AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Selling CPU?
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 18, 2020 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.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Xex360 - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
Aren't the "10th"gen CPUs launching 20/05?Mobile-Dom - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
ooft, thats a slaughterBedfordTim - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
You are right. The 3300X is a clear winner.Koenig168 - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
There's also the 3600X to consider. On launch, the price difference between 3600 and 3600X is USD50. That has now narrowed to USD15 as of 18 May on Amazon (USD189.99 vs USD204.99).crimson117 - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
$50 was way too much, but $15 for slightly more MHz and a better cooler is a fantastic deal.Spunjji - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
That's nuts!GreenReaper - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
In the UK it's £152.00 vs. £184.24 (vs £260.98 for the 3700X).On the plus side, that makes the 3600 cheaper than the USA!
You have to be careful who you're buying from, though - some sellers don't have good feedback.
flyingpants265 - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
The 3600 is $172.myself248 - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
On the general theme of "once in a while, a truly great CPU comes along and dominates the market", check out this beautiful trip down memory lane from Australia's Red Hill Consulting:https://www.redhill.net.au/iu.html
It's a long read, but for those of us who were building PCs back in the Socket 3 through Socket 7 era, it's a neverending stream of "Oh yeah I remember when that came out!" and "Whoah, those actually existed?" and "I think I still have one of those in the basement..."
Lord of the Bored - Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - link
Aww, heck yeah! More 486es and K6-2s and Athlons than you can shake a stick at!