A Broadwell Retrospective Review in 2020: Is eDRAM Still Worth It?
by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 2, 2020 11:00 AM ESTGaming Tests: Chernobylite
Despite the advent of recent TV shows like Chernobyl, recreating the situation revolving around the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the concept of nuclear fallout and the town of Pripyat have been popular settings for a number of games – mostly first person shooters. Chernobylite is an indie title that plays on a science-fiction survival horror experience and uses a 3D-scanned recreation of the real Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. It involves challenging combat, a mix of free exploration with crafting and non-linear story telling. While still in early access, it is already picking up plenty of awards.
I picked up Chernobylite while still in early access, and was impressed by its in-game benchmark, showcasing complex building structure with plenty of trees and structures where aliasing becomes important. The in-game benchmark is an on-rails experience through the scenery, covering both indoor and outdoor scenes – it ends up being very CPU limited in the way it is designed. We have taken an offline version of Chernobylite to use in our tests, and we are testing the following settings combinations:
- 360p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages.
AnandTech | Low Res Low Qual |
Medium Res Low Qual |
High Res Low Qual |
Medium Res Max Qual |
Average FPS |
The Broadwell CPUs remain high performers here as the frame rates get cranked up, with the Broadwell Core i7+i5 even matching the latest Comet Lake Core i5, even at 1080p Max settings.
For our Integrated Tests, we run the first and last combination of settings.
Integrated graphics shows how far AMD's basic options are ahead.
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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.