Is upgrading to 5800X3D worthwhile? Performance issues & instability (5900X & RX 9070 XT)
Hello everyone, I recently built a new "old" AM4 system because DDR5 prices are still too high for me right now. I was able to get a used Ryzen 9 5900X cheaply from a good friend and combined it with a new RX 9070 XT. I play on a 34-inch ultrawide monitor with 3440 x 1440 pixels at 144 Hz. Unfortunately, I am not at all satisfied with the gaming performance. I feel like the difference to my old system (Ryzen 5 3600 + GTX 1660 Ti) is minimal: Lost Ark: I only get around 80 FPS on average. PUBG: Even on the lowest settings, I only get about 120 FPS, and the 1% lows (frame drops) are extremely low. What I have already tried unsuccessfully: BIOS update: It is up to date. Drivers: Chipset and GPU drivers are completely freshly installed. RAM & FCLK: The sticks are in A2/B2. XMP is active. I have also manually fixed the FCLK (memory controller) to 1800 MHz to rule out asynchronicity. The problem: Nevertheless, the system becomes extremely finicky and crashes as soon as I make changes in the BIOS. I almost suspect that the memory controller of the used CPU cannot handle the 1800 MHz FCLK stably, or that the board is acting up with the voltages after 6 years. Therefore, my questions to you: Is it worth switching to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D here? Since the 3D cache performs extremely independently of the RAM clock, I hope for a more stable system (if I downclock the RAM to e.g. 3200 MHz) and finally smooth FPS in Lost Ark and PUBG. At the same time, the question: If anyone is interested in a trade (my 5900X for a 5800X3D, of course with appropriate value compensation), please feel free to contact me! Do you have any other idea why the 5900X is slowing down or crashing so much here? My complete system specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X GPU: XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT (new) Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming (CMOS battery freshly replaced) RAM: 32GB (2x 16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 (Slots A2/B2) SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Cooling: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro AIO (CPU & GPU temperatures stable below 80 °C under load) Power Supply: Gigabyte Aorus Elite P850W ICE (850W, 80+ Platinum) Monitor: Lenovo G34W-10 (3440 x 1440, 144 Hz) I am grateful for any input! Best regards
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