AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX review - Performance - dGPU - Games: Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Performance - Games - GeForce GTX 1080 - Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

The game begins with a small camp at Siberia, where Lara is gazing at the huge mountains that await them. Jonah tells her that the others won't be accompanying them anymore except him. The climb soon becomes challenging, with Lara nearly falling down to her death. As Lara reaches the top, she sees the ruins of Kitezh from afar, but the storm strikes the mountain and separates the two. This particular test has the following enabled:

• DX12
• Very high Quality mode
• FXAA/HBAO+ enabled
• 16x AF enabled
• Pure Hair Normal (on)
• Tessellation On

Our scores are average frame rates so you need to keep a margin in mind for lower FPS at all times. As such, we say 40 FPS in your preferred monitor resolution for this game should be your minimum, while 60 FPS (frames per second) can be considered optimal. We opted for the GeForce GTX 1080 as it really requires a fast processor to be able to keep up with that raw horsepower. 

Enable game mode (!)

So once the 2990WX starts using 4 or more cores, the base clock will go down (3.0~3.5 GHz). That combined with a distributed memory mode, will result in heavily disappointing game numbers. We've seen drops anywhere from 20 to 40%. This is why you will want to make use of the game mode as explained on the previous page. It's a small effortless comprise to make, to get you the best of both worlds.