A Broadwell Retrospective Review in 2020: Is eDRAM Still Worth It?
by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 2, 2020 11:00 AM ESTGaming Tests: Borderlands 3
As a big Borderlands fan, having to sit and wait six months for the EPIC Store exclusive to expire before we saw it on Steam felt like a long time to wait. The fourth title of the franchise, if you exclude the TellTale style-games, BL3 expands the universe beyond Pandora and its orbit, with the set of heroes (plus those from previous games) now cruising the galaxy looking for vaults and the treasures within. Popular Characters like Tiny Tina, Claptrap, Lilith, Dr. Zed, Zer0, Tannis, and others all make appearances as the game continues its cel-shaded design but with the graphical fidelity turned up. Borderlands 1 gave me my first ever taste of proper in-game second order PhysX, and it’s a high standard that continues to this day.
BL3 works best with online access, so it is filed under our online games section. BL3 is also one of our biggest downloads, requiring 100+ GB. As BL3 supports resolution scaling, we are using the following settings:
- 360p Very Low, 1440p Very Low, 4K Very Low, 1080p Badass
BL3 has its own in-game benchmark, which recreates a set of on-rails scenes with a variety of activity going on in each, such as shootouts, explosions, and wildlife. The benchmark outputs its own results files, including frame times, which can be parsed for our averages/percentile data.
AnandTech | Low Res Low Qual |
Medium Res Low Qual |
High Res Low Qual |
Medium Res Max Qual |
Average FPS | ||||
95th Percentile |
Another consistent test, with the Core i7 and Core i5 sitting just behind Intel's Comet Lake i5.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Qasar - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
seems a few people either dont understand, or care about that.29a - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
What's the excuse for fucking up CPU reviews, Ian does those? I'm not sure we ever got a finished Ryzen review.Qasar - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
if you are unhappy with things here, then feel free to go else where.problem solved
Ian Cutress - Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - link
Which Ryzen review are you talking about?29a - Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - link
The first one.29a - Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - link
Looks like the editor just deleted the unfinished pages I can't find the blank page about StoreMi anymore. I guess that's one way to finish an article.gagegfg - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
I ask the same thing. Could it be something wrong with NVIDIA?And Ryzen 5000 for when? :))
29a - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Agreed this site has went to shit since Anand left.plonk420 - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
TBF, the transition to youtube was happening at that time. my other fave site, TechReport died, too, soon after. at least GN took over covering 0.1% lowsMakaveli - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Feel free to close the door on your way out.