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: Far Cry 5
The latest title in Ubisoft's Far Cry series lands us right into the unwelcoming arms of an armed militant cult in Montana, one of the many middles-of-nowhere in the United States. With a charismatic and enigmatic adversary, gorgeous landscapes of the northwestern American flavor, and lots of violence, it is classic Far Cry fare. Graphically intensive in an open-world environment, the game mixes in action and exploration.
Far Cry 5 does support Vega-centric features with Rapid Packed Math and Shader Intrinsics. Far Cry 5 also supports HDR (HDR10, scRGB, and FreeSync 2). We use the in-game benchmark for our data, and report the average/minimum frame rates.
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!