AMD said it would "simply be too expensive" and that "games would not benefit." It was, of course, talking about why it had never launched a dual CCD Ryzen desktop processor with 3D V-Cache on both chiplets. There was no technical barrier, just a matter of pointlessness. And yet here we are, with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. Yours for a mere $899.
For that princely sum of money, you're basically getting a Ryzen 9 9950X3D with 192 MB of L3 cache instead of 128 MB, a tiny 100 MHz knocked off the peak boost clock, and an extra 30 W slapped on to the TDP. The 9950X3D launched at $699, though you can often pick one up these days for around $60 less.
Is it worth spending $200 to $260 more for the Dual Edition? Taken at face value, the answer would appear to be an emphatic 'no'. AMD not only warned that it would be pointless for PC gaming, but it ...
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