The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 CPU Review: A Budget Gaming Bonanza
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 7, 2020 9:00 AM EST*We are currently in the middle of revisiting our CPU gaming benchmarks, but the new suite was not ready in time for this review. We plan to add in some new games (Borderland 3, Gears Tactics) and also upgrade our gaming GPU to an RTX 2080 Ti.
Gaming: 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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Spunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Those were the days!stardude82 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
What I get from this is my 9 year old Sandy Bridge i7 is probably good enough for modern games when not playing with a $1000 video card.Spunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Quite correct, if it's overclocked. There are a few exceptions, though, and there will be more over the next few years. Sandy was a beast.stardude82 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Hey, Ian, for my edification, what happens if you turned HT/SMT for one of the quad-cores? Do modern games tank?boozed - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
It's been a while since I've seen game benchmarks at 800x600!watzupken - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
It is impressive that a low end AMD chip soundly beat the ex flagship, 7700K. The 3300X is certainly the better option to go for between the 2 entry level Ryzen.Alexvrb - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
I have to chuckle a bit when I see Dwarf Fortress as a "new" benchmark. I doubt it uses any modern processor to its fullest.Ian Cutress - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
Over the last couple of years it's been requested a few times. I finally got around to sorting out a benchmark for it and adding it into our automated script. Seems to work almost flawlessly on any system I'm testing it on. That big gen test can take 1hr+ though.Deicidium369 - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
Dwarf Fortress is the gaming equivalent to dentists - pure sadismSpunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
The results seem to indicate that it prefers clock speed over either threads or IPC.