[SOLVED] please suggest cheapest AM5 cpu which wont bottleneck Asrock rx 7800xt challenger oc Gpu for gaming on 1440p

[eziowar]

Hi, please suggest cheapest AM5 cpu which wont bottleneck Asrock rx 7800xt challenger oc Gpu for gaming on 1440p.

 

[hotaru.hino]

I'm assuming you want something that can push at least 120FPS in most situations, in which case the Ryzen 5 7600 is fine.

 

[Kellerman88]

I'm assuming you want something that can push at least 120FPS in most situations, in which case the Ryzen 5 7600 is fine.

Consider the same cpu for a new build, how long could a 6 core/12t be enough for gaming do you think?

The r5 7600 is very powerfull for gaming as it is today, looks like it’s comparable to a i5 14600k.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Consider the same cpu for a new build, how long could a 6 core/12t be enough for gaming do you think?

That depends on what kind of baseline performance you want. If you want it to do 60 FPS on everything, I can see it lasting at least 5 years.

 

[punkncat]

Consider the same cpu for a new build, how long could a 6 core/12t be enough for gaming do you think?

This is a very hard question to answer and insight to have without some insider knowledge to the industry itself. A WHOLE BUNCH of game dev companies have just recently shut down and/or fired a bunch of their humans. We went for (6) generations of Intel with very little innovation until Ryzen appeared. GPU from (8) years ago now remain competitive for many of the games on the market. Without a scrying ball it is hard to say what AI is going to bring to the market both in development as well as the corresponding hardware.

We have seen how there are a couple of games recently released that give even the newest of hardware a challenge. If this is to be the path that AI innovation is going to follow for future game development then we should also expect hardware to follow. Interesting article in today's news feed discussing how AM5 having an AI focus is actually hurting its game performance due to a lack of cache.

If the market continues the trends it is following right now, I almost expect PC gaming to be a grave marker on the side of the road replaced by handheld formats and consoles.

 

[Avro Arrow]

That's actually pretty easy to say because ALL of the AM5 CPUs give great gaming performance.

In Cyberpunk 2077, the Ryzen 5 7600 is capable of 169FPS:

While the RX 7800 XT, at 1440p, can only draw half of that:

Even at 1080p, the RX 7800 XT can't keep up with the R5-7600:

Please note that I showed the Ryzen 5 7600 at 720p because resolution has no effect on the CPU's gaming performance, only the video card's. If the R5-7600 is capable of 169FPS at 720p, then it's also capable of 169FPS at 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, etc.

Therefore, your answer is the Ryzen 5 7600 because the RX 7800 XT would be the bottleneck if paired with ANY of the AM5 CPUs and the R5-7600 is the cheapest of them at $195USD.

 

[artk2219]

Hi, please suggest cheapest AM5 cpu which wont bottleneck Asrock rx 7800xt challenger oc Gpu for gaming on 1440p.

Ditto on the Ryzen 5 7600, its a great pairing with a 7800 XT, that should keep you gaming for a few years at least. Attached is the 14700K review with a bunch of CPU's paired with an RTX 4090, a gpu thats 30% more powerful than the RX 7800 XT at 1440P, and even then the Ryzen 5 7600 works well with it in most titles.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/2108...ore-i5-14600k-review-raptor-lake-refreshed/13

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

[eziowar]

That's actually pretty easy to say because ALL of the AM5 CPUs give great gaming performance.

In Cyberpunk 2077, the Ryzen 5 7600 is capable of 169FPS:

While the RX 7800 XT, at 1440p, can only draw half of that:

Even at 1080p, the RX 7800 XT can't keep up with the R5-7600:

Please note that I showed the Ryzen 5 7600 at 720p because resolution has no effect on the CPU's gaming performance, only the video card's. If the R5-7600 is capable of 169FPS at 720p, then it's also capable of 169FPS at 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, etc.

Therefore, your answer is the Ryzen 5 7600 because the RX 7800 XT would be the bottleneck if paired with ANY of the AM5 CPUs and the R5-7600 is the cheapest of them at $195USD.

tyvm, btw are those benchmarks rasterization performance?

 

[logainofhades]

Personally, I would not choose a 6 core cpu, in 2024, with 8 core being the minimum. Cyberpunk likes more cores, and average FPS doesn't tell you the whole story. The 1% and .1% matter far more, as those are what cause noticeable stuttering/hitching.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Personally, I would not choose a 6 core cpu, in 2024, with 8 core being the minimum. Cyberpunk likes more cores, and average FPS doesn't tell you the whole story. The 1% and .1% matter far more, as those are what cause noticeable stuttering/hitching.

Those other two numbers don't tell the whole story either. We need context for when that happens. If it happens during intense action scenes, then sure, this could help tell us the CPU may not be up to snuff. But if it only drops down due to a loading hitch in a relatively calm part of the game, then does even matter that much?

In addition it'd be nice to know the CPU utilization. Games still favor a few fast cores over more of them. Sure there are outliers that do chew up more cores, but those are just that: outliers.

 

[Avro Arrow]

tyvm, btw are those benchmarks rasterization performance?

Thanks for best answer! Yes, they are rasterisation scores. From what I understand, ray-tracing doesn't affect CPU performance all that much. I don't bother with RT myself.

You know, technically, there is a cheaper AM5 CPU than the R5-7600 called the R5-7500F, but its availability is spotty at best (PCPartPicker shows none available) so I just recommended the R5-7600. The R5-7600 has an IGP, a bundled CPU cooler and it's available everywhere so it's the much safer bet.

If you can find an R5-7500F in your area, by all means, go for it but they're mostly OEM CPUs.