So as predicted back when AMD first started showing the IPC numbers, Ryzen 7000 is a pretty pointless upgrade for gamers with AM4. 5800X3D either beats Ryzen 7000 pretty handily or is within 1-2%. In some rare instances, Ryzen 7000 takes a big lead in very old games like CSGO but that's very rare. Combine the disappointing gaming improvements with needing a motherboard upgrade (gets really expensive if you want PCI-E Gen 5 for GPU), DDR5 6000 Ram and potentially a cooler upgrade cause these chips run very hot... Well you just spent a whole lot of money for gaming performance that's similar to 5800X3D.
Raptor Lake will be announced tomorrow but it's expected to be 5-10% faster in gaming but least you get very cheap motherboards as Z690 have been getting good discounts... However it is a dead end platform. To me though, both Ryzen 7000 or Raptor Lake are poor upgrades. If you have AM4 with a CPU older than Ryzen 5000 and you are buying strictly for gaming, get 5800X3D knowing you are able to keep up with Ryzen 7000s very best in most games.
So unlike 2020, 2022 has to be one of the worst years to upgrade your PC if you are a gamer... Lovelace disappointing, Ryzen 7000 disappointing, Raptor Lake probably disappointing and I wouldn't get my hopes up for RDNA 3. 5800X3D + Ampere continues to be the best bang per buck combination that should allow people to hold out till these companies get less greedy.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
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