Was buying a 5900X a waste of money?

[redcan0]

Hey everyone, I have a RX 6900 XT and a 5600X with a 1440p monitor. In some games that use CPU a lot like Warzone, Rainbow Six Siege Competitive Settings I get low GPU utilization and low FPS. Like on all low settings, I get lower FPS than all Ultra settings which is caused by a CPU Bottleneck I think. So today I ordered a 5900X to replace my 5600X but I am not sure If I did something correct since some people told me that I will see no difference. Should I cancel my order?

 

Thanks.

[DobertRownySr]

3 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

Hey everyone, I have a RX 6900 XT and a 5600X with a 1440p monitor. In some games that use CPU a lot like Warzone, Rainbow Six Siege Competitive Settings I get low GPU utilization and low FPS. Like on all low settings, I get lower FPS than all Ultra settings which is caused by a CPU Bottleneck I think. So today I ordered a 5900X to replace my 5600X but I am not sure If I did something correct since some people told me that I will see no difference. Should I cancel my order?

 

Thanks.

Do you have Vsync on?

[redcan0]

Just now, DobertRownySr said:

Do you have Vsync on?

No

[Levent]

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Was buying a 5900X a waste of money?

Yes.

[DobertRownySr]

Just now, redcan0 said:

No

Did you check the AMD Catalyst Control Center as well?

[CommanderAlex]

DDU drivers and reinstall? Set Power Plan to High Performance? 

[Moonzy]

7 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

Warzone

pretty much only this would benefit from 8 core from what i read

most games runs fine on 6

[DobertRownySr]

Just now, Moonzy said:

pretty much only this would benefit from 8 core from what i read

most games runs fine on 6

For some reason, I just can't take what you said seriously. I'm not sure why tho... hmmm

[redcan0]

1 minute ago, SpiderMan said:

DDU drivers and reinstall? Set Power Plan to High Performance? 

Yeah I tried reinstalling drivers multiple times and power plan is high performance

[Chris Pratt]

For gaming alone, yes, the 5900X is a waste. I just upgraded to one myself from a 3700X, and in games *maybe* I might get an extra couple of frames here or there. I bought it for productivity, though. Anything over 8 core is totally unnecessary for gaming and will be for a long time.

[redcan0]

Just now, Chris Pratt said:

For gaming alone, yes, the 5900X is a waste. I just upgraded to one myself from a 3700X, and in games *maybe* I might get an extra couple of frames here or there. I bought it for productivity, though. Anything over 8 core is totally unnecessary for gaming and will be for a long time.

The 5800x which has 8 core seems like terrible value so I got the 5900x. But seems like it won’t make a difference so I am just going to cancel it.

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

Yeah I tried reinstalling drivers multiple times and power plan is high performance

Strange, you have separate PCIe power cables going to the 6900XT?

[redcan0]

Just now, SpiderMan said:

Strange, you have separate PCIe power cables going to the 6900XT?

I have 3 seperate PCIE Power Cables since my 6900 XT has 3x8 power pins. I mean I only have this issue with low demanding games on competitive settings. Games with nice graphics run just fine so I though the cpu is not good enough.

[King of Memes]

20 minutes ago, redcan0 said:

Hey everyone, I have a RX 6900 XT and a 5600X with a 1440p monitor. In some games that use CPU a lot like Warzone, Rainbow Six Siege Competitive Settings I get low GPU utilization and low FPS. Like on all low settings, I get lower FPS than all Ultra settings which is caused by a CPU Bottleneck I think. So today I ordered a 5900X to replace my 5600X but I am not sure If I did something correct since some people told me that I will see no difference. Should I cancel my order?

 

Thanks.

probably, games don't benefit from 12 cores. the 5800x would have been a better choice.

[redcan0]

1 minute ago, King of Memes said:

probably, games don't benefit from 12 cores. the 5800x would have been a better choice.

Yeah but there was only a 100$ difference between the 5800x and 5900x I think it makes more sense in terms of value

[King of Memes]

Just now, redcan0 said:

Yeah but there was only a 100$ difference between the 5800x and 5900x I think it makes more sense in terms of value

i mean, i understand what your saying. but if you can't utilize more than 8 cores, anything above 8 cores is a waste. games at max use 8 cores (and most probably dont benefit from more than 6) so i feel like the 5800x would be better value, but if you can ultilize 12 cores (say your a content creator) than yeah, for just $100 50% more cores and threads that will help your workloads, definetely.