Intel Rocket Lake (14nm) Review: Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, and Core i5-11600K
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 30, 2021 10:03 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- LGA1200
- 11th Gen
- Rocket Lake
- Z590
- B560
- Core i9-11900K
Gaming 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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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Qasar - Friday, April 2, 2021 - link
no but i am sure you are as YOU are the one that keeps moving the goal posts, not me. YOU said PC gaming was an expensive hobby, so i suggested a console, so you can save money vs a comp, as this seems to be you WHOLE POINT, to save money." I also never said use the iGPU to game, because gaming on a iGPU, basic dGPU, or APU will be a crappy experience on modern titles. " no but you INSINUATED that you did, so who is the idiot ? and to go buy a 11600k and NOT use it for gaming, as YOU IMPLIED, (cause if you are not going to game with and need the cores, the 5600X is clearly the better choice, as its multi threaded performance, is above the 11600k) is well, whats that word you keep crying about, oh yea, E waste. if that is the case and you dont intend on gaming then getting a MUCH cheaper cpu, with your beloved igp, would be a better option.
as i said in my other post, as you are now resorting to name calling, is further shows, you are wrong, and your whole point, has been proved wrong by giving other options, so, run along little child, when you can talk with out resorting to name calling, then come back
vanish1 - Monday, April 5, 2021 - link
please stop, you keep being wrong.why would anyone buy a console if they intend to build a PC or PC game? Do you understand what saving money means? It means not spending it.
Once again, I never said gaming on a PC, I said build a PC. You keep assuming incorrectly. As such, see original post.
1_rick - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Ridiculous. Bottom-tier dGPUs are $50-60, even on Newegg. Sure, they're worthless for gaming, but they'll be fine for office work and basic web browsing.vanish1 - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Okay so spend $60 on overpriced E-waste that you will have to eventually replace anyways when that money could have been put into a higher tier CPU, saved towards your actual GPU, or spent on other parts of the PC build.Who wants to spend $60 on a GPU just to make their CPU work? Its ridiculous.
Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
who says you have to throw it out ? you COULD keep it for emergencies, put it in another comp, or, um i dunno, sell/give it to a friend who could use a vid card for what ever reason.you say intel is the only option/best option, but you obviously havent considered anything thing else.
vanish1 - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
The fanboys that exist here crack me up. Constant complaining about the GPU market, overpriced and out of stock, yet willing to add fuel to that fire just to have an AMD CPU grace your presence; the hypocrisy is outstanding. I never said throw it out, it just ends up being E-waste at the end, but your mindset is the issue with the disposable culture we live in. Beyond that, I dont want to go through the hassle of buying and selling multiple cards, Ill buy one when its time, plug it into my system, and be done. Put it into another computer? So build another computer on top of the one youre already building, not alot of sense there. Give it to a friend, why would you waste your friends time with a 710 gt? Sounds more like trying to pass the buck.29a - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Did you really just call other people fanboys?Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
thats what i thought, looks like there is a new intel fanboy on here :-) maybe he is upset cause rocket lake is well, pathetic ( going by GN's review )vanish1 - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
I mean when people like yourself and 29a cant comment on the point I'm making and instead try to dunk on me for calling out Intel shills when I see them, it clearly shows who is right (me) and who is wrong (both of you)BushLin - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
Your argument is to PC gaming enthusiasts that they should enjoy the performance they had in their gaming rig over a decade ago but on modern titles because there is a GPU shortage. If you truly cared about ewaste, why not just continue using your old rig rather than buy a dead end motherboard to have a worse experience?