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by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 5, 2020 9:01 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 Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Low Quality |
High Resolution Low Quality |
Medium Resolution Max Quality |
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Badelhas - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
I totally agree. I've upgraded from the last true overclocking champion from Intel (i5 2500k @4.8ghz from 8 years ago) to the 3600, it was finally worth it but going from 200 to 300 euros is a bit to much of an increase in price, in my humble opinionSpunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
They're not really comparable, though. I'm weirded out by how many people are comparing the 3600 to the 5600X. The X is a bit of a giveaway.Kallan007 - Saturday, November 7, 2020 - link
I just buy new and sell off the old. But if you want a price break then just wait.Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
I doubt it will. They'll sell every one they can make, and if not, there's no reason they can't begin to lower prices as supply begins to exceed demand.Threska - Monday, November 16, 2020 - link
Socket longevity is the important thing here for anyone playing the value game. You may not buy the latest and greatest NOW, but the future allows for it without starting completely over.UNCjigga - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
I suppose the only thing missing is a chipset/IO package with USB 4 support? Not a big deal for desktops--but I hope they have that figured out by the time Zen 3 is ready for mobile parts.Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
That would be nice to see. I have a suspicion we won't see it until the new socket arrives on desktop, but would be good to get it with Cezanne on mobile.Machinus - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Looks like a great set of chips for anyone who gets one mailed to them directly from AMD.Good luck buying one in a store.
charlesg - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
I have to say I'm disappointed in the availability of the 5900 and 5950. I expected better.lmcd - Thursday, November 5, 2020 - link
Yea honestly isn't this the whole point of the chiplet model? Or is the IO die different for the 2-chiplet models? I assume it's not packaging constraints because that makes no sense.