking Ryzen 5000 lineup harder than Rockstar with GTA V. Also if I'm not wrong it's just a 5600X3D with lowered base and boost frequency. 5600X3D in turn is a cut down version of 5800X3D. I don't know why they are only launching it in Latin America, maybe due to limited stocks but if it is priced correctly it will fill the gap between Ryzen 5000 series non-X3D chips and Ryzen 7000 series smoothly.
 
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frypiece said:
My guess is they targeted budget(hence launched only in latin america) PC users who are using older ryzen CPUs(3000 series or older?). 5950x3d would be too costly and most with that level of purchasing capacity would have moved to am5.
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If you're on 5950X already, you wouldn't bother with AM5 at all which basically got power hungry inefficient CPU Arch. 100% power increase for 30-40% perf over 4 year period is unimpressive; both 7950X/9950X & their insanely overpriced AM5 mobo.
DigitalDude said:
No one would buy that
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Everyone who is on AM4 platform would consider buying that. This is the last good 16C/32T CPU from AMD.
 
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Darth Vader said:
Everyone who is on AM4 platform would consider buying that. This is the last good 16C/32T CPU from AMD.
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It is simple human psychology. Anyone at that budget level would have moved onto AM5 or planning to move to it. So that approximates to no one would buy that. Useless for gamers, outdated for pro users. Obviously AMD knows this.
 
DigitalDude said:
It is simple human psychology. Anyone at that budget level would have moved onto AM5 or planning to move to it. So that approximates to no one would buy that. Useless for gamers, outdated for pro users. Obviously AMD knows this.
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I'm a human and i own 5950X. I'd def buy 5950x3D and many humans who owns 3000/5000 series CPU in AM4 would easily consider moving to 5950x3D if released. AM5 offers nothing to pro users, literally nothing other than heat for winter season. AMD knows that,that's why they launched 5900XT 16C/32T CPU in 2024.
 
Darth Vader said:
I'm a human and i own 5950X. I'd def buy 5950x3D and many humans who owns 3000/5000 series CPU in AM4 would easily consider moving to 5950x3D if released. AM5 offers nothing to pro users, literally nothing other than heat for winter season. AMD knows that,that's why they launched 5900XT 16C/32T CPU in 2024.
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That would just be a bad decision if I were you. It is almost always better to just move on to the modern platform to get the cumulative benefits. What if after buying a costly CPU very late in the cycle, the motherboard or RAM has problems or fail? Almost always better to upgrade the CPU+Mobo+RAM and sell your existing combo esp. if you are a high end CPU user. That "offers nothing" is just an exaggeration.

Btw at what price point do you think a hypothetical 5950X3D would launch?
 
DigitalDude said:
Btw at what price point do you think a hypothetical 5950X3D would launch?
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5900XT goes for 30K now. Even if i won't find x3D worth while owning 5950X, it will be attractive to someone with 3700X/3600X etc. For a budget conscious,there are already many switched to 5900XT without shelling out a lot on AM5. With x3D, they def choose that over 5900XT/5950X. I was using 3700X before upgrading to 5950X myself, I'd have choose the x3D if it was available at that time.

IMO AM5 is genuinely bad except x3D ,the new 300/200 AI series & 9955HX are really good performer.
 
I quite like this addition to be honest. There's way more budget gamers out there who would gladly buy this as an upgrade. Great decision by AMD.
 
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