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Actually yes, I hadn't read that they had been having crashes etc. probably a very good idea to clean install in this case.
I’m with you all day long. I went from a 3570k to a Ryzen 1700 then 2700x to a 5800x3d no fresh installs for me.
Steam will transfer to a backup drive and then back on the new install without any hiccups did that only a few months ago just needed to sign in again update a few libraries and that was that
Interesting that you're seeing a 30% uplift in starfield as that was one of the games HW unboxed had the largest regression in vs the 7950X.
Interesting that you're seeing a 30% uplift in starfield as that was one of the games HW unboxed had the largest regression in vs the 7950X.
Probably still a few bugs that need ironing out, have you tried reinstalling cyberpunk?It's a odd result for sure, just surprised when I launched it and saw a decent uplift, 4k, a mix of high and ultra settings, game felt much smoother too, though on the other end I can't get cyberpunk 2077 to launch, I can select my save but upon loading it I get 75% done and insta crash to desktop
I think Starfield likes CPUs with strong IPC which the 9950X has vs other processers. Even the intel parts often come out close to or just ahead of the X3D parts in Starfield.
Previous Bethesda games like Skyrim and Fallout 4 really love fast memory. On the Fallout 4 CPU benchmark thread, Zen 4 3D leads but Intel often does very well especially with tuned memory. Unsure what, if anything, has changed with Starfield but the Bethesda engine is really old tech these days - but if it ever gets replaced the number one requirement for any replacement is Creation Kit and modding support as Bethesda base games are always flawed.
I'm just hoping the multi CCD chips have fewer gaming issues. To me they always felt a little bit let down by only have the 3D vcache on one CCD. They were always a bit held back at gaming and non-gaming workloads.
I got all my games to run in the end, while in the menu of each i changed to window mode and 2560x1440p, loaded a save and could play, then quickly changed back to 4k and hey presto no more CTD
A few of my most played games, 4k, settings ultra unless stated
Cyberpunk 2077 i seem to be around 5-7fps more than before, sitting around 97fps on the 9950x. (mix of ray tracing settings, frame gen off)
Horizion Forbidden West i seem to be around the same fps in all honesty but the game feels much better, dunno maybe the 0.1% lows are much better.
(high settings to get it to work, had shader compile issues initially)
Starfield as before a decent uplift, explored Akila City and the outskirts, getting a few dops to around 65fps in heavy crowd areas, but out in the wilds a lovley 120 - 130fps, and again the game just feels much smoother like Horizon (mix of ultra and high settings)
Destiny 2 same performance but thats due to the old game engine it uses, i upped the frame cap to 180fps from 144 and it was very close, a steady 172fps average. (graphics settings set to max)
The boot times are absolutely savage too on the 9950x and bios v2204, apart from changed to expo II and setting 6200mhz speed, i'm seeing 16.1s total boot time which is stupidly quick, my 7950x would take around 48s to get into windows before, its a very welcomed change
