A Broadwell Retrospective Review in 2020: Is eDRAM Still Worth It?
by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 2, 2020 11:00 AM ESTGaming Tests: Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade is based in 1903’s Egypt, and follows a story which is very similar to that of the Mummy film franchise. This particular third-person shooter is developed by Rebellion Developments which is more widely known for games such as the Sniper Elite and Alien vs Predator series. The game follows the hunt for Seteki the Witch Queen, who has arose once again and the only ‘troop’ who can ultimately stop her. Gameplay is cooperative centric with a wide variety of different levels and many puzzles which need solving by the British colonial Secret Service agents sent to put an end to her reign of barbaric and brutality.
The game supports both the DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs and houses its own built-in benchmark as an on-rails experience through the game. For quality, the game offers various options up for customization including textures, anti-aliasing, reflections, draw distance and even allows users to enable or disable motion blur, ambient occlusion and tessellation among others. Strange Brigade supports Vulkan and DX12, and so we test on both.
- 720p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Ultra
The automation for Strange Brigade is one of the easiest in our suite – the settings and quality can be changed by pre-prepared .ini files, and the benchmark is called via the command line. The output includes all the frame time data.
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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.