Update November 8, 2024: Records are made to be broken—as noted right-wing libertarian, Norris McWhirter, was wont to say—and dedication i

The top AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D overclock just hit 7.24 GHz on HWBOT, but also a stable 6.9 GHz that delivers literally thousands of in-game fps

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Update November 8, 2024: Records are made to be broken—as noted right-wing libertarian, Norris McWhirter, was wont to say—and dedication is what you need, if you want to be a record breaker, as Roy Castle would sing before blowing his own trumpet. And so, the 6.9 GHz overclock that we saw yesterday from the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has now been surpassed by Taiwanese overclocker TSAIK using an MSI MEG X870E Godlike motherboard with a number 1 position on the HWBOT leaderboard for the chip's CPU frequency (via Videocardz).

It's been hit with a frequency of 7.24 GHz, achieved by disabling SMT (something we've found helpful in terms of getting higher frequencies on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D), and using a core voltage of a massive 1.969 V.

Obviously it's also needed liquid nitrogen to achieve that clock speed, and isn't a frequency they've been able to use when actually running benchmarks such as Cinebench. The top HWBot Cinebench score has been achieved 'only' with a 6.8 GHz overclock. That's the difference with the 6.9 GHz achieved by the Asus China GM, Tony Yu, who actually showed applications running with their peak clock speed.

Original story November 7, 2024: The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is now officially with us. PC Gamer's hardware command and conquerer Dave's been testing it for a while and reckons it's "the new king of gaming CPUs". That much we expected or at least hoped for given its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, held the crown for the longest time. Now, we're seeing just how far it can be pushed, and the answer is far indeed.

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