Poll: Poll: Will you be ditching 3900X/3950X for 4900X/4950X

Joxeon · 13 May 2020 at 10:47

CuriousTomCat said:
So you're going to sacrifice gaming performance by getting a slower Intel CPU just to get your revenge on AMD. Makes sense.

Last time I checked Intel was ahead of AMD for gaming, maybe not by a lot and maybe that will change with zen 3 and I also enjoying overclocking which is something I've missed with AMD.
I'm not about to sell my AM4 board to buy another AM4 board when my current board was marketed to work with zen3. I'll either stick with what I have till AM5 and put the £500 which was earmarked for the 4900x into getting a 3080ti instead of a 3080, grab an LGA1200 or get the 4900x if AMD changes their mind with regards to support once they see the sales figures of zen 3.

easyrider · 13 May 2020 at 12:17

X470 and B450 mobos still had some value until recently...because they don’t support zen 3 the prices will plummet in MM...

marcus_667 · 13 May 2020 at 15:50

easyrider said:
X470 and B450 mobos still had some value until recently...because they don’t support zen 3 the prices will plummet in MM...

Depends if the bigger rom chip boards get "unofficially supported" some will tank some might go up in value

im cool anyways on x570 and my board spec says "256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support"

Panos · 13 May 2020 at 17:09

Joxeon said:
Last time I checked Intel was ahead of AMD for gaming, maybe not by a lot and maybe that will change with zen 3 and I also enjoying overclocking which is something I've missed with AMD.
I'm not about to sell my AM4 board to buy another AM4 board when my current board was marketed to work with zen3. I'll either stick with what I have till AM5 and put the £500 which was earmarked for the 4900x into getting a 3080ti instead of a 3080, grab an LGA1200 or get the 4900x if AMD changes their mind with regards to support once they see the sales figures of zen 3.

Using an RTX2080Ti at 1080p and ignoring 3960X/3970X

. And even if the reviewers go to the trouble to overclock the Intel CPUs, they do nothing about the AMD ones. Not even activating CPPC!!!!!!!

Well we shall see how Intel performs when Win 10 - 2004 is out with a much better scheduler and hard coded into the kernel all the Intel security patches.
And we see already 10000 series is slower than the 9000 series with 1909 build, because has part of the security patches in the bios.

FredFlint · 13 May 2020 at 17:37

Will stick with the 3900X, don't want to change out the motherboard.

Joxeon · 13 May 2020 at 20:38

Panos said:
Using an RTX2080Ti at 1080p and ignoring 3960X/3970X . And even if the reviewers go to the trouble to overclock the Intel CPUs, they do nothing about the AMD ones. Not even activating CPPC!!!!!!!

Well we shall see how Intel performs when Win 10 - 2004 is out with a much better scheduler and hard coded into the kernel all the Intel security patches.
And we see already 10000 series is slower than the 9000 series with 1909 build, because has part of the security patches in the bios.

I do play some fps at 1080p so maybe I would get some benefit but either way I shall sit on the fence and see how all this plays out before making a decision.

OpenToSuggestions · 13 May 2020 at 20:40

I would have loved to splurge out on a high end 4000 series, but MSI's website was clearly talking shog dit when it came to future compatibility on B450 boards.
I haven't voted as I only have a 3600 currently, but I may buy a 3950x when they are 'old hat' next year

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Joxeon · 13 May 2020 at 20:46

OpenToSuggestions said:
I would have loved to splurge out on a high end 4000 series, but MSI's website was clearly talking shog dit when it came to future compatibility on B450 boards.
I haven't voted as I only have a 3600 currently, but I may buy a 3950x when they are 'old hat' next year .

You may still get support as AMD tend to flip flop a lot when it comes to making decisions.

OpenToSuggestions · 13 May 2020 at 21:29

Joxeon said:
You may still get support as AMD tend to flip flop a lot when it comes to making decisions.

A man can hope

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easyrider · 13 May 2020 at 21:59

You lot have become far to sensible looking at the votes !

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 May 2020 at 22:02

easyrider said:
You lot have become far to sensible looking at the votes !

Some maybe on B450/X470 though,so there is no upgrade path. There was a company selling a Ryzen 9 3900 non-X and B450 bundle for a decent price too at one point.

pete910 · 13 May 2020 at 22:17

Common sense tells me no, but! Shiny, Shiny

random_matt · 13 May 2020 at 22:24

Yes, but the poll doesn't indicate when.

Sargatanas2511 · 13 May 2020 at 22:31

Got my 3900X in November to do me at least until Zen 4. I will see what the new socket brings.

easyrider · 13 May 2020 at 23:53

random_matt said:
Yes, but the poll doesn't indicate when.

On release!

carrot1401 · 14 May 2020 at 09:07

4790k lasted a long time before I went 3900x in november, so it's a no from me!

random_matt · 14 May 2020 at 10:33

easyrider said:
On release!

Probably not then, only purchased a 3900X yesterday. Perhaps I'll get the 4950X (If there is one) in a couple of years or so.

Chrisc · 14 May 2020 at 14:28

i got my 3900x for £150, no chance ill be moving away for at least 5yrs. providing its still going of course

IvanDobskey · 14 May 2020 at 14:32

Chrisc said:
i got my 3900x for £150, no chance ill be moving away for at least 5yrs. providing its still going of course

£150?? That's got to be bargain of the decade.

Was it damaged and you repaired it or something?

easyrider · 14 May 2020 at 18:19

Good to see 29 people in here with reckless abandonment

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Poll: Poll: Will you be ditching 3900X/3950X for 4900X/4950X

Will you be ditching 3900X/3950x for 4900X/4950X?

Yes

No