Monday, February 17th 2020
AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper is Capable of Running Crysis without a GPU
AMD has just recently launched its 3rd generation of Ryzen ThreadRipper CPUs, and it is already achieving some impressive stuff. In the world of PC gaming, there used to be a question whenever a new GPU arrives - "But can it run Crysis?". This question became meme over the years as GPU outgrew requirements for the Crysis game, and any GPU nowadays is capable of running the game. However, have you ever wondered if your CPU can run Crysis, alone without a GPU? Me neither, but Linus from LinusTechTips taught of that.
The CPU, of course, can not run any game, as it lacks the hardware for graphics output, but being that AMD's ThreadRipper 3990X, a 64 core/128 thread monster has raw compute power capable of running Crysis, it can process the game. Running in software mode, Linus got the CPU to process the game and run it without any help from a GPU. This alone is a massive achievement for AMD ThreadRipper, as it shows that CPUs reached a point where their raw computing power is on pair with some older GPU and that we can achieve a lot of interesting things. You can watch the video down below.
The CPU, of course, can not run any game, as it lacks the hardware for graphics output, but being that AMD's ThreadRipper 3990X, a 64 core/128 thread monster has raw compute power capable of running Crysis, it can process the game. Running in software mode, Linus got the CPU to process the game and run it without any help from a GPU. This alone is a massive achievement for AMD ThreadRipper, as it shows that CPUs reached a point where their raw computing power is on pair with some older GPU and that we can achieve a lot of interesting things. You can watch the video down below.
56 Comments on AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper is Capable of Running Crysis without a GPU
A 2-4 or 8-socketed system?
Although not real-time, check the presentations on what professional tools (there should be some Arnold videos around from around RTX launch) are doing with some help from hardware.
There are performance limitations to everything, this does not make hardware acceleration a lie.Judging from the task manager in the video, there is something incredibly inefficient in the software renderer.
Steve still is the best TV guy of them all though. With Linus you can see he's acting. With Steve, he's just Steve being eloquent, most of the time, with a smile. Its pleasant to watch. Somewhat long winded. But OK.
The rest... straight up dustbin material IMO. With Adored I usually find my eyebrows up on my forehead in amazement over the content and the delivery... shock horror
If these 10% maximum load on the CPU running Crysis, then this test is really meaningless and not serious.
The software renderer doesn't work.
It only took 13 years for CPUs to catch up to GPUs. Moore's Law at work.
Maybe Star Citizen qualifies... that is, if it was released two years ago lol
Nah I think the next battle will be some killer app with heavy RT in it. That'll be the new battleground. But even there you see a quick response to any complaints about performance. And stuff like Control also runs well, really, given the right hardware. I'll keep saying it though... physics. That is part of what made Crysis special too, and its still far too absent.
Laughable statement. Not they can not.Seems like they can, see below.
That video shows GPU usage in GPU-Z. Sorry, you were not running in CPU exclusive mode.I did not look at the video full screen. I saw the gauges for the GPU clock & fan...
This begs the question, does it really take a 64core CPU to run Crysis at a playable framerate?
NV fanboy good.
Ahhh.... I gets it.
Always get your information from a variety of sources. :)
intel does the same thing. All CPU's are designed with compute in mind. Consumers get a working knockoff. They dont need to run 2 different lines for consumer and enterprise.
Vega is a good example of that as well. The Vega is a knockoff from Mi-60 or so that proberly did'nt pass certain conditions required for enterprise.
Memory-Video-Bus Load: 0%
PerfCap: Idle
But then I got lazy. :(
That being said, being able to run Crysis, albeit on low resolution, is very impressive. It's only a matter of time before AMD incorporates a GPU on one of these.
It will, for certain, force Microsoft and software renderers to get their act together and start optimising their software for this kind of chips.
Because this is the future and AMD will make it sure they will release more cores for every segment in the coming years.AMD officially says that there is no performance difference between 10 Pro and 10 Enterprise.
However, you need to have the latest updates installed - 1909 version 18363.657.
I was actually thinking when threadripper came out that it would be interesting to see how it works on that one.
I don't know what library Linus used, but it was not utilizing the CPU properly. If the software library could really use those 120 threads it should work butter smooth.
Unfortunately there is no software library currently under development. Both solid libraries are old and not maintained.
The last ones were the Warp from MS and Swiftshader from a company acquired in the meantime by google.
I do not think this word means what you think it means.... :laugh::roll::laugh: