Now, A fewdaysago, wetook a lookat a PCthatfeaturedonFX 6100 CPU.
NowthisPCneeded a littlebitofanupgradeinordertogetitgamingagain.
Andso I paireditwith a Jew.
Ticks 10 50 ondhe.
EightGigsofDDRthreeRam.
Nowthisallowedustoplay a fewmoderntitleswith 30 framespersecond, atleastat 10 80 p.
But I couldn't helpnoticethattheFXwasstillslightlybeingheldback.
Insomeinstances, believeitornot, bythat 10 50 which I didn't thinkwouldactuallyhappengameslikeJustcauseforwardchargeGPUintensivewas a primeexampleofthistoday.
I decidedtoovercomethe 6100 to 4.2 gigahertz, pairitwithedgyticks 10 17 inordertoeliminateanysortofbottleneckingfromtheGPUandseewhatitcouldreallydoin 2019 whenitcametorunning a modernTriple A games.
NowtheFXserieswouldneverregardedasbrilliant, and I thinkifyou'regoingtooptforonetoday, thentheethics 83 50 oreventhe 95 90.
Ifyou'vegotgoodenough, coolingwouldbethebestonestogofor, as I thinkyou'llhavethebestchancewiththosesocalledeightcoreofAriansactuallyhadaneffect 6100 fewyearsago, paidwith a 79 50 orsomethinglikethat, and I couldn't understandwhymygameswerescatteringsomeinstances.
But I thinklookingbackonitnow, theFX 6100 wasactuallythecauseofallmyproblemsthere.
Solet's getintoitandseehowithandlesitselfin a fewgames.
Soitmayseem a littlebittempting, but I wanttotellyoustraightoffthebatter, itprobablyshouldn't beconsidered, especiallyifyouaregoingtopairitwithanymoderngraphicscardandespeciallyonelike a 10 70.
Now, thisdidaffectthe 1% on 10.1% lowsthatyoucanseeonscreeninthetopleftcornerthere.
Andtherewasquite a bitofstutterthroughout, andastheonscreenactionheatedup, therewascertainly a fewmoreframedropshereinthere, whichoverall, didimpactperformancejust a littlebit.
Andwecouldn't quiteretainanaverageof 60 framespersecond, whichthe 10 70 shouldbemorethancapableofwhenpairedwith a morepowerfulprocess, sir, especiallyatthesesettings, wewereusingthelowpresetherewiththesinkturnoffsothatwecouldachievethemaximumframeratethatthissystemwouldallow, which, as I saidbefore, didnotexceed 60 f p s evenusingloweverywhere.
Wesaw a hugeframedropshereandthere, andweweren't abletoachieve 60 framespersecondoranywherenearinfactonaverage, with a combinationofthe c p u N g p.
YouNow I knowfromexperiencethatthe 10 70 shouldbeabletohandle 60 f.
P s justfine, butherethefiguresweren't allthatgreat.
Infact, when I wasfinishedrecordingthispieceofgameplayhere, thegamefrozeentirelyand I hadtocontrolordelayedandstartalloveragain.
I thinkwiththissortofCPU, youarebetteroffpairingitwith a weekofGPUandcappingyourgameplaytoeither 60 F p s ifthesystemcanhandleoutlowersettingsor 30 F p s.
Ifyouwant a smootherexperienceandonethat's notgonnabeallovertheplacenowbecauseJustcausefourismoreGPUdependent.
TheFXchipwasn't maxingoutallofthetime, andtheGPUwasbeingutilizedmorethanitwaspreviouslybecause, as I said, thisis a moregraphicscardintensivebasedtitle.
Butthose 1% in 10.1% lowswerestillquitelowhere, whichdoesindicatethatwesaw a fewstatushereandthere.
Now I alwaysplaythroughthefirstlevelbecausethereare a lotofthingstobeexploded, andthiscantake a tollonyoursystemsframerate.
Andlastbutnotleast, wehave a shadowoftheTombRaider, whichactuallyprovedtoofferthemoststableperformancewitharound 45 framespersecondonaverage.
Herewesaw a reasonable 1% importantoncesentthosetogowiththat, andtherereallywasn't toomuchstutteredtospeakoff.
Wewereusingthemediumsettingshereagain, as I havebeenusingmostlythroughoutonDheduringthebenchmarkrun, thegamestayedprettysteady, Butjustlikebefore, you'reprobablynotgoingtobeseeinganyonenear 60 f.
P s.
Ifthat's a targetthatyouwanttoachieve, those 30 F B s hasbeenmorethandurablethroughout.
Mostwouldexpectmorefrom a 10 70.
AndsoifyouhadthisPCandupgradedtothisgraphicscard, youmayfeel a littlebitunderwhelmed.
And I'm tellingyounow, it's becausetheCPUwouldcertainlybeholdingyouback.
Sotherewehaveit.
Now.
TheEthics 6100 islikelytoholdyoubackinquite a fewgames, especiallythosethatconsideredmoreCebuintensivelikebattlefield, forexample, whereyou'llseequite a fewStater's now, I thinkthattheFX.
SeriouschipswerequiteaninterestingbunchofRCPuse.
Theywereneverconsideredfantastic.
But I thinkforthebudgetuseratthetimeoftheirrelease, theysatin a nicespotonthemarket.
Thatbeingsaid, I don't thinkit's a goodideatobuild a gamingPCaroundtheethics 6100 in 2019 unlessyouarepairingit, ofcourse, with a lowerendGPUlike 10 50 eventhenyouwillseesomebottlenecksduetotheprocessispowerorratherlackthereof.
SobearthatinmindIfyou'rethinkingaboutoneofthese, somemaysay, anyway, thattheAimthreeplatformis a deadsocket, but I don't reallyconsideranything a deadsocket.