Raiderman

The 9950x is still a beast of a chip. I think I may be able to hit 47k in CB 23, and 246K mips in 7zip. I need to check the waterblock contact.

One of the main reasons that there are no AMD overclockers, is because you dont overclock anymore. You undervolt, and change voltage curves so the chip will boost higher at certain points. Its not a lot of fun, hence my lackluster enthusiasm as of late. Unless you are running some LN2, there is no point in changing multipliers, and increasing voltages, as it becomes very unstable.

Bro, you are just an addict like the rest of us! When is the shipping ETA?

Motherboard prices are seriously stupid now days! With stagnation in the industry as a whole, I see a crash coming soon, or at least a reboot.

They are not the same, as far as I know. I have not messed with Intel since the P4 days. I will try and get tREFI into the high 4 digit area. tREFI does not affect latency as much as tRFC, and tRFC 2 on AMD. At least that has been my experience.

So I had a little bit of time to mess with the 9950X yesterday, and I dont think this chip is particularly strong. It does not like some of my settings I had on the 7950X. Even though this score is as high as some LN 7950x's, its just not boosting as high as it should. I have not had time to tune ram yet.

Had the same issue on my 7900xtx, and found the waterblock screws had come loose a bit. I repasted and reassembled, and it's went back to acceptable temps.

Here are the Multi threaded numbers on the ES via notebook check. Disappointing to say the least. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Arrow-Lake-S-Core-Ultra-9-285K-CPU-takes-the-top-spot-in-PassMark-s-single-threaded-performance-benchmark.898105.0.html

@electrosoft @Mr. Fox @Papusan, and all other high rollers. Here is a gpu you might be interested in 🤣 NO RETAIL PACKAGING! 🤣

If I was going to get an X870 board, I would probably go for a mid tier AsRock iteration, like the Riptide $279.99, or the MSI Mag Tomahawk ($299.99). I see no reason to spend 5-6 hundred dollars on a top tier board like I did with the X670.

This is just stupid silly. https://www.pcgamesn.com/asus/z890-motherboard-price-leak

Agreed! I'm still unsure why they chose this path? It makes zero sense to me as to why they'd disable HT. Is their silicon unable to withstand the higher demand or are they punting like AMD has in the gpu market? Maybe for 1 year?

I checked Default memory settings at 8000mhz before I walked out of the room, and they are some unholy large numbers. I just glanced real quick, and it said something like 63-68-68.... blah blah. 🤣 Definitely not tuned yet!

Installed the 9950X this morning, quick CB23 run, (not optimized). I'd say that's a pretty big uplift from the 39,700 score I had with the 7950X. Latest MSI bios.

I've never been a Powercolor fan, but I've heard good things about their red devil line. 🤷‍♂️

Hi gang, I've missed this place, but have been super busy. I've managed to snag a 9950X, and will be looking for some time to test it. Hope everyone is well.

I just don't have that sort of patience. You doing a raffle, or just giving it to someone you know? $499 msrp is reasonable for a 9950x https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99439/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-pricing-leaked-499-9900x-for-399-9700x-299-and-9600x-229/index.html

I wouldn't hold my breath.

The 7950x will run circles around the 7800X3D for encoding. Ido not have the experience with WoW that @electrosoft has, but the 7950x is no slouch for gaming.

@electrosoft https://wccftech.com/msi-agesa-1-2-0-0a-bios-am5-motherboards-adds-curve-shaper-expo-on-the-fly-opp-support-amd-ryzen-9000/amp/ https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-X670E-CARBON-WIFI/support

Ewww, certainly looks that way.

Ryzen 9950x reaches over 55k CB 23, on LN2. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/ryzen-9-9950x-overclocked-to-67-ghz-with-ln2-liquid-nitrogen-helps-amds-newest-flagship-break-previous-world-records

The TDP is the same from the 7950x to the 9950x at 170w.

Microsoft entertainment keyboard back in the day was the most I ever spent. I think it was around $250, but that was 20 years ago money.

I just read where Intel is denying RMA's as well. I need to find the article.