AMD introduced an improved model of its in style Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor at CES earlier this month, and it’s now confirming a launch date and pricing at the moment. The brand new Ryzen 7 9850X3D will debut on January twenty ninth, priced at $499.
That’s $20 greater than the preliminary retail pricing of the 9800X3D, and this quicker 9850X3D will characteristic the identical 8-core / 16-thread CPU working at quicker enhance clocks. The enhance clock on the 9850X3D is 400MHz increased than the usual 9800X3D, and it maintains the identical 120-watt TDP. It’s basically a better-binned model of the 9800X3D.
It’s nonetheless not clear precisely how a lot these increased enhance clocks will assist with PC video games, and AMD has admitted that a lot of the advantages will probably be present in frequency-sensitive titles like esports video games. Nonetheless, at the very least you received’t should pay way more for a quicker chip — that’s if you could find the 9850X3D at its retail worth later this month.
