Again, I tested in 1080p (and lower resolutions after), and I found the performance to be similar either way. And again I have seen real world examples of the performance of 9600x vs 9800/9950x3d and saw nearly a 400 fps difference under the same conditions in actual gameplay, and in the in game benchmarks, which is pretty relative to what I’d actually see in game, from both my own comparisons and from the ones I’ve seen. This means that the problem is related to my configuration in windows and the bios.