Intel Core i7-11700K Review: Blasting Off with Rocket Lake
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 5, 2021 4:30 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- 14nm
- Xe-LP
- Rocket Lake
- Cypress Cove
- i7-11700K
Gaming Tests: Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade is based in 1903’s Egypt, and follows a story which is very similar to that of the Mummy film franchise. This particular third-person shooter is developed by Rebellion Developments which is more widely known for games such as the Sniper Elite and Alien vs Predator series. The game follows the hunt for Seteki the Witch Queen, who has arose once again and the only ‘troop’ who can ultimately stop her. Gameplay is cooperative centric with a wide variety of different levels and many puzzles which need solving by the British colonial Secret Service agents sent to put an end to her reign of barbaric and brutality.
The game supports both the DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs and houses its own built-in benchmark as an on-rails experience through the game. For quality, the game offers various options up for customization including textures, anti-aliasing, reflections, draw distance and even allows users to enable or disable motion blur, ambient occlusion and tessellation among others. Strange Brigade supports Vulkan and DX12, and so we test on both.
- 720p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Ultra
The automation for Strange Brigade is one of the easiest in our suite – the settings and quality can be changed by pre-prepared .ini files, and the benchmark is called via the command line. The output includes all the frame time data.
AnandTech | Low Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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JimmyTheFish - Friday, March 5, 2021 - link
*11700KDamn this stupid naming scheme.
EasterEEL - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
I'm still struggling to find a 5800X at a sensible price and now waiting to see how the USB connectivity issues with 500 series motherboards is resolved.Cooe - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
...R7 5800X was literally on sale at MSRP all day yesterday on Amazon. Probably still is tbh.Freeb!rd - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
A quick search shows it available at Newegg & B&H both at MSRP; wait, my bad B&H added 99cents to $449.99.Kallan007 - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
I don't think you are even trying; Amazon has AMD Ryzen 7 5800X in stock at Price: $449.99 ; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0815XFSGK?tag=nismain-2...Gich - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
Almost always available on AMD own shop.Marlin1975 - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
https://smile.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5800X-16-Thread...Selling at MSRP, not some marked up price all day long.
Cooe - Saturday, March 6, 2021 - link
Stop lying. The R7 5800X is EVERYWHERE at MSRP.Qasar - Sunday, March 7, 2021 - link
no its not, 2 comp stores here, are still sold out of zen 3Bfree4me - Sunday, March 7, 2021 - link
MicroCenter had it priced at $285 just last week.