Given the recent performance (very good) of my current system and the somewhat underwhelming numbers I've been seeing from the next gen CPUs and GPUs, I'll probably wait for a bit now. Maybe snag a 3090 in the mean time.
You have to remember a 5800X3D is AM4 platform so it may not actually be worth upgrading to now if you don't already own an AM4 motherboard. If money is no object then sure but if it was myself and I was looking to do a new build then I would look at AM5 or Intels new range or wait even longer for AMD to release a similar CPU on AM5.
Again, the 13900k is a fast processor in many many ways from all the data and benchmarks out there. However, the data from places like forum threads with the actual users testing real scenarios and lots of links to trusted testing sites by forums members consistently shows that the 5800x3D produces more frames than any other processor in CPU bound situations.
It amazes me anyone cares about this stuff and rest their laurels on tons of unqualified results and synthetic benchmarks. See my Sig. See my specs. I'm still completely happy with my MSFS experience.
The other point is that the 5800x3d is older than the Intel 13900k. I don't believe the 13900k has demonstrated that it has taken down the champ based on comparison on this site and the other. Even if it did, once the X3D of the AM5 is released it will certainly take it right back.
Hmmm quite interesting. Not the Intel or 4090 stuff but I never checked before if it would make sense to update my AM4 platform. Looks like. For my part I will stay amd only... Proven a good solution here for a lot less money... And power... And no melting... ?
And as was said, it's one thing to overfly with clear weather in a default aircraft. But its another matter entirely to fly with a complex aircraft in heavy weather and traffic. I'd love to see a side-by-side like that.
My CPU and GPU usage is pretty low in dragonflight. I just upgraded to an RTX 4090 and Intel i9-13900k. I am currently sitting at 30-50% GPU usage and 10-20% CPU usage. Is this normal for WoW? I expected a bigger upgrade, but am currently getting around 75-90 FPS in Valdrakken City Center. I run Max everything (Ray Tracing is off though) at 4k. Is this just because of the optimization of WoW, or does something seem off?
I have a i9 13900k, 12GB RTX 3080 OC to 2100MHZ, 64GB DDR5 5600mhz Ram, 980 Pro M.2 drives and I get the EXACT same performance you do in Valdrakken at 4K. Your GPU is orders of magnitude more powerful than mine, and our FPS is identical in the city.
25% gpu and cpu usage in all the new content regardless of the number of people. infact, the only place that works as intended is the Empyrean Domain arena which is hilarious because in shadowlands that was the only place that had low GPU usage.
Same exact situation here. I beleive that the 4090 is so powerful (even at 4k) that the burden falls back on the CPU and RAM. I have a 4090 and 12700k. I turned on XMP (3600MHz) and turned on Turbo Boost 3 in the bios (Intel). This gave me slightly better numbers. Im waiting on a video from Hardware Numb3rs on Youtube to see if a newer, faster CPU and DDR5 high speed will help at all now.
Switch from DX12 to DX 11, your cpu and gpu usage will be as you expect. However you wont get rtx options, My FPS in city evened out as well on 3 diff systems. sys1 4080/13900k 32gb/ sys2 9900ks 3090ti 32gb / sys 3 9700k 2080ti ftw3. Wow technical team needs to take a serious look at updating this engine and permitting use of more cores they are going to literally cripple themselves.
I used to get 70-90 FPS in town, now get 100-120. Again, this is at 4k. Places that were horribly choppy are now smooth. I say the CPU upgrades will be worth it at this point until you never dip in FPS below your monitor refresh (for me 144hz). Im always getting 144FPS unless im in a raid, or town. Raids are so much better now though, where it counts. Town is the ultimate test for it though.
Not sure why this crap is so poorly optimized. 7950x, 4090 Strix, WD SN850x, x670E Hero, and this runs like total dogshzzz. Sitting here wondering why im getting 115fps w/ shadows lowest and it just doesnt make sense.
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