AMD reportedly says Ryzen CPUs hit 1,000fps in CS2, but only with an Nvidia GPU

AMD is apparently claiming that its X3D CPUs are capable of hitting massive frame rates of 1,000fps in six of the most popular multiplayer games, including CS2, PUBG, and Valorant, but only if you use a high-end Nvidia GPU. The claim is made in a promo presentation slide in China that's been leaked online, and while it makes a big deal about the capabilities of AMD Ryzen X3D CPUs, it also states that only two of the six games can hit 1,000fps using AMD's current fastest GPU, the Radeon RX 9070 XT.

The only two GPUs in the chart that hit 1,000fps in all six games are the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and the 5090D, a cut-down version of the RTX 5090 made specifically for the Chinese market. That's not particularly surprising, given that the RTX 5080 and 5090 are the two most powerful GPUs in our guide to buying the best graphics card, but it is surprising that AMD is apparently being so up front about the abilities of the 9070 XT.

According to the table in the slide (a machine-translated version is shown below), which was shared by X (formerly Twitter) user realVictor_M, the Radeon RX 9070 XT can hit the magic 1,000fps figure in Valorant and League of Legends, but not in any of the other titles, which include CS2, PUBG, and Marvel Rivals. Perhaps more interestingly, the slide is all about AMD X3D CPUs, but there are no comparative checkboxes for other CPUs, whether they're non-X3D models or Intel chips. I've reached out to AMD to confirm whether the slide is genuine.

That said, these X3D CPUs with 3D V-cache do definitely have a performance advantage in games compared to the latest Intel CPUs, thanks to the huge amount of L3 cache they have onboard, as you can see in our Ryzen 7 9800X3D review.

The table shows a series of checkboxes for the games using Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D test rigs, all using 6,000MT/s CL30 memory, and all running at 1,920 x 1,080 on a monitor with a 540Hz refresh rate. It's also worth bearing in mind that the slide isn't reporting the average, sustained frame rate here, but the highest frame rate achieved.

I've seen GPUs occasionally go beyond the 1,000fps mark in our own Doom Eternal benchmark, which uses a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, but only in very basic areas where not much is happening, and when using very powerful GPUs. While it's a cool figure for marketing, 1,000fps is also completely overkill for anyone's gaming needs - even the monitor used for the testing only refreshed at 540Hz, so it wouldn't be able to display that sort of frame rate in action.

If you're thinking of upgrading your CPU, check out our guide to the best gaming CPU, where the 9800X3D is our current favorite, as well as our guide to buying the best CPU cooler, so you can keep its temperature under control.

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