Intel or Ryzen???

[Grant Burch]

I know that this is a very controversial topic. I’ve been doing research and seeing that the I-9 processor has better performance in gaming. But the ryzen 7 3800x Looks just as good about. So all of my friends have been telling me that the I-9 isn’t as good and then I should just stick with Ryzen. What should I go for for gaming?

[Slottr]

Gaming at what resolution and refresh rate? What gpu do you plan on using? What games?

[Grant Burch]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Gaming at what resolution and refresh rate? What gpu do you plan on using? What games?

I choose to use the 2080ti 11gb ddr6 

and 1440p

[TheBahrbarian]

For absolute top of the line gaming performance intel still holds the crown. So if you have a top of the line GPU and want to spare no expense when it comes to gaming, Intel is the way too go. But it seems that comes at a tradeoff. The i9 cpus are super power hungry and really difficult to cool.

 

AMD cpus are pretty competitive and more efficient/easier to cool. Also, IMO, they're a better option for future proofing. The larger thread counts mean they're more well-rounded CPUs as far as what they can do. And AMD tends to support their sockets for longer as well, giving you future upgrade ability (Ryzen 4000 will still use AM4).

[jhawk2122]

I believe in general the 9900k is slightly better at gaming.  

 

But: (1) the edge is very slight, (2) the 3800x is cheaper, (3) AM4 boards are cheaper, (4) you get a stock cooler with AMD, and (5) perhaps most importantly, you should reward the company that has brought innovation and much needed competition back to the CPU space. 

[Mister Woof]

In absolute terms, the i9-9900k is a better performer than any of the Ryzen chips for gaming. In some games, it will be minimal difference, in others, pretty significant.

 

In relative terms, it's not really worth the price and other drawbacks compared to the Ryzen systems. Overall, it won't change your gameplay experience, but from a numbers perspective, the 3700/3800x is slower.

That said, you are going to be using a 2080ti which is already not a reasonable purchase. 

So get the 9900k to get the most out of the 2080 ti.

[Jurrunio]

Nah at 1440p you'll be GPU bottlenecked all the time with either CPU (or even the cheaper 3700x, I assume you wont need the box cooler)

[KWelz]

As others have said, a 9900K will give you slightly better performance on the scale of a couple FPS.  However the tradeoff is that it is inferior in every other task and more expensive than the AMD offerings.  My 12 Core 24 thread Ryzen 9 3900X was less than an 8 core 16 thread 9900K and barely any more than the 9700K which is only 8 Core 8 thread.   

 

Also keep in mind that with X570 boards you get PCIE 4.0, which isn't that useful right now but will be moving forward.