Donka

Thanks PiotrMKG. So you are using the single core option and doing them separately? I’ll take a look tomorrow. I’m going to concentrate on the 3080 FE in the morning and go back to the 5800X later. What is the best way to determine the best cores? Monitor during a stress test?

Did some playing around with undervolting the 5800X via curve optimiser in the bios tonight. Only did testing in MSFS2020, no real benchmarking as such, and dropped the voltage across all cores with a negative 30 offset. Not seen a massive difference if I am being honest - a little drop in power use according to HWMonitor of around 15W and perhaps running slightly cooler but it does vary be run. The biggest difference I can determine by monitoring inflight using MSI Afterburner is I'm staying on the max 4850MHz across all cores for far longer. Screenshot of Afterburner attached but hitting that frequency across all cores and 58oC seems solid performance air, cooled in MSFS2020. I used the following video as a guide but given he saw limited results with the 5950X, I wonder if the full 8 core CCXs are already running very close to optimised as opposed to the 5600X and 5900X.

B12 - I'm going to experiment with undervolting the 5800X once the non beta bios drops for my motherboard. I'm seeing all cores hit 4850Mhz stock with my Noctua cooler but there is scope to potentially increase the all core clock limit by undervolting and even if there is no increase - power use and thermals should drop.

@B12 How are you finding cpu temps when running MSFS2020? I’ve heard mixed reports of excessive heat with the new Ryzens, I think mostly with the 5800x so curious how the 5950x is looking.

Excellent. No prizes for guessing what you will be doing this weekend.

Cheers. Not in any rush now, current set up is treating me well so going to let the market settle before making a purchase. Of course 3090’s are readily available so not saying I won’t cave at some point over the holidays.

Nice one - enjoy and let us know how it is all performing.

So looks like today was the definition of a paper launch for the third party AMD 6800 cards. All the sites are now listing all the various models but only as coming soon. Ebuyer have some models listed as due 31st Jan! Looks like my RTX 2070 will be in use for a while yet.

Got an email from Ebuyer saying they no longer have stock of the AMD 6800XT - I opted for the email option for joining a queue on a first come serve basis to secure one of the cards. This was about 10 mins after the launch on the 18th. I can only assume this means they got their shipment of cards for tomorrow’s partner launch and they didn’t get too many. Not looking to hopeful now but will be trying to buy from somewhere regardless.

Great news. I’m a little jealous as there wasn’t a sniff of any Radeon 6800 XTs available for purchase although I have my name down for one at Ebuyer. Enjoy!

I’ve heard mixed reports about Yodel but never had any issues myself. Hopefully it will show up shortly as I’ve heard of lots of shipping delays of late with various companies which is understandable given what is going on.

Will do. I'm sure you will be more than happy with the Zotac. I do think there will be more demand for the GPUs than the CPUs but I'm hopefully the botched Nvidia release has AMD not wanting to repeat the same mistake so hopefully a bit more stock i.e. long enough to get one in the basket and checkout. We always have the partner releases expected about a week or two later as a second opportunity to purchase so I'm confident I'll get something.

Yup, I’m concerned how next week will go for AMD but all I can do is be ready and hope I get lucky.

Beast of a card - will pair nicely with the new cpu when they arrive. No prizes for guessing what you will be doing this festive period.

The key thing is CCL are not doing preorders so if you get in quick enough you should get one. Scan are working through their backlog so depends how many they get on each stock update. Might be worth trying CCL and if you get lucky just cancel Scan.

CCLOnline are expecting stock of 5950 later this month - might be worth keeping an eye on... https://www.cclonline.com/product/331768/100-100000059WOF/CPU-Processors/AMD-Ryzen-9-5950X-3-4GHz-Hexadeca-Core-Processor-with-16-Cores-32-Threads-105W-TDP-72MB-Cache-4-9GHz-Turbo-No-Cooler/CPU0682/

I urge watching through the Gamers Nexus review of the 5600X. It talks about the rest of the range too and compares them. The 5950X is seriously expensive overkill for gaming.

What are you planning on using it for? Me personally I also have a Mac so I don’t use the pc for much other than flight simming hence why I’m happy with the 5600X. Currently running a Ryzen 3600 which is already good but I get cpu bound in X-Plane and a new gpu would be a good match for a faster processor.

Hmmm, install this weekend or wait for the new gpu and do both together...

Hi, I ordered from Ebuyer. Due for delivery today - currently at local delivery office. I deliberated over ordering for half an hour and the other stores sold out but I’ve always had great service from Ebuyer. At least I know what time the GPUs will go on sale on the 18th which is my main purchase. Keep us posted on your progress. Cheers, Andy.

Yup, I ordered the 5600X - this is my gaming rig so more cores would be waste.

New Ryzen chips now available.

Yes, two of the sites I'll be monitoring. Also keep an eye on CCLOnline - they had stock of the RTX3070 available on launch day for a period so must be doing something to keep the bots at bay and they also let you register for stock notification on their new products should they appear earlier than expected.

Good luck with the shopping, I’m sure you’ll be successful. What shops are you keeping an eye on? I’m still undecided on doing the cpu first. In MSFS2020 I’m always gpu bound but in XP11 I was sometimes cpu bound but I’m getting better performance with the switch to Vulkan rendering. I might just upgrade the gpu first then see how both sims are looking.

Currently running a MSI x570 mobo with Ryzen 3600, RTX 2070 & 32gb 3600mhz cl16 ram and 2 NVME drives. I’m usually cpu bound in X-Plane but definitely gpu bound in MSFS. I’m running on a 3440x1440 ultra wide so not at full 4K. Planning on upgrading both cpu and gpu - was tempted to go top for both but being Scottish, I like to get value for money but not sure the big jump in price is worth the minimum gain. I’ll actually go for a new gpu first then see how well it plays with my current Ryzen but the clock and ipc gains on zen 3 are too tempting for me to resist. Yup, I’m down in Bathgate near Edinburgh.