Question Hello everyone, I was thinking of upgrading the CPU from a ryzen 7 5800x to a ryzen 7 5800x3d, Appreciate any help :)

[dzonidzbra]

I was thinking of upgrading the CPU from a ryzen 7 5800x to a ryzen 7 5800x3d, and I would buy a better cooler as well so the upgrade would cost like 200 euros. I saw that it has much higher fps, is it worth adding 200e for the x3d. is it worth it? i'd be happy getting 100-150 fps more in cs2. OR i should change the platform to am5 but that would be very expensive probably? appreciate any help
MY PC SPECS:
Ryzen 7 5800x
PSU STRAIGHT POWER 11 750W 80+ GOLD
GPU ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 3070 TI
RAM trident z rgb 2x16 3200 mhz
MOTHERBOARD msi mag b550 tomahawk
aio cooler thermaltake 240mm floe riing premium edition
pc case thermaltake divider 300TG

 

[Aeacus]

i'd be happy getting 100-150 fps more in cs2.

Anyone can dream.

More like ~50 FPS increase IF you aren't held back by GPU.

At 8:25 in this video;
R7 5800X on the left, R7 5800X3D on the right (R7 5700X3D in the middle).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yL9ZGzlBJU

2nd testing too, in reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/cs2/comments/1733sop/i_compared_the_performance_of_the_ryzen_7_5800x3d/

OR i should change the platform to am5 but that would be very expensive probably?

Depends on your target FPS.

is it worth it?

I'm more wondering what is your monitor reso, refresh rate and how much FPS you're currently getting.

 

[dzonidzbra]

Anyone can dream.

More like ~50 FPS increase IF you aren't held back by GPU.

At 8:25 in this video;
R7 5800X on the left, R7 5800X3D on the right (R7 5700X3D in the middle).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yL9ZGzlBJU

2nd testing too, in reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/cs2/comments/1733sop/i_compared_the_performance_of_the_ryzen_7_5800x3d/


Depends on your target FPS.


I'm more wondering what is your monitor reso, refresh rate and how much FPS you're currently getting.

Fps in cs2 goes from 150 to 350 max, average is like 200-220 fps. i'm currently using a 240hz monitor and it definitely goes below 240 fps. If ryzen 7 5800x3d is not worth it should i switch to am5 cpu and ddr5 and keep the gpu same or change both components?

 

[Aeacus]

Going with new CPU and GPU would give the best performance uplift, without either of the two holing another back, compared to when you just upgrade one of them.

To see which of the two; CPU or GPU has headroom, make a simple test.

Take 2-4 of your games, on medium/high setting (or settings you play at, other than low/min) and look the FPS you're getting.
Then, reduce the in-game graphics to low/min and look if you had FPS increase.
You may even want to reduce reso (e.g from 1080p to 720p) to see if you gain FPS. But idea is to put lower load on GPU, to see if there is headroom in system or not.

If FPS did increase (more than ~10 FPS), then it means your CPU has headroom and better GPU can give more FPS.
But if FPS remained same (+/- 5 FPS), then your GPU is held back by the CPU and better GPU gives 0 in terms of performance.

 

[dark_globe]

CS2 in particular can make use of a better cpu .
average FPS will not increase much though
what will get much better however are the 1% lows and the overall smoothness of the game .
3070Ti is still very decent for this game and VRAM is not an issue either .
5800x3d can uplift your 1% lows from 200-ish to 270 FPS in cpu heavy scenarios in this game
especially at 1080p resolution.