The Ryzen 7 9800X3D may have just launched, but AMD doesn't expect an end of life announcement for the old 7800X3D 'anytime in the near future' and 'would expect it in the market for a while'

AMD has told us not to expect an end of life announcement for the Ryzen 7800X3D "anytime in the near future" despite the launch of a replacement for the erstwhile best CPU for gaming. Donny Wolligrowski told us in a recent briefing that he "would expect it in the market for a while".

Which is grand, because AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D has been our pick as the best gaming CPU for a hot minute, even if that crown has slipped due to the recent launch of the second-gen 3D V-Cache chip, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D.