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.
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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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GreenReaper - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Just wait, they'll turn the lights off too. Then we'll have dark mode!Smell This - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Some of youin's what some cheese with that whine ?
29a - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
I've been reading this site since '97 and I don't recall Anand releasing any half finished articles that were never completed or skip any major hardware releases. So shove your cheese up your ass.Qasar - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
* hands 29a sone cheese *as i said, if unhappy, go some where else.
Stochastic - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Ampere reviews are a dime a dozen. This kind of article is something you only see from Anandtech and a handful of other sites.Tomatotech - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Agree. Dozens of RTX 3070 / 80 / 90 reviews everywhere but only one 2020 Broadwell eDRAM deep dive on the whole web (I think) and guess what, it’s on AnandTech. That’s worth cherishing.brucethemoose - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
TBH I'm more interested in these esoteric deep dives.There are 100 other sites that reviewed Ampere on launch day.
liquid_c - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
Go read pcgamer, please.powerarmour - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
But hey, here's another Intel article while you wait eh?Makaveli - Monday, November 2, 2020 - link
There are plenty of reviews out already for you go get a general idea of the product.Quit your crying.