So I have a HTPC that I use for light gaming, with the performance target of 1080@60. I recently had a 2200G in there, which was fine, and I got decent FPS at FarCry New Dawn (below). I chose this game to be the defacto benchmark because of how CPU sensitive it is. I bought a 2600 (non-X), and installed it, and my FPS sucks! Min, Avg, and Max are down significantly. Thinking its a compatibility issue, I upgrade my chipset drivers, bios, graphics drivers, install Ryzen Master, etc.. Still the fps sucks. And yes, I made sure vsync wasn't on, game settings were the same, radeon settings same, etc..
In Open Hardware Monitor, I see the 6 cores with Max freq values of 3900mhz, so I know they are hitting their listed top speed. CPU Utilization is 100%, and GPU utilization is close to 100% too. All clocks and temps appear to be fine. In Cinebench R20, my 2600 gets scores similar to other 2600s, so I know the CPU is fine.
How is my lowly 2200G, and especially my ancient I3, crushing my 2600?
1080 Fps: (Min, Avg, Max)
Old I3-3350P: 41, 58, 82
Ryzen 2200G: 54, 67, 94
Ryzen 2600: 36, 46, 72
Specs:
Ryzen 2200G (4C/4T)
Ryzen 2600 (6C/12T)
MSI A320M Gaming Pro (Bios was B, now its I. Most recent posted is K-Beta)
Radeon 480x (Was 20.5.2, now 20.7.2 via DDU/Factory Install)
2x4gb 2133 Ram
Win 10
These tests were all done in the same 1-2 hour time period. At first, the only change was me swapping the cpus. Then when I saw the bad performance, i started the various driver/chipset/bios upgrades. This had no impact.
I bought this A320/2200G/2133ram combo cheap off Facebook marketplace, so I didn't do the research I should have. Reading around the forums, the A320 chipset is apparently really bad. I have ordered an Asus TUF B450 mobo and I will try that and post up. I also ordered faster and more ram, but I will install that after the mobo - I want to see what only changing the mobo means.
This HTPC is for light gaming, so think side scrollers (Rayman Legends, Rayman Origins, etc..). So this old/simple games aren't benchable. I was keeping FC on here as a consistent benchmark. Although I do have Detroit: Become Human on there, but no bench utility.
As I said before, I ended up replacing the MSI A320M with an Asus TUF B450M Plus Gaming, as well as the Corsair 2133mhz (8gb) with Corsair 3200mhz (16gb) ram. We all know that faster ram is better, especially for Ryzen. And the results? dun dun dunnn
Yeah, the A320M chipset sucks ****. Replacing only the mobo (still same 2133 ram and Ryzen 2600), my fps in Far Cry New Dawn jumped from (min, avg, max) 36, 46, 72 to 61, 75, 99. Thats a 20-30 fps jump in mobo alone. Add in the 3200mhz (DOCP/XMP in bios) and a moderate gpu autoOC, and those numbers marginally increase to 62,78,101. Truth be told, I expected more of a jump with the faster and double ram. This machine's performance target is 1080p@60 with Amd Chill/Enhanched Sync enabled, since the tv is a 60hz.
Outside of FC, I benched CineR20, CineR15, and Wprime. These largely were the same between A320 and B450. So just something with games the A320M/2600 was horrific.
Cool beans. thanks all