The Intel Core i9-9980XE CPU Review: Refresh Until it Hertz
by Ian Cutress on November 13, 2018 9:00 AM ESTGaming: Final Fantasy XV
Upon arriving to PC earlier this, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console, fruits of their successful partnership with NVIDIA, with hardly any hint of the troubles during Final Fantasy XV's original production and development.
In preparation for the launch, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark that they have since updated. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to record, although it should be noted that its heavy use of NVIDIA technology means that the Maximum setting has problems - it renders items off screen. To get around this, we use the standard preset which does not have these issues.
Square Enix has patched the benchmark with custom graphics settings and bugfixes to be much more accurate in profiling in-game performance and graphical options. For our testing, we run the standard benchmark with a FRAPs overlay, taking a 6 minute recording of the test.
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| Final Fantasy XV | JRPG | Mar 2018 |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Stasinek - Wednesday, November 21, 2018 - link
If something is a joke - Threadripper 2920, 2970,2990 is for sure with one exception 2950To have much more weak threads than IF/RAM subsystem is capable handle it's a joke.
Intels HDET despite having less cores is stil just better solution.
Benchmarks yet another series here on this site are best prove of that.
Badelhas - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
Intel have been milking us for years, I am still holding to my 2500k overclocked to 5ghz (their last great CPU) and my next CPU is going to be a AMD for sure. Nvidia is doing the same lately, its outrageous.Badelhas - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
Oh, I forgot: GREAT REVIEW, Anandtech! Cheers. :)imaheadcase - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
Crazy right, its almost like you needed a performance product and bought it.nerd1 - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
My 9900k@5.1Ghz is almost 3X faster than yours considering IPC difference. And seriously, no one's using AMD GPU anymore, either for gaming or gpu computing.benedict - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
No one cares how fast your CPU is and plenty of people who are not obscenely rich use AMD GPUs.nerd1 - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
He said 2500k is intel's last great CPU and I showed him a counterexample.AMD is indeed good if you just need many cores for budget, but that's it.
Aephe - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
Actually, if, like me, you're rendering on Corona (or any CPU render engine in 3ds Max) daily, AMD has the best CPU. Period. The fact my 2990WX is also WAY cheaper than the next best thing from Intel is just an added bonus for my company.Spunjji - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
He's using a different definition of "great CPU" from you. His includes price/performance ratio, yours doesn't. Insisting that your comparison is more valid than his doesn't make any more sense than him doing the same, so if you're going to mock someone's post, maybe avoid the same errors.Arbie - Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - link
How do AMD's GPUs relate to the HEDT CPU market being discussed here? And seriously, can't see any point to your remarks.