Sins 2 and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition

Can late game bliss be had for a price?

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Thinking of upgrading to Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. Reviewers are saying it's a stupid product aimed at no one. Reviewers are also saying AMD will probably never build a chip like this again.

Sins 2 is said to use all the cores you can throw at it. Sooner or later the price on this chip will fall out of orbit. 

Will Sins 2 put this chip to good use? Will it shine in the late game?

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Reply #1 from Sins2 Forums Top

To the people who offered links to search engines in the above 3 referrals, thank you. I am trying to find an answer to this question not just for me but for our community. I was hoping Yarlen or someone with technical knowledge beyond my own or perhaps someone with practical experience testing chips like the 9950X3D2 would have stepped up and offered something. Maybe Yarlen or somebody will in the future.

As far as I know Sins 2 is not part of any tech channel's test suite so I came here. If Stardock or it's community doesn't run these kinds of tests then who will?

Thank you for your heart felt response. 

Reply #2 from Sins2 Forums Top

So, had I not just upgraded last year to a 9950 (non X3D2), I would totally go for one now if you can get it at a good price. Is it overkill?  Yeah, probably, but will it last you for years to come?  Yes. :)

All that being said, for any game it's not just the CPU, it's the GPU.  You probably won't max out your CPU before you become GPU bound - which means that your GPU simply can't process all the stuff the CPU is throwing at it.  That's something most folks don't really think about which bites them in the end. Can I ask what GPU and CPU you're using now?

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Reply #3 from Sins2 Forums Top

Yarlen,

Thank you for helping. You had me at overkill. 

By the way I had one of these messages pop up:

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Device Name RedDwarf

Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor               3.70 GHz

Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.9 GB usable)

Storage 932 GB SSD Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB

Graphics Card AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (16 GB)

Device ID 7B6E2030-D3F7-4A76-B611-2986692A78C7

Product ID 00330-80000-00000-AA176

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Edition Windows 10 Pro

Version 22H2

Installed on ‎12/‎13/‎2022

OS Build 19045.6466

 

Reply #4 from Sins2 Forums Top

Yarlen,

Can we ask the people who wrote the "Iron Engine" if the 9950X3D2 will be better than 9950X3D in the late game with huge fleets and mods out the ears? Short of that it seems like we have to take the word of hardware reviewers who don't play Sins everyday. 

If I wrote it I would want to know. 

Can we ask?