AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
May 07, 2022
4 minutes
JOHN LOEFFLER
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There were times while testing the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D that I had to look over my notes and mutter “this can’t be right” as I ran the benchmarks again. The numbers held up: AMD has delivered one of the best gaming processors I’ve ever tested.
Some perspective. The 5800X3D is a rearguard action against a resurgent Intel and its Alder Lake architecture (see issue 328, p48). This is especially true with the Core i9-12900K, which is aimed right at the lizard brain of PC enthusiasts and gamers who measure the passage of time in fps.
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