Ryzen 7 9800X3Delectric current best processor for gaminglaunched just recently, and its flawless performance has already caused shortages. AMD says the level of demand is partly due to Intel’s launch of the rather disappointing Arrow Lake.
As the writer said in Tom’s Equipment In a roundtable interview with AMD executives, AMD blames part of the tough demand for its current best processor on Intel, which released a mediocre product in the highly anticipated Arrow Lake. Okay, AMD put it a little more harshly, saying, “We knew we had created a great part. We didn’t know that a competitor had created a terrible part.”
However, we tested both Intel Core Ultra 9 285K And Intel Core Ultra 5 245K back in October, and they’re certainly not impressive, although we wouldn’t call them terrible.
The first processor is great for performance, but is inferior in gaming to cheaper and older AMD processors. The latter is a good budget choice for content creation, but the use case is much more niche than you’d expect from a competitive Intel processor.
Still, a “just okay” launch of the hotly anticipated set of processors, especially considering CPU instability While this still negatively impacts consumer opinion of Intel, these chips must be better to compete with AMD, which is currently doing very well.
Historically known for making the best processors in the world, Intel has fallen a bit out of favor and is not helped by the latest processors.
AMD itself didn’t have a stellar showing at CES. Early tests of Radeon RX 9070 are certainly positive, but the cards themselves did not receive a release date, test results, or even a price. We can say that the frame rate in some games looks good, but we won’t be able to say more until we know what we compare it to in the market.
It’s unclear when the 9800X3D will hit the normal market at its expected price, but it’s a good chip and worth the wait. I recently upgraded to a previous chip, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D in my personal setup and I can happily say that it still works great.
Let’s hope Intel can start to climb out of the hole it dug itself, if only to make it easier for it to get better processors.