So Brett will Frontier be one of the "1000+" studios AMD is targeting to support with Ryzen optimizations on current and future titles?One of our moderators over on the main Frontier forums actually dove into the AMD craze and got a 1700x or 1800x i think. Unfortunately, he's on backorder right now.
Another moderator actually let him be aware of this thread, so hopefully when he gets the time to, he'll be able to post some stats of PC's performance on the chip.
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Anyone testing planet coaster with new ryzen cpu?
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These new processors are a major step forward for AMD. Not only do they now have new CPU's and a platform that can compete with Intel in terms of performance. (For the first time in over a decade) . They can offer a similar level of performance for a lower price than Intel. They can also supply similar performance to Intel on this architecture at a much lower TDP than similar performing chips from Intel.
This last point is crucial because it indicates that in theory they can get much much more power from CPUs based on this architecture going forward, due to the high amount of computing power these chips give, whilst utilising a very low TDP when compared to Intel's similar performing models.
Intel on the other hand (make great CPU's) but their last 3 main generations (Haswel, Skylake, Kabylake) have each been more efficient than the last, but haven't offered huge leaps in power. Which suggests they are struggling to squeeze more juice out of the current architecture that has essentially served them since the core 2 duo days. Just with minor improvements in every architecture since then.
If AMD combine these new zen based chips with high end Radeon GPU's in the future. Like their current APU's. Then they seriously have an upper hand. AMDs GPUs compete with Nvidia really well. Combine that with a CPU that can compete with Intel.....things will get very interesting. No reason why they won't do this. They know how to do it. AMD already do this with older architectures in their A series processors and they also have done it for the Xbox One, PS4 and PS4 pro. They know what they are doing on this front.
This last point is crucial because it indicates that in theory they can get much much more power from CPUs based on this architecture going forward, due to the high amount of computing power these chips give, whilst utilising a very low TDP when compared to Intel's similar performing models.
Intel on the other hand (make great CPU's) but their last 3 main generations (Haswel, Skylake, Kabylake) have each been more efficient than the last, but haven't offered huge leaps in power. Which suggests they are struggling to squeeze more juice out of the current architecture that has essentially served them since the core 2 duo days. Just with minor improvements in every architecture since then.
If AMD combine these new zen based chips with high end Radeon GPU's in the future. Like their current APU's. Then they seriously have an upper hand. AMDs GPUs compete with Nvidia really well. Combine that with a CPU that can compete with Intel.....things will get very interesting. No reason why they won't do this. They know how to do it. AMD already do this with older architectures in their A series processors and they also have done it for the Xbox One, PS4 and PS4 pro. They know what they are doing on this front.
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Robert Maynard
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The 1800X arrived today - but the Gigabyte AX370 Gaming 5 that I pre-ordered still has no ETA. 
nice looking board.. I think the K7 is more my style though.. I like the black.
Im on the fence about this.
When I build my pc 8 months ago I always had the plan to upgrade the i5 to something else. RYZEN looked promising, but AMD has a habit of letting people down. I had an issue a few years back. On paper RYZEN sounds like the right choice. 8 cores. A lot of multi tasking comes from that. Sadly for me, the majority of my pc gaming is in shooters, intel core optimized games. Not so much on production work . Plus I always feel like AMD mobo setups always end up costing more. Need more cooling ..ect...
My original plan was to buy a 1070 and make a small upgrade to 6700K . Most likely going to have to stick with it, At least that way I can keep my mobo
When I build my pc 8 months ago I always had the plan to upgrade the i5 to something else. RYZEN looked promising, but AMD has a habit of letting people down. I had an issue a few years back. On paper RYZEN sounds like the right choice. 8 cores. A lot of multi tasking comes from that. Sadly for me, the majority of my pc gaming is in shooters, intel core optimized games. Not so much on production work . Plus I always feel like AMD mobo setups always end up costing more. Need more cooling ..ect...
My original plan was to buy a 1070 and make a small upgrade to 6700K . Most likely going to have to stick with it, At least that way I can keep my mobo
I'm also on the fence as I just built my system in October. I however do not not play shooters on PC unless they are pC exclusive. I play mostly things like Planet Coaster, Cities, Rust, Conan, and Dead by Daylight lately. But I'm also streaming and recording so more cores are handier to me. If I can find a good performance comparison to see if the Ryzens outperform the 5820K.. I'll switch.. no doubt about it. But the performance increase has to be worth it
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I think I've made my decision.. Gamer's Nexus just published their benchmarks for the 1700 as well as the rest.. with their timespy scores I was able to see that my 5820 comes in at around the 7700k with the CPU benchmark for that being 5797 on mine.. comparing that to an oc'ed 1700 which has a score of 8479. The 1700 does seem to be the best choice.. maybe even an 1800x as its going to be somewhat better at other things as well.. I think really anyway I look at it.. I can't afford a 6900k.. so the Ryzen could possibly give me better performance all around here. Now.. Let's see if I can sell my FX 8350 system and get a Ryzen CPU and Board
Ryzen 1700
Hello, I'm in the process of getting this built this week and put up a full review.
Hello, I'm in the process of getting this built this week and put up a full review.
Robert Maynard
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Yes, yes indeed....
My existing PC (FX-8350 / GA-990FXA-UD3 / 32GB / RX 480 / SSD) will remain intact - apart from the GPU - once the new one is built so I'll be able to swap back and forth with relatively little difficulty - are there any particular performance scenarios that anyone wants looked at?
Yes, yes indeed....
My existing PC (FX-8350 / GA-990FXA-UD3 / 32GB / RX 480 / SSD) will remain intact - apart from the GPU - once the new one is built so I'll be able to swap back and forth with relatively little difficulty - are there any particular performance scenarios that anyone wants looked at?
There are 3 scenarios that I would be interested in.
1. Park with a lot of people (above 6k people) and moderate amount of scenery
2. Park with a lot of scenery and around 4k people
3. Park with a lot of scenery/people and rides
Those 3 cases seem to be the trouble spots for the game. My hope is that based on the reviews that FPS for guest count will be better since that's more of a CPU test and Ryzen seems to do CPU tasks very well. but I also wonder how much scenery and rides play with the CPU.
Yes, yes indeed....
My existing PC (FX-8350 / GA-990FXA-UD3 / 32GB / RX 480 / SSD) will remain intact - apart from the GPU - once the new one is built so I'll be able to swap back and forth with relatively little difficulty - are there any particular performance scenarios that anyone wants looked at?
Robert perhaps you could refer to a specific few workshop parks when you test it. That way we can all compare with our current setup.
Yo, dont know if this helps, im running a 5960x at 4.0ghz and a titan X pascal. Even at 1080p the gpu in planet coaster becomes the bottleneck long before the cpu, even with 12k plus people in the park. Moved from a 4790k and although the frame rates are 5fps higher 8 core and 16 threads basically allows you to do other things in the background. THe actual game doesnt improve much
I have Ryzen 7 1700 and been testing been getting great results so far
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Robert, did you ever get your motherboard? I'm interested in finding out how others have faired with Ryzen as well.
so yesterday i got my delivering mail from mindfactory. My Ryzen 1700x, Asus Prime x370, 16GB GSkill TridentZ 3200 CL16, NVME SSD, and new, lager Games SSHD will come today or tomorrow. I just have to wait for some deliveries from aquatuning (new top radiator/fans), aquacomputer for a internal USB 2 Hub (why arent there AM4 Boards with more USB2.0 Ports? I need 1x Pump, 1x Farbwerk for RGB-LEDs, 1xAquaero and 2x Frontpanel) and last but not least, my mounting brackets from watercool for my Waterblock to fit the AM4 socket. I will use my old Radeon R9 290 4GB for some more weeks/months. I am waiting for Vega, to see wich GPU will be the better choice in the end.
When its done and everything goes well this week, i can do some performance videos with the requested parks. Since i am able to record on the GPUs H264 encoder, it will not really affect the performance much, so you can get a represantative look at how it runs on Ryzen.
I can do Stock and Overclocked tests and also in 1080 High and 720 low settings (to sort out GPU limits).
If i get the time, i can do utilization overviews to see exactly where we hit CPU and/or GPU limits.
Are you Planet Coaster-Folks interested in such a "deeper look @ ryzen in Planet Coaster" video? My Youtube channel is mainly German but i´ll be glad to do a english commentary to this special subject of video for the whole community of Planet Coaster. So tell me, what you think and what parks you want to see in this video.
Cheers Folks! [heart]
When its done and everything goes well this week, i can do some performance videos with the requested parks. Since i am able to record on the GPUs H264 encoder, it will not really affect the performance much, so you can get a represantative look at how it runs on Ryzen.
I can do Stock and Overclocked tests and also in 1080 High and 720 low settings (to sort out GPU limits).
If i get the time, i can do utilization overviews to see exactly where we hit CPU and/or GPU limits.
Are you Planet Coaster-Folks interested in such a "deeper look @ ryzen in Planet Coaster" video? My Youtube channel is mainly German but i´ll be glad to do a english commentary to this special subject of video for the whole community of Planet Coaster. So tell me, what you think and what parks you want to see in this video.
Cheers Folks! [heart]
Thanks I know there are MANY MANY people who want to know how this game is with Ryzen and the more benchmarks we can get the better! if you can do that, and are able to give us a full run down of various performances, not only the devs will appreciate it, but we all sure would too!! I think a park with 10k people would be a good start, and then parks with good amount of scenery with lots of objects. I don't think doing low-resolution tests really helps us show real-world performance because no one, and I mean NO ONE! is going to playing this game at 720 resolution. So don't do resolutions lower then 1080, with a simulation game like PC, its going to tax the CPU anyway.
Parks to try:
Elbinea : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=796487318&searchtext=Elbinea
(about 5,000 guests in park when all guests arrive)
Pixel World : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=853522102&searchtext=pixel+world
(think this starts with the park closed but I think around 8k guests in it)
Benchmark 2 Park 13,800 Guests : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=883312667
(this is a park I specifically uploaded for you to test and it is not my own park but I had to fix it from alpha/beta, has 13,800 people in the park and 25,000 objects) I'm expecting you to get around 17FPS or so... be interesting to see what you get.
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I have a Ryzen 1800x I could test things on, what settings does everyone want the game to be running at (resolution, etc)? I will then download the benchmark 2 park and see how it runs.