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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HardwareDufus - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
This is exactly what I was thinking. Why didn't they add the eDRAM to this K-Series chip. Maybe we will see another higher clocked variant with Iris Pro.... I would buy that. Meanwhile, I'll keep using my I7-3700K CPU.Vash63 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
It's mentioned in the article that Linux doesn't support Speedshift. That seems to be at odds with the p-state driver documentation on kernel.org:https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/...
"If the processor is capable of selecting its next P-State internally, then the driver will offload this
responsibility to the processor (aka HWP: Hardware P-States). If not, the driver implements algorithms to select the next P-State."
Looks like they call it HWP instead of 'Speedshift', marketing names don't often make it into the kernel. This was added in Nov 2014: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5246361/
oranos - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
so basically if you have a 6700k you good to goBrokenCrayons - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Or anything as old as a 2500K apparently as long as you don't have a need for some of the features included on more modern motherboards. Honestly, the last six or so years have been pretty dull ones for x86 processors.iwod - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
To American viewers, ( which i expect many would be on Anandtech ), and dont know who Jerermy Clarkson is, He is a former host of UK BBC's Car / Motoring Show "Top Gear", and current host of Amazon's The Grand Tour.And in case you dont know the show, you should watch it :P
P.S - Why specifically American? Because Top gear is the world most watched TV shows ( Non-Drama ) and it is popular is everywhere in the world EXCEPT America.
stardude82 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
...Except it's been canceled. I hear you can watch some blowhard prattle on about rich boy toys on this little American website called Amazon.com.stardude82 - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
Oh wait... The was a British version?Manch - Thursday, January 5, 2017 - link
What are you on about? Top Gear was quite popular in the states among gearheads and their ilk. So popular, they made a US version which sucks.fanofanand - Thursday, January 26, 2017 - link
Manch is correct. Americans "in the know" about car stuff all know about and revere Top Gear. The American version was awful, and I haven't watched the Amazon version but heard the first episode was impressive, the others not so much. I like Jeremy Clarkson but the other two hosts made the show, IMO.iwod - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - link
So the i7700K gets you 8% more clock speed for the same power usage. And you get roughly 10% more performance due to clock speed and slight IPC improvement.