The Intel Core i9-9900KS Review: The 5 GHz Consumer Special
by Dr. Ian Cutress on October 31, 2019 10:45 AM ESTGaming: World of Tanks enCore
Albeit different to most of the other commonly played MMO or massively multiplayer online games, World of Tanks is set in the mid-20th century and allows players to take control of a range of military based armored vehicles. World of Tanks (WoT) is developed and published by Wargaming who are based in Belarus, with the game’s soundtrack being primarily composed by Belarusian composer Sergey Khmelevsky. The game offers multiple entry points including a free-to-play element as well as allowing players to pay a fee to open up more features. One of the most interesting things about this tank based MMO is that it achieved eSports status when it debuted at the World Cyber Games back in 2012.
World of Tanks enCore is a demo application for a new and unreleased graphics engine penned by the Wargaming development team. Over time the new core engine will implemented into the full game upgrading the games visuals with key elements such as improved water, flora, shadows, lighting as well as other objects such as buildings. The World of Tanks enCore demo app not only offers up insight into the impending game engine changes, but allows users to check system performance to see if the new engine run optimally on their system.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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imaheadcase - Thursday, October 31, 2019 - link
So he makes a point about why people want a CPU and he is instant fanboy? Well you certainly got the boy part down pat..Jorgp2 - Thursday, October 31, 2019 - link
What are you talking about?Zen 2 only has a tiny IPC advantage over Skylake.
Spunjji - Friday, November 1, 2019 - link
10% isn't tiny, especially when boosting clock speeds by 10% is no longer trivial.Korguz - Friday, November 1, 2019 - link
imagine what it would be like if the clock speeds were higher... if zen 2 is this close, or faster with the clockspeed disadvantage it has now.. what will it be like if zen 2 was hitting 4.6+ ghz ???outsideloop - Friday, November 1, 2019 - link
We have a few months until Zen 3 clocks will leak.MDD1963 - Thursday, November 7, 2019 - link
Don't a full 10% of the 3900X samples actually have a core or two hit their advertised 4600 MHz for about 5 full consecutive seconds....sometimes? :)Korguz - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link
dont intel cpus NEED the higher clocks in order to have the performance they get ? clock them at the ryzen equivilents.. and see how well they perform.. when will people realize clock speed isnt everything ??amnesia0287 - Friday, November 8, 2019 - link
What would it be like if it hit 6ghz?Does it matter since it can’t?
I am very eager to see Zen 3 tho. Regardless of all the fanboys. I feel like it’s very much a mixed bag to chose between intel and amd just cause of some of the instruction sets and #of threads used by various things.
But if even half of the stuff about Zen3 is true 2020 should be AMDs year as I don’t believe anything intel launches until 2021 is really gonna be competitive.
rocky12345 - Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - link
Zen 2 has more like 13%-15% IPC gain over released Intel CPU's right now at same clock speeds depending on work load. There was a video on Youtube where one of the bigger YT channels did a side by side of AMD Zen 2 CPU and Intel 9900K both @4GHz and I was surprised that the AMD chip was ahead in most everything by a fair amount.When it came to gaming though Intel had a slight lead in a few games that seemed to favor Intel. But there were also games that AMD got wins from a s well. This would explain why AMD with a CPU with same core count is now able to match Intel even though AMD has a lower clock speed and even come close or match in a lot of games. I am no fanboy for either camp I currently only own Intel based systems but would be more than willing to look at either camps hardware when I do my next set of upgrades. That is just how good things are now on either side ans with AMD finally back in the game and putting pressure on Intel prices are also now getting better on the Intel side of the street as well. It is a win for everyone when things like this start happening.
AshlayW - Friday, November 1, 2019 - link
Hey, it's a good thing the 3900X doesn't have slow cores then, does it :)Seriously, though. i3-9350KF exists, go buy that if you want clock speed :P