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AMD’s Ryzen 5 4500 is a slightly retro CPU with one or two strikes against it due to its aging «Zen 2» architecture, but it nevertheless offers solid performance for budget buyers who own a graphics card.
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4/30/2022
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500 offers decent performance for non-gaming tasks, but it trails slightly costlier AMD and Intel CPUs in our benchmarks, making it a second-tier pick.
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4/26/2022
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
AMD’s six-core Ryzen 5 5600 performs well enough for its price and is a solid midrange productivity and gaming CPU. Just mind the lack of integrated graphics and the street price of its own sterling sibling, the Ryzen 5 5600X.
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4/23/2022
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
AMD’s premium-priced Ryzen 7 5800X3D is a solid eight-core performer, but its boosts to game pep and CPU-specific performance can’t quite offset the cost bump.
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4/14/2022
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
With performance rivaling the Ryzen 7 5800X at a lower price, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700X is arguably the best value in the Ryzen 7 5000 series, but it can’t quite stand up to Intel’s new «Alder Lake» processors.
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4/07/2022
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
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AMD’s exceptionally fast Ryzen 7 5700G is a integrated-graphics-equipped, eight-core workhorse CPU of major proportions, slaying gaming records with its Radeon silicon alone.
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8/03/2021
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Chris Stobing
4.5
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Looking to play PC games without a graphics card? AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600G CPU and its integrated graphics give cash-strapped gamers a superb, value-focused option that Intel can’t match.
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8/03/2021
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Chris Stobing
4.0
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AMD’s cheaper Ryzen 3 3300X remains a stellar value among gaming CPUs, but the Ryzen 5 5600X is enough of a brute at its midrange price to make it the best pure gaming CPU of the year.
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12/31/2020
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Chris Stobing
The 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X is the perfect pick for AMD-loyal content creators who needs tons of multithreaded muscle in a reasonably priced CPU on a mainstream platform.
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12/28/2020
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Chris Stobing
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With the help of new «Zen 3» architecture, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X delivers relentless gaming and content-creation muscle that Intel’s like-priced 10th Generation CPUs will struggle to match.
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11/05/2020
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Chris Stobing
4.5
Editors’ Choice
Seeking the pinnacle of speed and value in the desktop CPU market around $500? AMD’s Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5900X is the new pace-setter, topping Intel’s Core i9-10900K on all the fronts that matter.
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11/05/2020
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Chris Stobing
It’s undeniably a muscle chip, but on price, content-creation power, and gaming results, AMD’s Ryzen 7 3800XT can’t quite escape the shadow of the too-good, too-cheap Ryzen 7 3700X.
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7/07/2020
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Chris Stobing
While AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600XT isn’t the peak value choice for frame-rate-obsessed 1080p gamers, 4K players and mid-budget content creators will be hard-pressed to find a better-balanced CPU for the price.
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7/07/2020
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Chris Stobing
If you’re a content creator who hasn’t already dabbled with AMD’s killer Zen 2 Ryzen CPUs, the Ryzen 3900XT, a tune-up of the 12-core 3900X, is worth a second glance in its price lane.
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7/07/2020
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Chris Stobing
Offering solid performance (and decent on-chip graphics silicon) right out of the box, AMD’s Athlon 3000G is a worthwhile AM4-socket processor solution for anyone who can’t quite afford a Ryzen 3 or Core i3.
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6/03/2020
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
The Ryzen 3 3100 is a stellar CPU for budget gamers and content creators who have a dedicated video card, bringing major multi-threaded pep to the $99 price point. Even so, many shoppers will be better off springing another Jackson for AMD’s great Ryzen 3 3300X instead.
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5/07/2020
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John Burek
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The Ryzen 3 3300X should be a top CPU contender for anyone building a fast, but budget-conscious, AMD AM4-based gaming desktop (or a content-creation PC) equipped with a dedicated video card.
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5/07/2020
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If you’re building a PC on a very, very tight budget, AMD’s Athlon 200GE is a cost-effective, good-value choice among cheap desktop CPUs.
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2/12/2020
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Michael Justin Allen Sexton
AMD’s 24-core Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is not as outright powerful as its 32-core big brother, but it offers plenty of punch for the price, still trouncing Intel’s closest competition in the Core i9-10980XE Extreme Edition.
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11/25/2019
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Chris Stobing
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AMD’s 32-core Ryzen Threadripper 3970X performs so far ahead of the curve that it practically creates a new class of consumer-accessible CPU.
If you’re a pro content creator with the ready cash, look no further: This is the V16 engine that makes your heart rate rev up.
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11/25/2019
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AMD Ryzen 3000 XT CPU review roundup: Slightly faster, slightly pricier, and a shoulder shrug
Reviews of AMD’s newest “XT” line of Ryzen desktop chips are in and while the CPUs offer improved performance and the best silicon batch, it’s overall a meh, hardware testers say.
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The lack of stock cooler and mostly competition with the “X” parts that will stick around has seemingly dented AMD’s latest “XT” chips in the eyes of reviewers.
We’ll kick off our roundup of XT reviews with Paul Alcorn of Tom’s Hardware, who looked at the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900XT and the 8-core Ryzen 7 3800XT and pronounced both as “underwhelming.”
“The Ryzen XT lineup arrives to do battle with Intel’s Comet Lake, but while the new chips do provide measurable performance gains over their predecessors, you’ll need to run very specific workloads to justify the increased costs associated with the the cooler-less Ryzen 9 3900XT and Ryzen 7 3800XT,” Alcorn says in his review.
“…Overall, the Ryzen XT series does provide another option for discerning shoppers that know their workload, particularly those that frequently use applications that benefit. Still, most will be better served with AMD X-series processors or Intel alternatives.”
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Over at Anandtech.com, Dr. Ian Cutress did more of a preview of the chips, as he is transitioning to a new benchmarking suite. Cutress still managed to bang out nine tests on the Ryzen 7 3800XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT chips.
“AMD states that this is due to using an optimized 7nm manufacturing process. This is likely due to a minor BKM or PDK update that allows TSMC/AMD to tune the process for a better voltage/frequency curve and bin a single CPU slightly higher,” Cutress writes in his preview. “As we can see, there isn’t much between the old X models and the new XT models – increasing the turbo frequency a little means that there is scope for increased performance in low thread-count workloads, but ultimately the voltage/frequency curve when we start pushing with more cores loaded counts in those high density benchmarks.
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Stephen Burke of GamersNexus focused in on only the Ryzen 5 3600XT and sums it up against the existing Ryzen 5 3600 in a way only Burke can: “It’s $100. For two letters. So it’s kind of like a buy one get one free, except, it’s buy one, and that’s the one you get.” Burke does, however, say in his review that if his sample is indicative of the new Ryzen 3000 XT line, it does indeed look like the chips feature improved silicon that yields higher frequencies at stock settings. Burke said “the silicon quality is extremely high” and that “it’s really fun to work with.” That, however, is for people who like to tinker and tune their CPUs to 11.
For people who just want to drop it into a box and not think about it, Burke says to skip the Ryzen 3600XT. He also theorizes that the XT’s existence is mainly to help Ryzen CPU prices increase profit margins.
Steve Walton of Techspot.com and Hardware Unboxed comes to a similar conclusion: it’s about the money.
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“It’s our opinion that AMD is taking a page out of the Intel playbook and copying what they did with the Core i9-9900KS. We mean, they’re cashing in on improved yields, binning the better silicon, and selling it at a marked up price, while also removing the box cooler to maximize profit margins,” Steve Walton of Techspot.com and Hardware Unboxed said in his review of the XTs.
“That brings us to the end of one of the strangest CPU reviews we’ve written. It appears as though AMD decided to release three ‘new’ CPUs that offer nothing new and no one should consider buying them at launch prices. Perhaps mad overclockers who want to juice every last bit they can out of a 3rd-gen Ryzen processor? But even that’d be a stretch,” Walton writes.
The lukewarm reviews aren’t a surprise, as many enthusiasts were left scratching their heads when AMD announced the Ryzen 3000 XT CPUs last month along with confirmation that the existing X-series of CPUs would stick around.
Considering the lower prices and stock cooler bundled with the standard X-series chips, many people wondered just why AMD would bother releasing these.
The reason is only known by AMD, but with its Ryzen 4000-series of desktop chips using a new Zen 3 core on tap for this year—and yes, it’s July—the company probably doesn’t really have any reason not to release the improved dies at this point, as it seemingly has nothing to lose.
The fact that AMD’s main competition for the Ryzen XT chips are its existing Ryzen X parts isn’t really a bad situation to be in for the company. Less-discerning consumers could also see “XT” as newer and want it because in many people’s eyes, newer is better—much like a 10th-gen Intel CPU will help drive sales over a 9th-gen to many average Janes and Joes.
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X Review: Zen 3 Breaks the 5 GHz Barrier
Tom’s Hardware Verdict
AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X, powered by the Zen 3 architecture, set the new benchmark for high-end gaming and application performance, all while delivering incredible power efficiency.
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Leading 1080p gaming
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IPC gain, boost frequencies
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Multi-threaded Performance
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Overclockable
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500/400-series compatible
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With the Ryzen 5000 series, it’s fair to say that AMD has finally, and fully, eclipsed Intel’s performance dominance in desktop PCs.
AMD’s flagship $799 Ryzen 9 5950X has landed in our labs, boasting 16 cores and 32 threads bristling with the potent new Zen 3 microarchitecture. AMD’s new halo part expands Ryzen 9’s dominating lead in productivity applications and beats Intel’s competing processors in every other metric, including 1080p gaming performance, by surprising margins. Our 5950X sample even breaks the 5 GHz barrier at stock settings (at least sporadically), outstripping its spec and making it an easy choice for our list of Best CPUs, all while radically altering our CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy.
But the Ryzen 9 5950X is just the tip of the Zen 3 spear. We also have the more amenable $549 Ryzen 9 5900X that comes with 12 cores and 24 threads. Aside from its bruising performance in applications, it’s even faster than the 5950X in gaming, even beating out Intel’s overclocked flagships at 1080p, too.
Much of Ryzen’s early success stemmed from industry-leading core counts and plenty of freebies for enthusiasts, like bundled coolers and unrestricted overclockability paired with broad compatibility.
Still, AMD was long relegated to the role of a value alternative.
AMD’s clockwork execution on new Zen architectures has slowly whittled away Intel’s performance superiority with each new launch, though, leaving Intel an ever-shrinking cross-section of advantages. To counter, Intel added more cores and features of its own, but AMD’s relentless innovation left Intel clinging to the life raft of its single-threaded performance advantage.
AMD narrowed the gap when it transitioned to the denser 7nm process and Zen 2 architecture for the Ryzen 3000 chips, which largely reduced Intel’s gaming advantage to the imperceptible level – particularly in the mid-range of the market. With sales surging, AMD has begun to capitalize by repositioning itself as a premium brand. The first signs of that shift began with the company’s recent Ryzen XT lineup, which found the company largely discarding some of the freebies we’ve become accustomed to and tacking on a higher price tag to its almost imperceptibly-faster chips.
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| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. | TDP | L3 Cache |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3.4 / 4.9 GHz | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3.7 / 4.8 GHz | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 4.7 GHz | 105W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 GHz | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
Ryzen 5000 changes the game entirely, though. The chips come with the same refined 7nm process found in the Ryzen XT processors, but AMD paired the node with a ground-up redesign of the Zen core microarchitecture. AMD says the new Zen 3 microarchitecture provides a 19% average increase in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput, erasing the last vestiges of Intel’s performance advantages while delivering a new level of power efficiency.
According to our tests, the Ryzen 5000 processors deliver, beating Intel in nearly all metrics that matter, including performance, power consumption, and thermals, and largely remove Intel’s performance lead after overclocking. And yes, that includes in 1080p gaming. AMD is also leveraging its position as the only CPU maker that also makes discrete GPUs by rolling out its new Smart Memory Access feature. This new tech boosts gaming performance by enhancing data transfer performance between the CPU and GPU, but it only works if you have a Radeon RX 6000 graphics card, Ryzen 5000 processor, and a 500-series motherboard. We won’t know the full implications of this new tech until the Radeon RX 6000 “Big Navi” launch later this month, but it looks promising.
Now that Ryzen 5000 firmly establishes AMD as the performance leader, the company has hiked up prices by $50 across its entire lineup and left a noticeable gap in its product stack – you’ll have to take a steep $150 step up the pricing ladder to get above the entry-level six-core twelve-thread Ryzen 5 5600X.
AMD’s premium pricing could be an Achilles heel, but it’s hard to determine the final pricing story given that AMD’s suggested selling prices almost never manifest at retail.
Meanwhile, Intel is left without a response until the first quarter of 2021 when its Rocket Lake chips blast off, bringing a new back-ported Cypress Cove architecture that grants a “double-digit” IPC increase paired with Intel’s never-ending 14nm process.
Until then, this is how the high-performance chip market stacks up. To put AMD’s gaming performance claims to the test, we’ve switched over to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 for game testing and also put the company’s new silicon through the paces in a wide range of expanded tests, including several SPEC and Adobe benchmark suites.
The Ryzen 5000 series processors come as four models that span from six cores and twelve threads up to 16 cores and 32 threads. AMD increased its Precision Boost clock rates across the board, with a peak of 4.9 GHz for the Ryzen 9 5950X.
However, AMD’s unique boosting algorithms can stretch beyond the advertised speeds if you pair the chips with a quality cooler and a motherboard with robust power circuitry. In fact, our Ryzen 9 5950X sample peaked at 5 GHz at stock settings, albeit sporadically, and reached 5.125 GHz when we engaged the auto-overclocking Precision Boost Overdrive feature, which we’ll cover on the following pages.
AMD increased the boost clock speeds, but it also reduced base frequencies compared to the previous-gen processors. AMD says that if you top the chip with an adequate cooler, it will rarely (if ever) drop to the base frequency, which we confirmed with our testing.
| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. | TDP | L3 Cache |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3. 4 / 4.9 |
105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10980XE | $815 (retail) | 18 / 36 | 3.0 / 4.8 | 165W | 24.75MB |
| Ryzen 9 3950X | $749 | 16 / 32 | 3.5 / 4.7 | 105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3.7 / 4.8 | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10900K / F | $488 — $472 | 10 / 20 | 3.7 / 5.3 | 125W | 20MB |
| Ryzen 9 3900XT | $499 | 12 / 24 | 3.9 / 4.7 | 105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3. 8 / 4.7 |
105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Core i9-10850K | $453 | 10 / 20 | 3.6 / 5.2 | 95W | 20MB |
| Core i7-10700K / F | $374 — $349 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 5.1 | 125W | 16MB |
| Ryzen 7 3800XT | $399 | 8 / 16 | 3.9 / 4.7 | 105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Core i5-10600K / F | $262 — $237 | 6 / 12 | 4.1 / 4.8 | 125W | 12MB |
| Ryzen 5 3600XT | $249 | 6 / 12 | 3. 8 / 4.5 |
95W | 32MB (1×32) |
The $799 16-core 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X comes with a 3.4 GHz base frequency, a 300 MHz reduction compared to the 3950X, and a 4.9 GHz Precision Boost frequency. Intel doesn’t really have an answer for the 5950X; the Comet Lake series tops out at ten cores for $488. You can find the 18-core 36-thread Core i9-10980XE for $815 at several retailers, though it comes with all of the normal drawbacks of a high end desktop chip, like the need for a pricey motherboard and quad-channel memory kit. Meanwhile, the Ryzen 9 5950X drops into mainstream motherboards with ease.
The 12-core 24-thread $549 Ryzen 9 5900X comes with a $50 markup over the previous-gen 3900XT. The chips’ base frequency declines 200 MHz compared to the 3900XT, but boosts reach 4.8 GHz (a 100 MHz increase). Intel’s 10-core 20-thread Core i9-10900K slots in for $60 less than the 5900X ($77 less if you choose to go with the graphics-less F-series model).
If all you care about is gaming, Intel’s $453 Core i9-10850K also falls into this bracket.
The 10850K offers essentially the same performance as the pricier 10900K in gaming, but is $96 less than the 5900X.
The $449 Ryzen 7 5800X comes with eight cores and 16 threads, just like its previous-gen Ryzen 7 3800XT counterpart, but again comes with a $50 markup. The chip sees a 100 MHz lower base clock than the 3800XT but has the same 4.7 GHz boost. Given the price point, the Core i9-10850K also competes here with similar pricing to the 5800X, while the Core i7-10700K is ~$100 less.
Finally, the 6-core 12-thread $299 Ryzen 5 5600X’s base clocks come in at 100 MHz less than the previous-gen 3600XT, while boosts are 100 MHz higher at 4.6 GHz. AMD’s 6C/12T Ryzen 5 3600XT had a 95W TDP, but AMD dialed that back to 65W with the 5600X, showing that Zen 3’s improved IPC affords lots of advantages.
AMD does have a glaring hole in its product stack: You’ll have to shell out an extra $150 to step up from the 6C/12T Ryzen 5 5600X to the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 5800X, which is a steep jump.
Based upon product naming alone, it appears there is a missing Ryzen 7 5700X in the stack, but it remains to be seen if AMD will actually bring such a product to market.
As before, AMD only guarantees its boost frequencies on a single core, and all-core boosts will vary based on the cooling solution, power delivery, and motherboard BIOS. You’ll need your own cooler for any Ryzen 5000 chip that exceeds a 65W TDP: The Ryzen 5 5600X is the only Ryzen 5000 chip that comes with a bundled cooler. AMD said it decided to skip bundled coolers in higher-TDP models largely because it believes most enthusiasts looking for high-performance CPUs use custom cooling. AMD recommends a 280mm (or greater) AIO liquid cooler (or equivalent air cooling) for the Ryzen 9 and 7 CPUs if you want to reach the advertised speeds, significantly adding to the overall platform costs.
The Ryzen chips continue to expose 20 lanes of PCIe 4.0 to the user and stick with DDR4-3200 memory as the base spec. However, if the silicon lottery shines upon you, we found that the chips offer much better memory overclocking due to improved fabric overclocking capabilities, which we’ll cover on the following pages.
These chips drop into existing AM4 motherboards with 500-series chipsets, like X570, B550, and A520 models. You’ll need an AGESA 1.0.8.0 (or newer) BIOS to boot a Zen 3 processor. Still, while the early BIOS revisions ensure the processors will work on the most basic level, you’ll have to update to an AGESA 1.1.0.0 (or better) BIOS for the best performance. AMD will also add support for 400-series motherboards starting in Q1, 2021, but that comes with a few restrictions.
Let’s see how the Ryzen 5000 series stacks up against Intel’s finest.
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pricing Conundrum
Tom’s Hardware Verdict
AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X offers great performance in applications, but the same gaming performance as its less-expensive counterpart, the Ryzen 5 5600X.
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AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X slots into AMD’s Zen 3-powered product stack with eight cores and sixteen threads, serving as the mainstream workhorse of the Ryzen 5000 series processors that have taken our list of Best CPUs by storm and realigned our CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy.
Powered by the Zen 3 architecture that delivers a ~19% increase in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput, the Ryzen 7 5800X delivers the impressive gains over the previous-gen models that we’ve come to expect, resetting our performance expectations for an eight-core processor.
However, balancing a product stack is all about selecting the right price point for any given chip, and the Ryzen 7 5800X’s relatively high price point ($50 more than the previous-gen model) not only puts it into contention with bruising competition from within AMD’s own product stack, it also allows Intel’s $374 Core i7-10700K to slot in as a value alternative.
The $449 Ryzen 7 5800X is the next step up the ladder from the $299 six-core 12-thread Ryzen 5 5600X, the best gaming CPU for the money, but the 5800X provides roughly the same gaming performance for $150 more. AMD also stopped bundling air coolers with its chips with a TDP rating that exceeds 65W, so the 105W Ryzen 7 5800X comes without what used to be one of AMD’s most prized value-adds for the Ryzen 7 series – the Wraith Prism RGB cooler.
AMD’s cooler-less Ryzen 5000 series models require a 280mm AIO cooler (or equivalent air cooler), adding plenty of cost into the equation. That will likely dissuade gaming-focused enthusiasts from dropping the extra cash for the 5800X’s two additional cores that don’t deliver meaningful gaming performance gains over the Ryzen 5 5600X.
Conversely, the $549 Ryzen 9 5900X is an alluring chip for the productivity-minded. The 5900X comes armed with 12 cores and 24 threads for $100 more than the 5800X, and the extra four cores and eight threads equate to ~37% more performance in threaded workloads for 22% more cash. The Ryzen 9 5900X is also the fastest gaming chip in the Zen-3 powered stack, so there aren’t any tradeoffs from moving up to the competitively-priced 12-core model.
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| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3.4 / 4.9 | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10980XE | $815 (retail) | 18 / 36 | 3.0 / 4.8 | 165W | 24.75MB |
| Ryzen 9 3950X | $749 | 16 / 32 | 3.5 / 4.7 | 105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3.7 / 4.8 | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10900K / F | $488 — $472 | 10 / 20 | 3.7 / 5.3 | 125W | 20MB |
| Ryzen 9 3900XT | $499 | 12 / 24 | 3. 9 / 4.7 |
105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 4.7 | 105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Core i9-10850K | $453 | 10 / 20 | 3.6 / 5.2 | 95W | 20MB |
| Core i7-10700K / F | $374 — $349 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 5.1 | 125W | 16MB |
| Ryzen 7 3800XT | $399 | 8 / 16 | 3.9 / 4.7 | 105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Core i5-10600K / F | $262 — $237 | 6 / 12 | 4. 1 / 4.8 |
125W | 12MB |
| Ryzen 5 3600XT | $249 | 6 / 12 | 3.8 / 4.5 | 95W | 32MB (1×32) |
Intel’s $440 Core i9-10850K comes into the picture with ten cores and 20 threads. This chip serves as the gaming equivalent to the $490 Core i9-10900K and is $10 cheaper than the Ryzen 7 5800X. The aging Skylake microarchitecture doesn’t have enough gas left in the tank to match the Ryzen 7 5800X’s stellar performance in gaming or lightly-threaded work, but it does offer roughly 3% more performance in threaded performance. Given its other deficiencies, we don’t see Core i9’s extra threaded horsepower wooing away many Ryzen 7 5800X shoppers.
AMD’s Zen 3 suffers from a noticeable gap in its product stack: Based upon product naming alone, it appears there is a missing Ryzen 7 5700X to plug the $150 hole in the stack, but we aren’t sure if AMD will actually bring a 5700X to market.
For now, that gap allows the $374 Core i7-10700K to weigh in as a cheaper alternative to the 5800X, but you’ll make plenty of tradeoffs for the lower price point. Given the 10700K’s low price point, it makes a solid value alternative — just be aware that you’ll sacrifice performance.
AMD’s premium could be a disadvantage if Intel becomes more aggressive on pricing, but AMD’s suggested selling prices rarely manifest at retail, and continuing shortages have found Ryzen 5000 chips selling far over recommended pricing. History indicates that, given sufficient supply, AMD’s processors typically retail for far less than the official price points. That makes it hard to predict how pricing will shake out over the next months as supply normalizes.
Meanwhile, Intel’s response won’t come until the first quarter of 2021 when its Rocket Lake chips blast off. These new chips bring a back-ported Cypress Cove architecture that grants a “double-digit” IPC increase paired with Intel’s never-ending line of 14nm chips.
Early indicators point to these chips flaunting their own impressive gains in per-core performance.
Intel’s Rocket Lake tops out at eight cores, so while those chips won’t be able to challenge AMD’s core-heavy Ryzen 9 processors, they could be worthy rivals for AMD’s Ryzen 7 and 5 models. For now, Zen 3 has caught Intel flat-footed with its Comet Lake chips, so you should only consider them as alternatives if they’re retailing below the official MSRPs.
The Ryzen 5000 series processors come as four models that span from six cores and twelve threads up to 16 cores and 32 threads. With the exception of the Ryzen 7 5800X, AMD increased its Precision Boost clock rates across the board. However, the Ryzen 7 5800X has the same 4.7 GHz boost clock as its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 3800XT.
As before, AMD only guarantees its boost frequencies on a single core, and all-core boosts will vary based on the cooling solution, power delivery, and motherboard firmware. Given sufficient accommodations, the chips could exceed their specified boost clocks — our Ryzen 7 5800X sample frequently boosted to 4.
85 GHz on a single core, which is well above the rated 4.7 GHz boost. It’s clear that AMD has spec’d the Ryzen 5000 processors conservatively.
AMD also reduced Zen 3’s base frequencies compared to the previous-gen processors. For instance, the Ryzen 7 5800X comes with a 3.8 GHz base frequency compared to the previous-gen 3800XT’s 3.9 GHz, but in practice, that isn’t a meaningful distinction. AMD says that if you top the chip with an adequate cooler, it will rarely (if ever) drop to the base frequency. We recorded many cases of a 4.5 GHz all-core boost with the Ryzen 7 5800X, which certainly wasn’t possible with the previous-gen chips. We’ll cover that more in-depth below.
| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. | TDP | L3 Cache |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3.4 / 4.9 GHz | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3. 7 / 4.8 GHz |
105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 4.7 GHz | 105W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 GHz | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
The Ryzen chips continue to expose 20 lanes of PCIe 4.0 to the user and stick with DDR4-3200 memory as the base spec. However, if the silicon lottery shines upon you, we found that the chips offer much better memory overclocking due to improved fabric overclocking capabilities. We achieved DDR4-3800 with a 1:1 memory/fabric clock ratio, which wasn’t possible with the previous-gen Ryzen 7 3800XT, but still short of the DDR4-4000 we achieved with the Ryzen 9 5900X. Overall the 500-series motherboard firmwares are mature, but there is continuing development on the memory and fabric overclocking front. That means we could see further improvements here with newer BIOS updates.
The Ryzen 5000 chips drop into existing AM4 motherboards with 500-series chipsets, like X570, B550, and A520 models.
AMD is adding support for 400-series motherboards starting in Q1, 2021, but that comes with a few restrictions. Regardless, some motherboard vendors have jumped ahead and already offer support on 400-series motherboards, so that initiative is well underway. Just remember that you’ll lose support for the PCIe 4.0 interface on those older motherboards.
We’ve covered AMD’s Zen 3 microarchitecture more in-depth in our Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X review. The highlight reel is that AMD has unified its L3 cache into one 32MB contiguous cluster, which vastly reduces memory latency, thus boosting performance in latency-sensitive workloads, like gaming. AMD also made a number of fine-grained optimizations to the microarchitecture.
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AMD leverages its existing Ryzen SoC for the 5000 series chips. Zen 3 uses the same 12nm I/O Die (IOD) paired with either one or two 8-core chiplets (CCD) in an MCM (Multi-Chip Module) configuration. For the Ryzen 7 5800X, the chip comes with one CCD with all eight cores enabled, while CPUs with 12 or 16 cores come with two chiplets.
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AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series CPUs have arrived, easily eclipsing Intel’s competing chips and bringing a new level of performance to the desktop PC with the flagship Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X. With the complete disruption of Intel’s high-end chips already well in hand, AMD’s $300 Ryzen 5 5600X delivers a similarly stunning blow to Intel’s mid-range lineup and slots in as the mainstream chip for gaming – as you can see in our CPU Benchmarks Hierarchy, it even beats Intel’s $488 halo Core i9-10900K in 1080p gaming.
The Ryzen 5 5600X takes the mid-range by storm with six cores and twelve threads powered by the Zen 3 architecture fabbed on the 7nm process. That potent combination equates to a ~19% improvement in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput, making the 5600X an easy choice for our list of Best CPUs. Other fine-grained improvements, like a vastly optimized boosting algorithm, improved memory overclocking, and reworked cache topology erases the last traces of Intel’s performance advantages while delivering a new level of power efficiency. In fact, as we’ll detail below, the Ryzen 5 5600X is the most power-efficient desktop PC chip we’ve ever tested.
But with the changing of the guard on the performance front, AMD has also changed its pricing as it assumes the position of being the uncontested premium brand. The company has raised pricing by $50 on all of its new chips, and for enthusiasts, that has a disproportionate impact on the Ryzen 5 5600X: Much to the dismay of AMD fans, the entry-level pricing for a new Zen 3 processor is an uncomfortably-high $300.
However, despite the poor reception to AMD’s increased pricing, the Ryzen 5 5600X delivers more than enough performance to justify its price tag.
Much of Ryzen’s early success stemmed from industry-leading core counts and plenty of freebies for enthusiasts, like bundled coolers and unrestricted overclockability paired with broad compatibility. AMD still offers many of the same advantages, like unrestrained overclockability on all SKUs and most motherboards (the A-series is the lone exception), but has discarded bundled coolers for its Ryzen 9 and 7 processors. Luckily for entry-level buyers, the 65W Ryzen 5 5600X is the only Ryzen model that comes with a bundled cooler, and it’s adequate for most users.
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| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. | TDP | L3 Cache |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3. 4 / 4.9 GHz |
105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3.7 / 4.8 GHz | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 4.7 GHz | 105W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 GHz | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
AMD also left a noticeable gap in its product stack – you’ll have to take a steep $150 step up the pricing ladder to get above the entry-level six-core twelve-thread Ryzen 5 5600X. AMD’s premium pricing could be a disadvantage against Intel if a price war forms, but AMD’s suggested selling prices rarely manifest at retail, and continuing shortages have found the chips selling far over recommended pricing. That makes it hard to predict how pricing will shake out over the next months.
According to our tests, the Ryzen 5600X delivers, though, beating Intel in nearly all metrics that matter, including performance, power consumption, and thermals, and largely removes Intel’s performance lead after overclocking.
In fact, this $300 chip even beats Intel’s pricey flagship Core i9-10900K in most single-threaded workloads, and that’s after we CPU overclock Intel’s silicon. And yes, the 5600X’s advantage over the 10900K includes 1080p gaming. You can take a broader look at how the full Zen 3 family stacks up against Comet Lake in our CPU Benchmarks hierarchy.
Meanwhile, Intel is left without a response until the first quarter of 2021 when its Rocket Lake chips blast off, bringing a new back-ported Cypress Cove architecture that grants a “double-digit” IPC increase paired with Intel’s never-ending 14nm process. In the meantime, we can expect further deep price cuts from Intel in response, particularly as Zen 3 availability becomes more plentiful.
For now, the Ryzen 5 5600X cements AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series as the uncontested performance leader in every price band it competes in. Let’s take a closer look.
The Ryzen 5000 series processors come as four models that span from six cores and twelve threads up to 16 cores and 32 threads.
AMD increased its Precision Boost clock rates across the board, with a peak of 4.9 GHz for the Ryzen 9 5950X.
Our Ryzen 9 5950X sample peaked at 5 GHz at stock settings, albeit sporadically, and reached 5.125 GHz after overclocking. We didn’t have as much luck with our Ryzen 5 5600X sample as we did with the 5950X, but the 5600X frequently beat it’s advertised 4.6 GHz boost clock with a 4.65 GHz boost on a single core.
AMD increased the boost clock speeds, but it also reduced base frequencies compared to the previous-gen processors. AMD says that if you top the chip with an adequate cooler, it will rarely (if ever) drop to the base frequency. We recorded many cases of a 4.55 GHz all-core boost with the Ryzen 5 5600X, which certainly wasn’t possible with the previous-gen chips. We’ll cover that more in-depth below.
| Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Series Processors | RCP (MSRP) | Cores/Threads | Base/Boost Freq. |
TDP | L3 Cache |
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| Ryzen 9 5950X | $799 | 16 / 32 | 3.4 / 4.9 | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10980XE | $815 (retail) | 18 / 36 | 3.0 / 4.8 | 165W | 24.75MB |
| Ryzen 9 3950X | $749 | 16 / 32 | 3.5 / 4.7 | 105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | $549 | 12 / 24 | 3.7 / 4.8 | 105W | 64MB (2×32) |
| Core i9-10900K / F | $488 — $472 | 10 / 20 | 3.7 / 5.3 | 125W | 20MB |
| Ryzen 9 3900XT | $499 | 12 / 24 | 3. 9 / 4.7 |
105W | 64MB (4×16) |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | $449 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 4.7 | 105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Core i9-10850K | $453 | 10 / 20 | 3.6 / 5.2 | 95W | 20MB |
| Core i7-10700K / F | $374 — $349 | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 5.1 | 125W | 16MB |
| Ryzen 7 3800XT | $399 | 8 / 16 | 3.9 / 4.7 | 105W | 32MB (2×16) |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | $299 | 6 / 12 | 3.7 / 4.6 | 65W | 32MB (1×32) |
| Core i5-10600K / F | $262 — $237 | 6 / 12 | 4. 1 / 4.8 |
125W | 12MB |
| Ryzen 5 3600XT | $249 | 6 / 12 | 3.8 / 4.5 | 95W | 32MB (1×32) |
The 6-core 12-thread $299 Ryzen 5 5600X’s base clocks come in at 100 MHz less than the previous-gen 3600XT, while boosts are 100 MHz higher at 4.6 GHz. AMD’s 6C/12T Ryzen 5 3600XT had a 95W TDP, but AMD dialed that back to 65W with the 5600X, showing that Zen 3’s improved IPC affords lots of advantages. Despite the reduced TDP rating, the 5600X delivers explosive performance gains.
The Ryzen 5 5600X’s $300 price tag establishes a new price band for a mainstream processor, so Intel doesn’t have chips with nearly-identical pricing; the Core i5-10600K is the nearest Intel comparable. This chip carries a $262 price tag for the full-featured model, while the graphics-less 10600KF weighs in at $237.
Intel’s Core i7-10700K also isn’t nearly as fast as the 5600X in gaming and lightly-threaded work, and overclocking doesn’t change the story in any meaningful way.
It does have two additional cores that might make it a compelling value alternative for content creation-focused tasks, but its $375 price tag makes that an iffy proposition. You’re better off stepping up another Ryzen tier.
But AMD does have a glaring hole in its product stack: You’ll have to shell out an extra $150 to step up from the $300 6C/12T Ryzen 5 5600X to the $450 8C/16T Ryzen 7 5800X, which is a steep jump. Based upon product naming alone, it appears there is a missing Ryzen 7 5700X in the stack, but it remains to be seen if AMD will actually bring such a product to market.
As before, AMD only guarantees its boost frequencies on a single core, and all-core boosts will vary based on the cooling solution, power delivery, and motherboard BIOS. The Ryzen 5 5600X is the only Ryzen 5000 chip that comes with a bundled cooler, and we found that the Wraith Spire delivers enough thermal headroom for most workloads, but you’ll get a boost from better cooling in heavily-threaded workloads.
You also shouldn’t expect any meaningful overclocking headroom with the Wraith Spire cooler. More on that below.
The Ryzen chips continue to expose 20 lanes of PCIe 4.0 to the user and stick with DDR4-3200 memory as the base spec. However, if the silicon lottery shines upon you, we found that the chips offer much better memory overclocking due to improved fabric overclocking capabilities.
These chips drop into existing AM4 motherboards with 500-series chipsets, like X570, B550, and A520 models. AMD says it will also add support for 400-series motherboards starting in Q1, 2021, but that comes with a few restrictions. Regardless, some motherboard vendors have jumped ahead and are already offering support on 400-series motherboards, so that initiative is well underway. Just remember that you’ll lose support for the PCIe 4.0 interface on those older motherboards.
We’ve covered AMD’s Zen 3 microarchitecture more in-depth in our Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X review. The highlight reel is that AMD has unified its L3 cache into one 32MB contiguous cluster, which vastly reduces memory latency, thus boosting performance in latency-sensitive workloads, like gaming.
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Back in 2011, AMD debuted their APUs or Accelerated Processing Units. While the first few generations were somewhat impressive, AMD’s aging CPU architecture bogged down subsequent releases of APUs, and for a long time, it seemed like the dream was dead. But what is the best Ryzen APU?
Fortunately for us, AMD didn’t stop there. After releasing the incredible Ryzen series of processors, featuring an entirely new processing architecture, AMD was able to release new APUs utilizing their latest cutting-edge CPU and GPU technologies on a single chip.
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The Ryzen 7 5700G is AMD’s current flagship APU and is widely considered to be the world’s most powerful thanks to the integrated graphics the chip comes paired with. Unlike the previous gen, this features a higher amount of cores, increased speeds, and a more efficient design.
The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G comes equipped with 8 cores and 16 threads, respectively. It features impressive clock speeds of 3.8GHz base and 4.6GHz boost, alongside a total of 16MB L3 cache and 4MB L2 cache. TDP will be equivalent to its predecessor at 65W and it brings VEGA 8 integrated graphics, with 8 CUs and 512 stream processors (all running at 2.0GHz).
While the 5700G is the most expensive APU from AMD to date, it is also by far the most powerful. With the current GPU climate, the 5700G can provide you with solid processing power and integrated graphics. While the integrated graphics may not be good enough for everyone, basic 1080p performance is there.
Furthermore, when you finally get your hands on a dedicated GPU, you can easily slot it in with this APU for a quality overall gaming PC.
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The more affordable Ryzen 5 5600G is aimed more towards the budget-focused builders out there. With comparable gaming performance to the older 3400G, we have a processor here that now brings more cores and more threads into the mix, along with a more efficient design.
By comparison, the Ryzen 5 5600G features 6 cores and 12 threads – clocked at 3.9GHz base and 4.4GHz boost. Like the 5700G, the 5600G will also feature 16MB of L3 cache – but only 3MB of L2 cache. The APU will showcase a 65W TDP and will comes equipped with AMD’s VEGA 7 iGPU. This will be clocked at 1.
9GHz and feature 448 stream processors.
Vega 7 may seem like a step backwards at first glance, however, the efficiency increases has compensated for this reduction in cores, meaning the graphical performance doesn’t suffer!
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The 3400G is AMD’s older-gen flagship APU and is widely considered to be one of the world’s most powerful thanks to the integrated graphics the chip comes paired with. Unlike the 3200G, the 3400G comes with 4cores and 8threads, 6MB of cache, and the impressive VEGA 11 graphics engine.
It clocks at 3.7GHz with a boost clock speed of 4.2GHz which is a vast improvement over its predecessor. According to AMD, the Ryzen 5 3400G comes with high-quality metal TIM and is supported by AMD’s precision boost overdrive.
This is a feature that auto overclocks the chip whenever it feels fit to do so.
The iGPU operates at 1,400MHz base clock making it 150MHz faster than the 2400G. Like the 3200G, this chip comes with AMD’s Wraith Spire CPU cooler.
If all that didn’t impress you, then the price tag is sure to change that. It retails at under $150 which is fantastic value for money. Especially when you consider the 2400G debuted at $170.
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Until recently, the 2400G from AMD was thought of as the best APU money could buy. Thanks to their impressive new 3rd Gen processors, that is no longer the case. That being said, its embedded graphics performance still trounces any Intel integrated graphics solution by a rather severe amount, making it possible to play many modern games at 720p medium/high or 1080p low/medium settings.
The main downside of this chip is that, at least from a pure value perspective, it doesn’t totally live up to what the 2200G offers. The graphics performance doesn’t increase all that much, despite the seemingly-large jump in numbers. Just think of this as an option for those who want to complete their build with a high-end GPU down the line, rather than a mid-range one.
All being said, the 2400G still offers a great all-round product which would be perfect for any newcomer to PC building.
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At the beating heart of this excellent, well-balanced, APU comes the VEGA 8 graphics engine. It has the ability to perform under the pressure of many AAA games titles thanks to its newly boosted clock speed.
Like its predecessor, the Ryzen 3 3200G carries on the quad-core trend. Unfortunately, AMD has again decided to hold back on the multithreading technology for this one.
That being said, it does come with a few surprises like higher operating clock speeds and more available cache. The 3200g comes equipped with Vega 8 graphics clocked at 1,250MHz. That’ll be 150MHz faster than the last-gen 2200G.
Like all Ryzen chips, the 3200G comes with its own CPU cooler. In this case, it’s the Wraith Stealth. I was happily surprised with the performance power and instant cooling it gave the chip.
One area that has not been improved upon is the TDP, which still lies at 65W. That isn’t a huge deal though if truth be told, and the price tag only sweetens the deal further.
Final Word
So, there you have it, the best AMD Ryzen APUs all listed in order of performance. Each of these APUs offers incredible value and performance for the budget-minded gamer.
Personally, we’d recommend the Ryzen 5 3400G.
Value-wise, it’s one of the best price/performance processors and is an ideal jumping-on point for the AM4 platform as a whole.
Which of these APUs seem most enticing to you, and why? We’d love to hear your opinions!
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The fourth series of «Dragon’s House» titled «King of the Narrow Sea» was released on Amediateka. The fantasy series comes to half with the same set of conflicts and twists and turns that it started with. But the new series surprises with frankness and provocativeness.
The episode begins with the ceremony of choosing a groom for Rainier.
Lords flaunt before the princess and inflate the importance of their families to farcical proportions. I was surprised by the scene in which a very young candidate is bullied by another lord. And in retaliation, the young man pierces the offender with a sword. Clearly, the harsh Middle Ages. But the murder is shown as something completely ordinary and commonplace — everyone just doesn’t care.
Prince Daemon returns to the harbor, or rather, the new King of the Narrow Sea. He enters the throne room with a bone crown on his head. But Damon does not flaunt this, but quite humbly transfers the title to the only king of Westeros — Viserys.
The Sabbath begins at night. Through a secret exit, Reynira escapes from the royal castle, disguised as a commoner. Together with Damon, they walk through the stinking streets, wander around the taverns and look at the theater show, where the actors humiliate the Targaryens. In particular goes to Rainier. Ordinary people against the female heir.
The theme of sexism again presses from all sides.
The theme of incest returns to the spin-off. Only not horizontal, but vertical. At the end of the walk turns into a rendezvous. An uncle and niece walk into a brothel where the unexpected happens. Perhaps the most interesting move this season is the sensual kissing of Rainier and Damon. The erotic scene is filmed in a much-loved Game of Thrones style, with dramatic action taking place in the foreground and copulating bodies intertwining in the background.
But Damon escapes (out of remorse? Or by a cunning plan?). And Reynira returns to her chambers, where she deftly seduces Ser Kriston Kohl. Here the viewer again sees not just sex, but its dramatic clot. Passionate intercourse is paralleled with the cold and indifferent look of Alicente, over whom Viserys hovered. So the showrunners emphasize the difference between the two girls, their ways of thinking.
The fourth series is also surprising in that Viserys showed unusual sobriety and determination for him.
He finally fires Otto Hightower after the Hand puts surveillance on Rhaenyra to discredit her in the eyes of the king.
In previous reviews, I wrote that what disappoints is not the intimacy of what is happening, but the monotony of the content of intrigues and disputes. Although this series does not bring anything fundamentally new, it shakes up the narrative noticeably. Of course, the most effective methods are involved: erotic scenes and the theme of incest!
After the fourth episode, it became obvious that the first season would be dedicated to solving exhibition problems. This is how showrunners prepare the viewer for the main action. Apparently, this is a new trend in large television projects — the creators are not afraid of the possible loss of attention from the audience. But there is a danger here: the series becomes tedious when new episodes do not differ in content from the previous ones. While the «House of the Dragon» is teetering on the edge.
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The second episode of the first season of «House of the Dragon» was released on HBO and Amediateka, which gives a little more idea about the plot and setting of the series. The Game of Thrones prequel begins to develop its own history and conflicts. As part of a weekly recap, Kanobu editor Marie Grigoryan explains what House Velarion is, why Matt Smith continues to draw the main attention to himself, and what detail so far irritates the show the most.
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The story continues to develop with the same main characters — Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine), his daughter Rhaenyra (Millie Alcock) and brother Daemon (Matt Smith). After the tragic death of his wife, Viserys is under a lot of pressure from his advisors. The country needs a strong ruling dynasty, so the king is persuaded to marry a second time as soon as possible.
The prospect of a royal wedding delights Corlis Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), head of the ancient Velaryon family and master of ships. Once Velaryon’s wife, Rhaenys (Eve Best) was a contender for the throne and was even nicknamed «The Queen Who Wasn’t». Corlis is not ready to miss such a chance a second time — he has great ambitions of a suitable bride for the ruler.
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But there are plenty of problems in Westeros beyond that.
Daemon is extremely offended by the attitude of the court and the decision of Viserys I to make his daughter heir to the throne. Unpredictable and quick-tempered, he leaves for Dragonstone Castle and is about to present his brother with an unpleasant surprise.
Highlights of the second episode
Rebellious prince, conscientious princess
As already mentioned in the review of the previous series, while the Targaryens were no different from typical protagonists from the fantasy world. This is a stark change from the royal family in Game of Thrones, where the king was a lazy and wanton reveler, the queen was a sarcastic traitor, and her closest associates were either fools or would-be traitors. And it cannot be said that the change was for the better, even with all the charm of Paddy Considine in the role of Viserys.
But the blood of dragons must eventually prevail, and this is most evident in the younger Targaryens. For the second consecutive episode, Daemon brings the most confusion and interesting clashes to the show: this time, he wants to establish his own little kingdom on Dragonstone.
In contrast, Rhaenyr’s niece is gradually delving into the affairs of Westeros and seems to be going to sincerely care about her future people (if she gets to the throne).
The images of the Targaryens from the series very successfully intertwine a huge story from the books, thought out by Martin, and those details that the new authors attributed to them. They added Viserys’ petty interaction with his daughter, whom he seems to be afraid of; touching and at the same time intriguing interaction between Daemon and Rhaenyra; a slightly more noticeable and vivid hidden resentment of Rhaenys, who is once again deprived of what is rightfully hers.
The more impulsive and controversial decisions the main characters of the series make, the more interesting it becomes. If this trend continues, House of the Dragon could indeed move away from the boring fantasy formula — back towards the interesting, twisted and controversial world of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Welcome to the house of Velaryon
Targaryens have another flaw: in the lore of the Game of Thrones series, they were presented as unattainable gods.
As the only heiress of this kind, Daenerys was perceived by others as the chosen one. Each character of the «House of the Dragon» obviously cannot be elected.
But in the deeper lore, the Targaryens have competitors — another kind from Valyria, the land beyond the sea, which once fell due to a natural cataclysm. Velaryons were the same invaders and differed from their brethren only in that they did not ride dragons. This is stated quite clearly in the episode by Corlis Velarion, who will obviously be one of the king’s main opponents.
Corlis’ background and appearance may have been questionable, but Toussaint’s casting for the role was excellent — he’s just as charming and noble as Considine, but tougher. He feels a constant envy of more powerful neighbors, a desire to surpass the “son of his mother’s friend” from the world of PLiO.
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Velaryons will be interesting to watch for another reason.
These lords gained considerable wealth through navigation and trade, and in particular Corlis even received the name «Sea Serpent» for his achievements in swimming. The Greyjoys and their Iron Islands appeared in the Game of Thrones quite late, there was little time and space left for naval battles. But the second episode of «The House of the Dragon» begins with a scene with pirates who annoy the crown. It’s a nice respite from the palace intrigues and a theme that wasn’t explored much in the original series.
Cons: locations and lazy intro
Although the presence of the Velaryons and some plot twists left a lot of potential in the House of the Dragon, the series itself still looks a bit boring. This is largely due to the fact that events almost completely unfold in King’s Landing: the viewer is thrown from hall to hall, at most from the inside of the castle to the courtyard of the castle.
The only visually interesting scene in the series takes place near the end of the episode, and 70% of the interest in it is dragons.
Yes, we were shown two out of seventeen!
Otherwise, there is a feeling that the directors are resting a little on the first episodes. The costumes of the heroes are still beautiful, especially the dragon scale dresses, the armor of the new knight, and the unusual appearance of Corlis and his children. Otherwise, neither Miguel Sapochnik nor Greg Yaitans — the directors of two episodes — did not show anything interesting.
Another series finally got its opening credits in the spirit of Game of Thrones… And it repeats it so much that it almost upsets. Fans are already divided over the familiar music of Ramin Djawadi playing in the intro. Some were delighted with the «fantastic» original melody, others thought it was a lazy move. In any case, the opening was less mesmerizing than the first series.
Whether to watch further: a must — at least for the sake of the three-episode rule
With rare exceptions, one can understand one’s attitude to any show after watching three episodes — they are enough to delve into its plot, feel the tone and get attached to the soul to the characters and understand.
If the internal Targaryen squabbling and the new great Houses didn’t impress the viewer, next Monday they will have their last chance to do so.
In the meantime, «The House of the Dragon» is steadily acquiring new details, conflicts, characters and names, growing neatly into several potential storylines. The only real complaint that can be presented to him is some laziness in the design of the series (including the intro) and the predictability of the plot. But it is the predictability and certainty of what will be shown in the next episodes that can attract an audience — those who miss Martin’s world.
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A series of reviews from RTDS users / ZAO «EnLAB»
November 03, 2020, 17:00
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We invite you to take part in webinars that will be held weekly and start at 17:00 (Moscow time). The duration of the webinar is approximately one hour, during which 2 speakers will speak. The broadcast language is English.
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| September 1, 2020 | Feasibility Study for the Implementation of a Digital Twin in a Low-Voltage Grid Area
Timo Wagner, FAU |
Feasibility study for the implementation of a digital twin for a low-voltage network. |
| HIL Validation of Power Plant Controller Model
Om Nayak, Nayak Corp |
HIL | |
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September 8, 2020 |
Demonstration of Partially and Fully Selective Protection for Multiterminal HVDC Systems
Geraint Chaffey, KU Leuven; Habibur Rahman, National HVDC Center |
Demonstration of partially and fully selective protection of HVDC transmission systems with taps. |
| A Case Study On Comparative Analysis of Traveling Wave Based Protection Methods using RTDS Sub-Step Environment
Rahul Kadavil, New York Power Authority AGILe Lab |
Example for comparative analysis of wave protection methods on RTDS using the “Sub-step” calculation step division mode | |
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September 15, 2020 |
Compensated Distribution Networks for Reducing Wildfire Risk in California
Franz Stadmueller, PG&E |
Compensation in distribution networks to reduce the risk of forest fires in California |
| Use of Real Time Digital Simulator in Transmission Protection Department at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Abdul Azeem Mohammad, DEWA |
Using a real-time digital simulator in the Department of Power Line Protection and Power and Water Authority in Dubai. | |
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September 22, 2020 |
Real time simulation for PHiL applications in a microgrid testbed
Simon Resch , FAU |
PHiL 9 Real-time Microgrid Modeling0005 |
| Design and Validation of a Wide Area Monitoring and Control System for Fast Frequency Response in the future Low Inertia Systems
Ibrahim Abdulhadi and Qiteng Hong, Strathclyde University |
Design and validation of a global monitoring and control system (WAMP) on fast frequency response for future fast-response power systems | |
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September 29, 2020 |
CEN Works On Real Time Simulation
Simon Veloso Rivera, CEN |
Real-time simulation work at CEN |
| ONS Experience on the Integration and Operation of a Laboratory Facility with Four Different HVDC Links Manufacturers
João J Oliveria and Alex de Castro, ONS |
ONS experience in integrating and operating laboratory equipment from four manufacturers of HVDC systems | |
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October 6, 2020 |
Grid integration of DER supported by PHIL and CHIL simulation: NTUA experiences
Panos Kotsampopoulos, NTUA |
DER Network Integration Supported by PHIL and CHIL Modeling: NTUA Experience |
| Enhanced Multi-mass Model in RSCAD Robert Dimitrovski, FAU |
Extended multi-mass model in RSCAD | |
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October 13, 2020 |
Multi-Time Scale Real-Time Voltage and VAR Control using Real-Time Co-Simulations Platform
Shailendra Singh, IIT BHU |
Voltage and reactive power control on a real-time co-simulation platform with multiple time scales (sample time) |
| RTDS-Based Supervisory Control Performance Verification for the AC Multiple-Microgrid Systems
Arman Ghasaei, University of Toronto |
RTDS test of control characteristics of multi-grid AC systems | |
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October 20, 2020 |
Development of the New Method for Transmission of Current and Voltage Measurements in Accordance with IEC 61850 Providing Reduction of the Traffics to the «Process Bus»
Dmitrii Blagorazumov, MPEI |
Development of a new method for transmitting current and voltage measurements in accordance with IEC 61850 to reduce traffic on the «process bus» |
| Monitoring Analysis and Control of Power Grids using WAMS
Devesh Shukla, IIT BHU |
Monitoring, analysis and control of electrical networks using WAMS | |
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October 27, 2020 |
Development of a Current Transformer Model with Saturation Characteristics
Yeong Geun Kim, Myongi University |
Development of a current transformer model with saturation characteristics |
| Automatic voltage regulators and power system stabilizers’ digital models verification experience using frequency responses obtained by RTDS Aleksandr Zelenin, NTC EES |
Experience in verifying digital models of automatic voltage regulators and power system stabilizers using frequency responses obtained on RTDS | |
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November 3, 2020 |
De-Risking the Deployment of HVDC Projects at The National HVDC Center
Benjamin Marshall, SSE |
Risk mitigation when deploying HVDC projects at the National HVDC |
| Data-Driven Large-Scale High-Fidelity Real-Time Simulation at Manitoba Hydro Real-Time Simulation Center (MHSC)
Chun Fang, Manitoba Hydro |
Large-scale, high-precision simulation based on real-time data at the Manitoba Hydro Simulation Center (MHSC) |
Overview of Hierarchical Departments ACX Series Routers
The ACX Series routers support a two-level hierarchical area of influence policy.
Single-level policies define a single bandwidth profile that is used by multiple traffic flows with different priorities. Two-level policies allow you to optimally use a single bandwidth profile for multiple traffic flows based on bandwidth and network priority needs. Typically, multiple traffic flows can use the same instance. Due to the single rate application rate, you cannot manage the method by which the information retained rate (CIR) and the peak information rate (PIR) specified in the bandwidth profile are divided between different streams. For example, when deploying a certain network, it may be necessary to distribute CIR equally or evenly between individual flows. In such a scenario, this requirement cannot be met with single-level enforcement departments of policers, and aggregated or hierarchical authorities must be configured.
Note:
Hierarchical application departments do not apply to the ACX5048 and ACX5096 routers.
Hierarchical dispatchers control the distribution of the total traffic rate among several microflows that make up a common flow or macro flow.
Microflows are defined and matched by firewall filtering rules, and the actions of these rules point to macropolicies. This macropolice or general define how much aggregated bandwidth can be used by the microstreams associated with it. The bandwidth used for microstreams can be controlled in various ways.
Note:
The hierarchical control mechanism on ACX routers is different from the hierarchical control capability supported on the MX series routers. On the MX series routers with hierarchical control, you can configure only one secondary or child controller for the parent, top level, while on the ACX series routers, you can aggregate and specify several child controllers within one parent controller. The hierarchical policy methodology on ACX routers is also called aggregated.
Control authorities are used to apply bandwidth profiles to transmitted traffic. The bandwidth profile is configured for each user based on the service level agreement (SLA) and subscription plan requested by the user from the service or service provider.
The bandwidth profile is defined using the following parameters:
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Committed Rate (CIR) is indicated in bits per second (bps).
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Note size (CBS) of burst size (CBS) in bytes.
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Excess Information Rate (EIR) is indicated in bps.
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Excess burst size (EBS) is indicated in bytes.
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The color mode (CM) can contain only one of two possible values: color name or color resolution. In color mode, the local router can assign a higher packet loss priority, but cannot assign a lower packet loss priority. In color classification mode, the local router ignores packet preclassification and may assign a higher or lower packet loss priority.
Then to enforce the bandwidth profile and take different actions depending on whether a particular packet validates the attributes in the bandwidth profile or does not match the values of the configured bandwidth profile. Hierarchical policies can be seen as an alternative hierarchical queuing and shaping technique.
However, there are several differences between the operations that the hierarchical scheduler performs when matched with the processes that the hierarchical scheduler performs.
The hierarchical scheduler provides more accurate bandwidth sharing based on the percentage of available bandwidth, while the hierarchical policy only ensures that bandwidth sharing is not offloaded based on the absolute values of the CIR and EIR microstreams. Hierarchical policy allows you to change the packet loss priority (PLP) as well as the transfer class in certain cases, depending on whether the packet is acknowledged, exceeds or violates a certain bandwidth profile. The hierarchical layout does not cause any changes to the PLP class values or packet forwarding. Changes will only take effect as far as package violations are concerned.
ACX routers do not support hierarchical queuing and shaping. Branch hierarchical bodies can work in conjunction with branch, related, or both descendant and other hierarchical queues.
For example, a two-level hierarchical regulation mechanism in a region within a verse chronology and a two-level structural queue results in four levels of CoS capability.
Worst part of the series: Review of The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes
Overview
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The worst part of the series
Authors:
Alexander Loginov (xtr)
Editing:
Denis Korolev (SkyerIst)
Date:
21.10.2021 17:14
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popular emotions article
Platforms:
PS5
XSEX
PS4
ONE
PC
Developer:
Supermassive Games
Publisher:
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genres:
adventure
horror
A year after the release of Little Hope , developers at Supermassive Games have released the third part of their anthology The Dark Pictures titled House of Ashes .
Its storyline, originating in the times of the Sumerians and Babylon, following a quick historical prologue, takes the players to the modern times close to us.
2003, the war in Iraq is slowly coming to an end amid rare pockets of resistance from the government guard. The rest of the American troops are training local security forces and guarding VIPs, which include CIA officer Eric and his assistant Clarissa. With the help of the latest satellite detection system, a couple of specialists from Langley managed to find traces of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons.
A hastily assembled fireteam of sexist and Asian Mervin, Clarissa, Eric, and a skirt-wearing local terror, Rachel, with a black soldier, Nick, travel to the drop point to be ambushed. An aggressive plot leads five main characters to the ruins of an underground temple, where deadly inhabitants of darkness await them.
Building on the structure laid down by past installments of the series, House of Ashes switches the camera between the main characters, providing players with rare opportunities to independently move and participate in QTE.
Interactive moments include fight and escape scenes with the right button presses, where a failed session can end with the death of one of the characters — especially towards the end of the game. The second part of QTE is a mini-game with the need to hit the buttons in the rhythm of the heart. Here, the mistake does not bring death, but it can worsen the position of one or several characters at once. In addition, from time to time, developers allow you to examine rare elements of the environment, as well as study notes and special items that affect the development of the plot. For example, a stake found and taken with you can help in a future confrontation with evil suddenly jumping out of the darkness.
Another element that affects the gameplay are the stone tablets, which can hint at the possible fate of the group of protagonists. With rare exceptions, most positive decisions are more than predictable. At the same time, the authors are trying to create an SJW drama where sexists die in the first minutes of the game, and handsome Eric does not know about his wife’s infidelities with the soldier Nick.
Moreover, saving Eric’s life is the most difficult thing, since he dies in the most non-obvious and seemingly correct choices. Two female characters in the face of Clarissa and Rachel look very strange. Especially the second one is a tomboy and a typical bitch, which other participants in the story call alpha bitch behind their backs. The heroine was played by the star of the early 2000s Ashley Tisdale, but in dynamics she looks just awful. A more ugly and crooked female model is hard to find even on the indie scene.
Project history
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07/12/2022
Nordisk Games has announced the acquisition of Supermassive Games, creators of Until Dawn, The Quarry and The Dark Pictures -
07.07.2022
Horror in the Castle of Murder: The Devil in Me story trailer with the star of «Chernobyl» from the authors of Until Dawn appeared -
04/20/2022
The Russian platform Fogeym has launched the sale of keys for games on Steam and Ubisoft Connect -
02/14/2022
Rumor: Until Dawn remake will become part of The Dark Pictures canon and will also be released on Xbox Series X|S -
02/01/2022
Supermassive has registered names and logos for five new games in The Dark Pictures horror series -
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Characters often behave illogically and simply inadequately.
They forget about seriously injured companions, chatting at ease and relaxed, although until recently they were in the center of horror or fled to save a comrade. The mood — from friendliness to hostility — changes in just a few seconds.
But the main problem with the game is that the writers are trying to come up with drama by pulling out some completely strange pianos from the desert bush. Either the murder of a woman with packages from Pyaterochka at a checkpoint is pulled onto the stage, or an Iraqi military man whose son entered a British university and at the same time steals awards for sale from home … All this is abundantly smeared with terrible dialogues.
— «We can’t get out of here!»
— “Yes, what should we do?”
“I took a climbing course, and I’m going to get us out of here,” one of the characters says to her companion, who can hardly stand on her feet. And then they both cheerfully climb a sheer cliff.
Or another masterpiece:
— “Hurrah!”
— “What?”
«That’s the Marines’ victory cry,» the Marine explains to his Iraqi colleague with a strange grimace.
And all these moments of truth are accompanied by a very crooked animation. In addition, the episodes for the same characters have very strange cuts — there is a feeling that some of the content is lost. Characters often behave illogically and simply inadequately. They forget about seriously injured companions, chatting at ease and relaxed, although until recently they were in the center of horror or fled to save a comrade. The mood — from friendliness to hostility — changes in just a few seconds. It is clear that there are consequences of the so-called decision branching, but here the game looks like some kind of wild parody.
From the final twist and the X-Files style post-credits scene, it looks like the writers were trying to somehow glue the ship falling apart with a pack of duct tape, but they didn’t succeed.
Not everyone is capable of being Matt Damon on a mission to Mars.
If you want to go back in the story and try to make a different choice at one of the moments, you will have to replay the entire huge episode again. And the characters themselves, with the exception of the redneck Jason and Salim, do not cause any sympathy.
visual overview
interactivity
Linearity
Violence and blood
Vampires, zombies, devils
disposable — pass and forget
Subtitles for the deaf and dumb
Suitcases did not arrive
stupid plot
strong woman
Translated into Russian
The visual overview is based on the main features of the game and
is
addition to the main review.
Graphically, House of Ashes can be described as an uneven game. On the PlayStation 5 , some scenes look photorealistic due to the use of proper lighting, while in others the faces of the characters are unnatural. The Rachel mentioned above is just a walking nightmare. The situation is similar with the animation of people and monsters. The monsters move very quickly, but the main characters in the gameplay moments twitch sharply. At the same time, the game sometimes even slows down or “pleases” with tearing.
The new work Supermassive Games is well translated into Russian, but due to a weak source some of the dialogues turned out to be even stupider than in the original. Separately, it is worth noting that the number of Russian swear words here exceeds all reasonable limits — perhaps we have not yet seen games with so many swear words in Russian.