The results were lackluster and evidently show a substantial processor bottleneck. The switch from low to ultra image settings did little to increase performance. Although not the fastest graphics card around, the Radeon RX 9600 XT, when coupled with a capable processor, can comfortably deliver over 100 FPS in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with low settings at 1080p.
One of the most significant limitations of the LoongArch LA664 platform is its lack of compatibility with x86 operating systems, such as Windows. It leaves Linux as the primary and only viable operating system for Loongson, or in this case, Irtysh processors. Running games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt implicates multiple layers of compatibility and translation. To get the game to run on the Irtysh C632, it likely required a combination of Box64 and Steam Proton or Wine. Each layer adds performance overhead.
Due to U.S. sanctions, Russia can't legally procure high-performance (or any-performance) x86 processors from Intel or AMD. That doesn't mean Russia has to start from scratch, though, since it can piggyback on what China has already achieved, such as Loongson's chip development.
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Kindaian Speed and power indicate that they are based on older transistor densities. So it's natural the low performance. But it is an interesting development all in all. We will have to wait for the dust to settle before making any kind of positive conclusions from it. For now is… neutral… Reply
Vojtak42 Kindaian said: Speed and power indicate that they are based on older transistor densities. So it's natural the low performance. But it is an interesting development all in all. We will have to wait for the dust to settle before making any kind of positive conclusions from it. For now is… neutral… Also, just to be fair, games aren't made to efficiently run on 32 cores. Reply
bit_user Kindaian said: Speed and power indicate that they are based on older transistor densities. So it's natural the low performance. But it is an interesting development all in all. It's never going to be as fast as Chinese LoongArch CPUs, though. China will always have the fastest LA chips. The way I look at these is similar to how ZhaoXin licensed first-gen EPYC IP from AMD and added their own encryption block to it. By the time they shipped, AMD was already onto second gen Epyc, at least. Kindaian said: We will have to wait for the dust to settle before making any kind of positive conclusions from it. For now is… neutral… If you're interested in LoongArch CPUs and how they perform, just look upstream to what Loongson, itself, is doing. Reply
bit_user SILVERTHRONE32 said: "9600XT"??? Typo. If you check the link, it goes to the RX 9060 XT. Reply
pug_s This is not even an x86 cpu, so running some game in an emulator would lower the performance. Reply
usertests This is stuck at 2.1 GHz. The newer 3B7000 can supposedly do 3.5 GHz, 67% higher. Get one of these near 4 GHz with other improvements, and maybe 60 FPS in those games is viable. Reply
nrdwka Not able to run Windows, but only Linux seems like a feature, not a bug nowadays 😁 Reply
justrudi Ummm… Youtube is supposed to be blocked by the russian state and even have direct consequences for avoiding the blockade. It is just surprising this media have not dies yet and have not moved to a rutube… Reply
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