i5 11600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with RTX3080 Gaming Review
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Published: 12th April 2021 | Source: OC3D | Price: AMD £299.99 Intel £229.99 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
A great demonstration of how GPUs can be the limiting factor sometimes. At 4K Shadow of the Tomb Raider would be 100+ FPS if the GPU could match up to the CPU. Instead the CPU is spending ages waiting for the GPU to catch up.
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I didn't know Intel i5 performed that well, and much cheaper than Ryzen 5. Other than replacing a Ryzen 2000 and keeping your motherboard, I would say Intel is the way to go for a new build.Quote
Why no Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark?
I didn't know Intel i5 performed that well, and much cheaper than Ryzen 5. Other than replacing a Ryzen 2000 and keeping your motherboard, I would say Intel is the way to go for a new build. |
In my analysis pieces on Cyberpunk, I used a different area for CPU and GPU tests. Our typical test area for the game is not that CPU-heavy, making it useless for CPU-focused performance testing.
Finding a new benchmark area for this one article would have added a lot of work to an already time-intensive testing scenario.
The new i5 does offer a lot of value for gamers. TBH I'm not sure if I'd go AMD or Intel this gen if I was making a gaming system. Both are great options and both are on what appear to be dead-end CPU sockets. DDR5 is coming, and that means that both camps will be using new CPU sockets soon.Quote
DDR5 is coming, and that means that both camps will be using new CPU sockets soon.
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Many people say this regarding DDR5 etc, but many don't keep in mind that we don't know when they might actually drop. And when they do, they will most likely cost a lot - just for the memory alone.
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