AMD’s Ryzen 7000X3D processors are set to launch in February, the corporate informed us at CES 2023, however now now we have a purported launch date for the supercharged chips that’ll be of nice curiosity to avid gamers – and it’s February 14.

OC3D (opens in new tab) noticed that this launch date was shared through the official internet web page for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D on the AMD web site, however trying on the web page now, that info has been eliminated (not earlier than it was display screen grabbed).

So, we are able to assume this was an unintentional leak by a less-than-careful AMD worker, although we do have to be a bit cautious about assuming the screenshot is real, as ever. All now we have is a picture right here, and as we all know, pics might be manipulated.

Nonetheless, OC3D seemingly took the display screen seize itself, because the picture supply is credited to AMD and never a third-party, so it appears unlikely to be a fabrication.

Come February 14, then, we’ll see not simply the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but additionally the 7900X3D and 7950X3D. All these chips will use 3D V-Cache to pep up gaming efficiency significantly, as we noticed with the 5800X3D of the Zen three household.

Evaluation: Say it with flowers, or sweets… or 3D V-Cache?

So, the launch date can be Valentine’s Day, however will we love AMD’s pricing? That is still to be seen. On the one hand, late final 12 months we witnessed worth cuts on the nonetheless contemporary vanilla Ryzen 7000 CPUs, after gross sales weren’t nice to start with. Nonetheless, that was partly a mirrored image of the entire value of improve, considering the mandatory AM5 motherboard (with no wallet-friendly choices) and want for DDR5 RAM (in contrast to Raptor Lake, you may’t use DDR4, and DDR5 remains to be pretty dear).

Now extra reasonably priced AM5 motherboards are round (and even cheaper ones shouldn’t be far off), and avid gamers will probably be eager to get a bit of the Zen four 3D V-Cache motion, we are able to foresee AMD pushing a bit more durable with the pricing right here. Time will inform, however at any charge, the Ryzen 9 spins on X3D are clearly going to be costly, anyway.

Other than the potential gap they may blow in your pockets, the opposite niggling fear in regards to the higher-tier Ryzen 9 X3D fashions is how Home windows would possibly cope with their new design. In a nutshell, these CPUs have two CCDs (chiplets), however just one has the 3D V-Cache on high – the opposite runs with a quicker increase velocity as a substitute. Now, some video games will profit from extra cache, and a few will discover the upper clocks extra of a boon, so any given sport must be marshaled to favor the suitable CCD that’s greatest for it.

Might that introduce points and efficiency teething issues? Microsoft and AMD are working carefully to make sure this doesn’t occur in Home windows gaming, however after all, we’ll solely know once we get these processors in for evaluate. Not lengthy now, and we are able to’t wait to see how they’ll carry out, and the way a lot of a menace the brand new X3D CPUs can be to Intel’s highly effective Raptor Lake line-up.

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