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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Christopher Harper

Sub-Zero Ryzen 7 9800X3D hits 1,400 FPS+ at 6.9 GHz — new gaming champion destroys Valorant frame rates with liquid nitrogen

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Overclockers worldwide are already pushing and proving the proper limits of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best CPUs. AMD's latest Zen 5 chip with 3D V-Cache has achieved various overclocking records with liquid nitrogen.

Tony Yu, General Manager of Asus China (via his Weibo account), detailed the process of hitting 6.9 GHz on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The overclocked chip achieved an average of 1400+ FPS in Valorant and 1200+ FPS in Counter-Strike 2. Seeing as these are both modern CPU-bound eSports titles, that would make Ryzen 7 9800X3D far and away the best eSports gaming CPU — especially for enthusiasts also willing to achieve system-stable overclocks on their competition rigs.

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