The Intel 9th Gen Review: Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K Tested
by Ian Cutress on October 19, 2018 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Coffee Lake
- 14++
- Core 9th Gen
- Core-S
- i9-9900K
- i7-9700K
- i5-9600K
Gaming: Shadow of War
Next up is Middle-earth: Shadow of War, the sequel to Shadow of Mordor. Developed by Monolith, whose last hit was arguably F.E.A.R., Shadow of Mordor returned them to the spotlight with an innovative NPC rival generation and interaction system called the Nemesis System, along with a storyline based on J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, and making it work on a highly modified engine that originally powered F.E.A.R. in 2005.
Using the new LithTech Firebird engine, Shadow of War improves on the detail and complexity, and with free add-on high-resolution texture packs, offers itself as a good example of getting the most graphics out of an engine that may not be bleeding edge. Shadow of War also supports HDR (HDR10).
| AnandTech CPU Gaming 2019 Game List | ||||||||
| Game | Genre | Release | API | IGP | Low | Med | High | |
| Shadow of War | Action / RPG | Sep 2017 | DX11 | 720p Ultra | 1080p Ultra | 4K High | 8K High | |
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
| Shadow of War | IGP | Low | Medium | High |
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Shadow of War is another game where it’s hard to tease out CPU limitations under reasonable game settings. Even 1080p Ultra is a bunch of Intel CPUs seeing who can tip-toe over 100fps, with AMD right on their tail. The less reasonable 720p Ultra pushes this back slightly – the CPUs with the weakest per-thread performance start to fall behind – but it’s still a tight pack for all of the Coffee Lake CPUs. With the highest frequencies and tied for the most cores among the desktop processors here, it’s clear that the 9900K is going to be the strongest contender. But this isn’t a game that can benefit from that performance right now.
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mkaibear - Sunday, October 28, 2018 - link
Yes. Because MSRP is set by the manufacturer and the retail price is set by the retailer. And otherwise they'd have to update the article every single time a price changes.Outlander_04 - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
So not value for money, definitely not value for money for gamers, and TWO HUNDRED AND TEN INSANE WATTS OF POWER DRAW.Funniest thing I have heard for a while now
Tkan2155 - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
No way im getting this 180 watts. 7nm will help to save energy. Amd need to take down intel. Lets do it together. I cannot stand intel anymore.AutomaticTaco - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Revised power consumption. First motherboard was over-voltage.https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
Also, when Overclocked, and set to 1.075v for CPU the consumption actually dropped to 127W max.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen...
WannaBeOCer - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Can you post power consumption with MCE Off? The 9900K is a 4.3GHz processor not a 4.7GHz. MCE Auto on Asus boards boost the CPU to 4.7GHz on all 8 cores.mapesdhs - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
I remember there was much debate a year or so ago about that, but the whole issue seems to have faded away.Synomenon - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
Will the "Thermalright TRUE Spirit 120M BW Rev.A" with push / pull fans be enough to cool the 9900K?http://thermalright.com/product/true-spirit-120m-b...
mapesdhs - Sunday, October 21, 2018 - link
At stock, maybe. Oc'd, almost certainly not.daxpax - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
funny there's not 2700x included in benchmarks where AMD has advantage. clearly intel sponsored articlekaosou - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
I have a bit of a problem with the price you put on all the charts for ThreadRipper 1920X, at the time the article is posted, you can find TR 1920X at around USD 400, and the USD 799 price you put in the chart is very misleading.