Are 4C/4T quads obsolete for gaming?

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krumme

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But yeaa. 8400 is the new budget king imo.
But i would personally stretch for the 8700 just for ...ehh
Hopefully cheaper 1600 incomming. Budget budget king.
 

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Naa the 8400 is aprox 10% point better in the all important 99% frametimes in mp bf1 vs 1600x. Avg is useless as a metric.
The 1600x is performing more like the 7800x here. I would guess the 99.9% frametimes is more or less the same for all those 6c processors.
But that also shows how stellar value the 8400 is. Imo much better than the 7700k !

Average framerates are not the only factor, yes, but they are far from "useless".

Still, if we compare 99th numbers at 720 in other games besides BF1, 8400 is 14%-20% higher, except for Prey and TW:WH; and Ghost Recon is 38% higher for 8400 but I think it's because of bad ryzen optimization, so IMO it doesn't count.

1600/1600X are still great purchases with a cheaper mainboard, even more so if AMD reduce their price. An 8400 with a pricey Z370 board might be a bit hard to swallow for those who do not plan to OC ever, although the price difference for a CPU+MB+RAM combo is quite close to AMD.
 
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krumme

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Average framerates are not the only factor, yes, but they are far from "useless".

Still, if we compare 99th numbers at 720 in other games besides BF1, 8400 is 14%-20% higher, except for Prey and TW:WH; and Ghost Recon is 38% higher for 8400 but I think it's because of bad ryzen optimization, so IMO it doesn't count.

1600/1600X are still great purchases with a cheaper mainboard, even more so if AMD reduce their price.
Right now here the 8400 and a cheap z370 is still a tad more than a 1600x and cheap asus/asrock 350 board. Matter of time before cheaper intel boards come. When 8400 becomes available in serious numbers i think 1600(x) prices will ajust down like 15% or so. They have kept price high. Unfortunate it looks like start of dec before cf really moves of the shelves.
 

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Naa the 8400 is aprox 10% point better in the all important 99% frametimes in mp bf1 vs 1600x. Avg is useless as a metric.
The 1600x is performing more like the 7800x here. I would guess the 99.9% frametimes is more or less the same for all those 6c processors.
But that also shows how stellar value the 8400 is. Imo much better than the 7700k !

That benchmark is false. AMD + Nvidia DX12 is not good. They are basically equal. If you compare DX12 with AMD CPU on DX11.
 

krumme

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That benchmark is false. AMD + Nvidia DX12 is not good. They are basically equal. If you compare DX12 with AMD CPU on DX11.
I am not sure i understand. Computerbase test bf1 in dx11. Dx12 is a mess. They are the only one doing proper real life mp testing as i know.
Imo you wouldnt even want your framerate to tank say 1% of the time so a better test is frametime closer to the min. Absolute min is also nonsense but i srill think 99% strike an okey balance for many even if my personal preference is closer to 100 here. At least for the cpu bound frametime spikes. Its like they come at the most unfortunate times
Aa far as i can tell all those 6c machines on the market be it ryzen bwe sklx or cl would be pretty difficult to separate in a subjective test.
 

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I am not sure i understand. Computerbase test bf1 in dx11. Dx12 is a mess. They are the only one doing proper real life mp testing as i know.
Imo you wouldnt even want your framerate to tank say 1% of the time so a better test is frametime closer to the min. Absolute min is also nonsense but i srill think 99% strike an okey balance for many even if my personal preference is closer to 100 here. At least for the cpu bound frametime spikes. Its like they come at the most unfortunate times
Aa far as i can tell all those 6c machines on the market be it ryzen bwe sklx or cl would be pretty difficult to separate in a subjective test.

That benchmark was done in DX12 mode as you can see i7 7700K beating R71800X.
https://www.computerbase.de/2017-10...st/5/#diagramm-performancerating-fps-1280-720
 

krumme

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That benchmark was done in DX12 mode as you can see i7 7700K beating R71800X.
https://www.computerbase.de/2017-10...st/5/#diagramm-performancerating-fps-1280-720
No. They test in dx11 as far as i can read.
And its only in avg the 7700k is faster than the 1800x. In the 99% its much slower.
The 7700k simply tanks sometimes having dips to 50fps.
Thats why i said avg is useless. It is for ALL practical purpose in fps gaming utterly useless. 99% is imo the average we need. Some want 95% some want 99.99% but nobody in their sane minds care if their fps is 100 or 300 when nothing happens.
 

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No. They test in dx11 as far as i can read.
And its only in avg the 7700k is faster than the 1800x. In the 99% its much slower.
The 7700k simply tanks sometimes having dips to 50fps.
Thats why i said avg is useless. It is for ALL practical purpose in fps gaming utterly useless. 99% is imo the average we need. Some want 95% some want 99.99% but nobody in their sane minds care if their fps is 100 or 300 when nothing happens.

Then they messed something up. Where is DX11 mentioned?
https://www.computerbase.de/2017-03...mm-battlefield-1-dx11-multiplayer-uebertaktet
check here. R7 1800X faster than i7 7700k in BF1 DX11 MP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RP1CPpFVE
5:30
 
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https://www.computerbase.de/2017-10...nitt_spielebenchmarks_in_720p_1080p_und_2160p
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Sämtliche Prozessoren und Speicher wurden in den Auflösungen 1.280 × 720, 1.920 × 1.080 sowie 3.840 × 2.160 bei maximaler Detailstufe unter DirectX 11 getestet"

The reason is its extremely difficult to test mp consistently. Also the maps is very different and evolve.

I play BF1 a lot. Maps doesn't make such difference. I know that.
Check up link that I gave you. They had to use DX12 for BF1.
 

krumme

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I play BF1 a lot. Maps doesn't make such difference. I know that.
Check up link that I gave you. They had to use DX12 for BF1.
Computerbase also test the different maps in bf1 cant find link now. But they are different.
I know the result you link and i have shown frametimes graphs from that test for a 7700k vs 1800x since march multiple times. Heck i even got my own old grumpy stalker because of it. And he know who he is. Lol
SP 200fps is more popular than showing a 7700k goes to 50fps in mp. But it seems it was not all in vain as 6c is the new black now.
But still consistent mp testing is difficult but better ask computerbase what is different?. I read it as dx11 for the new bf1 test? If its dx12 its clearly useless.
 

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Yet, even in different maps load is same.
You can try out every map and there is no difference, some do like little more threads, but for more cores you basically get almost same fps in every map (I have tried it).
 

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Yet, even in different maps load is same.

It's not just about the maps. It's about how long they played and recorded the FPS, how much of it was heavy sections and how much was lighter sections. All of these would affect the total framerate. I doubt they'd publish that score if they thought it was false. If you think they made a mistake, ask them.
 

IRobot23

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It's not just about the maps. It's about how long they played and recorded the FPS, how much of it was heavy sections and how much was lighter sections. All of these would affect the total framerate. I doubt they'd publish that score if they thought it was false. If you think they made a mistake, ask them.

Something is off with that benchmark. Thats all.
I think they used DX12. They did use many time OpenGL instead of VULKAN in DOOM.
 
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