The Intel Core i7-7700K (91W) Review: The New Out-of-the-box Performance Champion
by Ian Cutress on January 3, 2017 12:02 PM ESTShadow of Mordor
The final title in our testing is another battle of system performance with the open world action-adventure title, Shadow of Mordor. Produced by Monolith using the LithTech Jupiter EX engine and numerous detail add-ons, SoM goes for detail and complexity to a large extent, despite having to be cut down from the original plans. The main story itself was written by the same writer as Red Dead Redemption, and it received Zero Punctuation’s Game of The Year in 2014.
For testing purposes, SoM gives a dynamic screen resolution setting, allowing us to render at high resolutions that are then scaled down to the monitor. As a result, we get several tests using the in-game benchmark. For low-end graphics we examine at 720p with low settings, whereas mid and high-end graphics get 1080p Ultra. The top graphics test is also redone at 3840x2160, also with Ultra settings, and we also test two cards at 4K where possible.
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137ben - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Excellent review. This is why I love AnandTech.Thatguy97 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Best joke of the dayRatman6161 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
When you get around to a full blown overclocking test/review, I'm really hoping you will include the i3-7350K and not just the i7. Back in the day, it was all about buying a cheap CPU and making it perform like a more expensive one. Buying a top of the line i7 only to get a few hundred Mhz kind of takes the fun out of it.negusp - Thursday, January 5, 2017 - link
But the 7350k is an absolutely horrid CPU to test, when you can pick up an i5 for $15 more.We saw this with the G3528- 2 cores makes gaming absolutely shit.
evilpaul666 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Do the new Kaby Lake chips turbo on all cores to their max turbo speed? I've seen that reported one or two places.pavag - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Still on the same league than a decade old processor.AnnonymousCoward - Thursday, January 5, 2017 - link
1. The 2600K is only 5 years old.2. The 7700K is 50% faster.
silverblue - Thursday, January 5, 2017 - link
There is a 20% clock difference between the two, sure, but it's a fair point.fanofanand - Thursday, January 26, 2017 - link
That isn't even close to being true. A decade ago the Q6600 was the new quad core chip, and the 7700K blows that out of the water. Unless you mean beer leagues and major leagues are both the same because they have the word league in them.Vazilious - Saturday, January 7, 2017 - link
Why test a new CPU (an officially oc'ed skylake with a few more features) on years old hardware and software? R9 290x instead of an RX 480 and GTX 980 instead of a GTX 1080? Also why use windows 7? An OS where new CPUs are not supported.