I think some still think they can run their game at graphic level 10, which is probably there for the real serious overclocker at the moment. Plus Blizzard put in another graphic setting to use when you’re in a party/raid. As reaction time with frames per second flowing is more important than fancy ooh graphics.
Also any PC built can be different from anyone elses. Different ram speeds, different quality of data cables, motherboards can come into it with some trying to run expensive parts on a cheap motherboard fo example.
Try to match your parts as closely to the other parts. Low end cpu, low end motherboard, graphics and all. Mid-range, mid-range parts.
And high end cpu, high end board with the best chipset will see you gain any FPS you might lose. Not everything is made the same, that can go for SSD’s, RAM and even hard drives.
Free-Sync monitors are weird, the cheaper they are, the lower the availability in frame rate range from lowest to highest supported.
Back in the day, even I managed to get decent framerates from WoW with a FX8350 when some were having issues. It’s al about setting up your system build properly, ensuring your board can supply the right power when it needs it as well to what is installed on your system as in software/background programs.
Simply put, got Norton/Macafee, uninstall it, those are huge resource hogs. If your cpu has to bother scanning every file accessed, it’s going to slow down a game.
And yes, even addons can affect FPS as well, even the well known good ones that are updated.
Level 6-7 is enough for quality looks in the game right now. If you’re wanting high response, 3-4 for large raids, busy areas such as a huge PvP battle. That’s where the advantage can come in. Less the system has to push with your own actions never mind anyone elses, the more faster you can get your spells/abilities out.
Research, look in what you want from the system and then plan out from there. But the planning doesn’t stop after getting it, then it’s ensuring you have a smooth running software as well.
For the moment, the Ryzen’s are about the right choice over the intel right about now. The real life up and downs from one camp to another is tiny to not being noticable at all.
That and AM4 is upgradeable to at least the 4000 series of Ryzens, not sure about the 5000 series but if you want to get 4000, it’s B550/X570 only chipsets as the new minimal and the X670/B650 being the new recommended.
But that means right now, people will be trying to get rid of Ryzen 3000’s to clear stock, same for their B450/X470 boards so can expect prices to drop a bit before the 4000 cpu’s, new motherboards come out. I say 450/470 boards as can see larger discounts on those than the 570 boards.
Only disadvantage is no PCIE4.0 but you have no problems running a Ryzen 5 3600 on a PCIE3.0 motherboard.
