Ryzen 3600 vs 5600 for World of Warcraft

[dubcat]

Hi, I'm building a pc to play world of warcraft. Is there really any point in getting a Ryzen 5600 rather than the Ryzen 3600 which seems to be significantly cheaper?
Cheers,
Dub

 

[dubcat]

What resolution are you playing at and what is your target refresh rate?

hi - I wanted to play at 144 as I read that is a great experience. Have never actually had a chance to try it though.

 

[dubcat]

Im running on a 3600 with a 2070 super. Running on 3440x1440 and get 120fps. I am thinking of upgrading to 3800x but I do not need to for WoW

thanks very much for sharing that

 

[dubcat]

It is, however you have to realise that there is no GPU/CPU combo currently on the market that is going to run the game maxed out at 144 FPS in all situations so you need to know that going in, open world questing and some PVP you will get a silky smooth 144 ish but in cities expect it to drop towards 100 and in raids, big PVP or even world bosses you will be dropping well into the double figures unless you scale back some of the settings.

Having said that, we are talking about a game that didn't even get support for >60 FPS until a few years ago, where players used to consider 25 FPS to be silky smooth. So yeah 144 is a great experience just don't be too sad if you see that framerate nosedive in hectic situations.

Thanks for sharing this great feedback My expectations are limited and as you say, anything is going to be better than what I have now. I want to see my sweet star falls twinkling as they fall lol.

 

[dubcat]

I had a 3600 and now have a 5800X cpu so can compare both for gaming (the 5800X is broadly similar in gaming performance to the 5600X)

My monitor is 1440p 165hz and my graphics card a 5700XT.

Speaking from personal experience the 3600 was fine at this resolution, in most of my games FPS were between 100 and 120.

The 5800X feels smoother and offers a small FPS gain, which is particularly noticeable in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

If you are gaming at 4K just get the 3600 and use the difference in price to get a better graphics card. At 1440P you will notice a difference between the two - its debatable if it's one worth paying the extra for however, especially for WOW.

If you are playing 1080P with a high refresh rate monitor I would lean toward the 5600X.

thanks VERY much. I'm in the 1080p high refresh camp (well I want to be). I will look for 5600x to become available. The wait is killing me with the game launching in a few days and my stupid Mac laptop keyboard is giving me RSI

 

[dubcat]

I didn't reply individually to everyone but I really appreciate the help. Now the search for the 5600x goes on.

 

[dubcat]

I must remember to let you know how my 2080ti and 4770k get on. I need to install it and been busy elsewhere but i am also in the 1080p high refresh camp. I only tested classic on this setup and i had like 160fps to 240fps the performance was really gold but retail will be a whole new ballgame. It felt very good at that refresh rate though it made me want to play the game more but i had enough of botters and called it quits.

Not seen many bots - and they just banned multiboxers