Thomas_The_Tank100
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Hello all,
I'm currently parting out a new build, as my current PC is almost 7 years old. I wanted to see if anyone here has built as system around AMD's "Ryzen" CPUs or their "Polaris" RX 500 GPUs yet, and could provide some thoughts on how either performs with Trainz.
Part of my reason in asking is I have a vague recollection from years ago that Trainz was not as well-performing on AMD systems as it was on Intel/Nvidia systems (I cannot recall if that was a CPU or GPU thing), and a search of the forumz provided nothing recent.
My Current Rig:
Both price out to around the $2000 (US) mark, at time of writing.
Some notes:
All that said and done, this is all being picked out before the launch of two new CPU platforms by both Intel and AMD ("Skylake-X/Kaby Lake-X" and "Threadripper", respectively), as well as AMD's "Vega" GPUs. I'll be waiting to see how the market responds (plus waiting for GPU prices to come down again after this whole cryptocurrency resurgence), so buying the parts won't happen for another month or two.
Any thoughts or feedback are graciously welcome.
Best,
~James
I'm currently parting out a new build, as my current PC is almost 7 years old. I wanted to see if anyone here has built as system around AMD's "Ryzen" CPUs or their "Polaris" RX 500 GPUs yet, and could provide some thoughts on how either performs with Trainz.
Part of my reason in asking is I have a vague recollection from years ago that Trainz was not as well-performing on AMD systems as it was on Intel/Nvidia systems (I cannot recall if that was a CPU or GPU thing), and a search of the forumz provided nothing recent.
My Current Rig:
- Intel i5-2500k @ 3.30GHz
- Gigabyte Z68 Motherboard
- 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM
- Nvidia GTX 560 (2GB)
- 1TB HDD (Primary Drive)
- 1TB HDD (Storage Drive)
- 2 x 1080p 60hz monitors
- Windows 10
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600x @ 3.6GHz
- B350 or X370 Motherboard
- 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD RX 580
- 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- 500GB to 1TB SSD
- 3TB HDD
- Windows 10
- Intel i5-7600k @ 3.8GHz
- Z270 Motherboard
- 32GB DDR4-2400 RAM
- Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD RX 580
- 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- 500GB to 1TB SSD
- 3TB HDD
- Windows 10
Both price out to around the $2000 (US) mark, at time of writing.
Some notes:
- From the benchmarks I've looked at, the GTX 1070 seems to be the better GPU over the RX 580, price-performance wise. I'm more than willing to swap out for the AMD card, should feedback here say otherwise.
- Ryzen appears to want higher clocked RAM, so that changes that choice a bit. 32GB is more for my Photoshop/Illustrator/AutoCAD work.
- CPU cooling will probably end up being along the lines of a Hyper 212 Evo or equivalent. I might change that over to a 240mm liquid AIO if the price is right.
- On storage choices: M.2 NVMe SSDs seems to be the future for storage, and I'd like that for a boot drive (plus Adobe Suite & AutoCAD). The SSD would be for Trainz and some frequently played games (like Railworks and Cities Skylines). The HDD is for everything else.
All that said and done, this is all being picked out before the launch of two new CPU platforms by both Intel and AMD ("Skylake-X/Kaby Lake-X" and "Threadripper", respectively), as well as AMD's "Vega" GPUs. I'll be waiting to see how the market responds (plus waiting for GPU prices to come down again after this whole cryptocurrency resurgence), so buying the parts won't happen for another month or two.
Any thoughts or feedback are graciously welcome.
Best,
~James
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