AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D review: Team Red retakes the lead with its best CPU ever
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D: Two-minute review The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D is finally here, and it is worth the wait. First introduced back in early 2022 with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D , AMD's 3D V-Cache technology has proven itself to be an incredible value-add for Team Red that makes AMD's chips seriously competitive against even the best Intel processors . Even with the non-3D V-Cache variant of AMD's flagship processor, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, you were getting a seriously powerful chip that made a worthy rival for the i9-13900K, but the extra gaming performance that 3D V-Cache brings to the table is something to see in action, and it really is AMD's not-so-secret weapon here — especially if you're playing esports titles at 1080p where the speed of the processor is far more important than having the best graphics card . Even more surprising was the improved creative performance that 3D V-Cache brings to the 7950X3D. I had to retest the 7950X3D's video encoding performa...