AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has shown the extent of its performance when unshackled from its power and thermal limits. The beast managed to push above 1,000fps in two esports titles, making even the latest monitors sound slow.
Content creator Tony Yu from bilibili has showcased the capabilities of AMD’s newest 3D V-Cache chip. By overclocking Ryzen 7 9800X3D between 6.74GHz and 6.9GHz using extreme Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) cooling, he managed to hit ridiculous frame rates in games.
Yu saw an amazing average of 1,262fps in Counter-Strike 2 and 2,245fps in Valorant. Since these use built-in benchmarks and character selection menus, respectively, they don’t represent true gaming scenarios. However, it’s easy to see why Yu went this route, given maintaining these frequencies is dangerous at 1.96V. In other words, it’s not something you can drive daily.
When tested inside a match, frame rates dipped a little but remained outstanding, with CS2 hovering between 800-900fps and Valorant hitting heights of 1,500fps. Not to forget 30,513 points in Cinebench R23, which is about 32% higher than stock conditions. Depending on how you look at it, this achievement can be both faster and slower than the previous 1,000fps obtained by der8auer using an Intel Core i9-14900K CPU.
To grasp the speed at which this CPU calculates each image, a 60fps feed means each frame takes 16.66ms (milliseconds) to finish. At 1,500fps, the CPU does that in just 0.66ms! The closest monitors can currently get to that is 1.85ms using 540Hz panels. This brings us to the question: where are those 1,000Hz monitors when you need them?
Jokes aside, these are some outstanding results that give us a glimpse at the future we are heading towards. Yes, most games won’t be able to reach this high due to a lack of performance or engine limitations, but still, some may offer the blur-free experience many players dream of.
Naturally, you’ll rely on minimum graphics settings to hit anywhere near this in reality, but that’s fine for competitive games where players want to eke out the most performance possible. All in all, it’s an excellent demonstration of Ryzen 7 9800X3D. We can’t wait to see what the 16-core 9950X3D has to offer when it launches sometime next year.
