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 |
Average FPS |
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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hikaru00007 - Thursday, February 28, 2019 - link
just if someone want to hire me as PC product tester ... :| i really love tech evolution, but i can't touch them, i can't afford it. dollar currency in Indonesia way toooooo high.sys - Friday, October 18, 2019 - link
It is very funny to talk about power consumption without referring to the temperature.ferit - Sunday, December 8, 2019 - link
you may think nothing matters after the 6th gen, but for me, the support for vp9 decoding makes 7th gen the most important one.