The AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Deep Dive Review: 3700X and 3900X Raising The Bar
by Andrei Frumusanu & Gavin Bonshor on July 7, 2019 9:00 AM EST** = Old results marked were performed with the original BIOS & boost behaviour as published on 7/7.
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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RSAUser - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
Well, tests of the new AMD card show near no difference for PCIe 4, so no point yet.0ldman79 - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
I'm not done yet, but you guys have done an excellent job so far.The only differences I can spot are just in how both of you phrase things, quality is excellent as always.
JustinTeim - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
Andrei, What is the status of ECC support for these CPUs ?Yorgos - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
He is not even a Dr., to start with.Ian Cutress - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
DPhil awarded from Oxford in Computation Chemistry in 2011. (Oxford call it a DPhil, but it is the old term for a Ph.D.)mikato - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
I read that as Dr Phil at first. So to be clear, you do not have a Dr Phil degree. I’m not sure what that would be, but I know it would be terrible.XsjadoKoncept - Sunday, July 21, 2019 - link
You'd probably have to be friends with Oprah. Yeck.WaltC - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
Hope all is well for the good Dr. Cutress!Oxford Guy - Sunday, July 7, 2019 - link
Yes, like all the results that include the performance regressions on Intel from actually dealing with reality.Reality is that they exist and need to be patched, not ignored.
That includes turning off hyperthreading.
cheshirster - Monday, July 8, 2019 - link
"Dr Ian Cutress as he unfortunately the timing didn’t work out"I bet he just don't want to risk his reputation.