kindredi5 13600kf @5.4
gtx 1660ti
2x16GB 3600@cl16
mastercoms low dx81
nohats bgum
1920x1080
benchmark1 (dustbowl)
old 10700K: 2639 frames 8.677 seconds 304.15 fps ( 3.29 ms/f) 24.750 fps variability
new 13600K: 2639 frames 5.994 seconds 440.30 fps ( 2.27 ms/f) 35.378 fps variability
i'm including this one because i don't usually trust the results of the other two for various reasons. it's just a demo of a normal pub in a cpu-bound spot where the fps would dip. god knows we don't need yet another benchmark demo but this is the one i personally use for tweaking my own settings since i've found it the most representative in its results
I'm gonna continue to primarily rely on benchmark1 just because of the sheer sample size it carries for me and people I have coerced into running it, as well as the decade of results from it from this thread. But also because as you said
it's just a demo of a normal pub in a cpu-bound spot where the fps would dip
I find it more true to form when it comes to what I am more likely to see in game in terms of the numbers.
Also wondering what would the uplift be like with an expensive DDR5 kit because from all the benchmarks I have seen on youtube it seems to be like a 7-10% difference from DDR4, but also with a 4000 series NVIDIA card. Now before Setsul rightfully so reminds me that you can run this game at close to max frame output at like 960/1050ti level, it is undeniable the newer 30 and 40 series cards are just plain faster all round(basing my thesis off of CSGO benchmarks as well). Higher clocks, more and stronger compute units, wider bus, way-way faster memory that goes through the wider bus at way higher speeds that feeds CPU data faster(GTX1650 for example has GDDR5 and GDDR6 versions with a performance delta that isn't negligible, and that card is effectively a piece of shit in its own right, and we have GDDR6X now thats even faster). All at a per part price equivalent to a whole computer that can run this game at 240hz if you know what you're doing, so definitely point of diminishing returns applies heavily here in this hard CPU based title.
Guess I'll have to wait and see once some of the more financially accomplished gamers put that to the test in this thread.
All in all from what I can tell, TF2 is now officially 480hz ready today and that brings me joy that perhaps someday I will be able to experience that.