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Is there any reason to get an Intel chip if you’re just gaming? (alien.top)

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I see people constantly recommend the 7700X/7800X3D if you’re primarily gaming and an Intel chip if you’re doing both gaming and productivity tasks. Even I make that recommendation based on the benchmarks I’ve seen.

That got me thinking though. Are there any reasons to get an Intel chip if your primary use case is gaming? I’m not trying to dig at Intel, I genuinely want to know if there’s anything I’ve overlooked about Intel chips regarding their gaming performance and factors around them. Maybe more future proof thanks to the extra cores for when games inevitably start using more cores.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I just got a 7800x3d. It's good but not perfect.

Reasons to go Intel:

Might be cheaper depending on the other parts you get (am5 motherboards are still expensive)
more stable memory and less headaches with retiming each boot. This is motherboard dependent on am5. MSI is slow to boot.
some games might actually favor intel. It's worth checking out reviews for your games
you want some Intel soc features like quick sync