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welcome back to harbor unboxed now last week I showed you just how well the risin 320 200 G performs when overclocked with a basic air cooler worth about $20 in short I was able to overclock the GPU to 1.65 gigahertz the CPU cost of 3.9 gigahertz and with this overclock in place and our budget cooler we were able to keep temperatures under 60 degrees when gaming the results were great the overclock netted us around 20% more performance on average and it allowed the 2200 G to match the 2400 G and this map performance was often comparable to the pentium g 45 60 and GeForce GT 1030 combo for that video I focused on Teddy P gaming using either the low or medium quality presets and again the phrase the second results looks good in fact depending on the title they looked very good but what does the game actually look like when using these settings and how smooth is it well in today's video we're going to take a closer look at gameplay itself and ignore all the benchmark graphs which isn't going to be easier for me because I do love my benchmark graphs whole other following gameplay has been recorded using the Rison 320 200 G with the GPU overclocked you 1.65 gigahertz and the CPU cores at 3.9 gigahertz then we have 8 gigabytes of dual channel ddr3 20 memory on the MSI be 350 morter motherboard right so we've got 16 games to check out let's get into it it's been some time since I actually played battlefield 1 and I'll throw into a map I didn't recognize I assume this is a new map but what do I know actually what I do know is that with the low quality preset the game still looked ok and the overclocked 2200 G played superbly with smooth and consistent frame rates here we thought the frame rate was consistently above 40 fps and I saw just over 50 FPS on average so overall a very satisfactory gaming experience at tally P having been so pleased with battlefield 1 R then quickly jumped in the battlefront 2 normally I would describe this game as beautiful and well optimised although it did still look quite nice with the low quality preset that performance was horrible on the APU the game stuttered like mad so some driver work will be required here another fail can be seen when trying to play ashes of the singularity I mean technically is still possible play this title but the frame rates were low and I personally wouldn't actually enjoy playing under these conditions stuttering could also be seen at times and for those wondering I did test with the DirectX 12 API and the game kept crashing when I tried to use the Vulcan API like battlefield one the Call of Duty World War two multiplayer experience was quite good this time I was using the normal quality settings which I'd equate to sort of a medium type setting this time I saw a minimum of 37 FPS and an average of around 50 FPS that was certainly playable but unlike battlefield 1 the experience wasn't perfect there was the odd frame hitch here at times but nothing like what we saw with battlefront 2 moving on to csgo as you might expect this tunnel ran perfectly even with the visual quality settings maxed out the real issue here the hope was my lack of skill still I persevered for a bit and enjoyed the experience with over 100 FPS for the most part the frame time performance was also excellent I saw no stuttering or issues in this title the dirt poor experience was great though I did have the quality preset turned all the way down to its lowest value still there should be a bit of headroom here to increase the quality settings I saw on average 95 FPS however despite the impressive frame rates there was noticeable stuttering at time so again a little driver work needs to be done here increasing the quality settings didn't reduce the overall frame rate that much but it did increase the amount of stuttering I was seeing so that's the reason why I went for the lowest possible quality preset moving on we have dota 2 and here the frame rates weren't actually that impressive again we were using the highest quality settings for this title but it was still very playable you could of course reduce the quality settings and that might improve performance but I didn't really feel it was that necessary as the game was still very playable as it was then we have f1 2017 and this is probably one of the best examples I have of a game that looks good and plays even better on the Raven Ridge AP use granted the frame rates weren't super high but they were very smooth and we saw no frames stuttering at all also it's well worth noting that for this tale we were using the medium quality preset with taa enabled so if you prefer higher frame rates over a visual quality then there is remember to move with this title moving on I gave fortnight a whirl and this is another title it played very well with the medium quality preset enabled at 1080p with 100% render scale I saw almost 80 FPS on average with a minimum of 55 FPS there was the odd a frame glitch here and there but it didn't really detract from the overall gaming experience and I would describe the gameplay as very smooth Grand Theft Auto 5 now this was a mixed bag for me sometimes it played really well at over 50 fps and it was really consistent but then at other times it was really stuttering like ii long pauses and I even ran into sections of the map that completely failed to render for testing I did use with the lowest possible quality setting so I also tried with a 2 gigabyte frame buffer though none of this seemed to help so this is another title that needs a bit of driver work along with f1 2017 I have to say overwatch was one of the best experiences I have when testing overclocked 2200 G using the medium quality preset the game averaged 70 FPS and never dipped below 56 fps the frame time performance is also excellent here we were faced with extremely smooth and consistent gameplay I actually had a heap of fun playing overwatch on this APU and if you're someone who spent countless hours sharpening your skills I'd say you're still able to perform at your best on this APU a game that I was sure would run well was pray and while that was indeed the case that's how I was forced down to the very low quality settings and this allowed for between 40 and 50 fps and there was the odd frame spike here and there but it was nothing I'd really worry about I didn't notice it when playing overall the performance was good for a sub 60 FPS experience and of course as you can see it was very playable I had expected that pubget would deliver the worst experience of all the games I'd decided to play and while it certainly wasn't good it actually wasn't as poor as what I saw in battlefront 2 and ashes of the singularity for example that said it was still barely playable with frame rates often hitting or barely hitting 30fps moving on to rocket League this is a title that I had expected would play probably a little better than it did actually granted we are at 1080p with the maximum quality settings but for some reason I thought that a constant 60fps would be possible still it certainly wasn't a poor experience and I saw an average of 51 fps in a minute of a 42 fps and the frame time performance was very solid so rocket League fans have a lot to look forward to with this budget apu well I expected a lot when playing rocket League I expected nothing when playing watchdogs - and that's pretty much what I got this is one of the worst gaming experiences I had with the 2200 G probably worse than battlefront - and the frame rates barely pushed 30fps and stuttering was just a major issue so I wouldn't wish this gaming experience on anyone finishing strong we have World of Tanks the new game engine and this played superbly on the Raven Ridge apu the benchmarks are a minimum at 54 fps and an average of 79 fps and this was using the medium quality settings and once again at a VP not only with a frame rate higher but the frame time performance was also excellent that concludes our look at the overclocked 2200 G gaming performance I hope this gives those of you considering purchasing this APO a good idea of what you're in for as you've seen the experience really can vary greatly from title the title so it's important to research how these aps behave in the titles you intend on playing for example if you're all about pub G then I suggest looking for something else maybe a just straight in via GPU is perhaps a highly clocked Intel quad core however if you enjoy title such as overwatch fortnight f1 2017 and even Battlefield one for example then there is simply no cheaper option to get into these games and start having a bit of fun the great thing about The Horizon 320 200 G is the fact that it is an unlocked quad core and while the Vega 8 GPU inside will tie you over for now in 6 or 12 months when graphics card prices hopefully settled down you can upgrade the GPU firepower and keep the CPU for years to come still be aware that AMD does have some driver optimization work ahead of them so the experience can be frustrating times but for the most part it was very good especially for the hundred dollar asking price for the rice and 320 200 G anyway that is going to do it for this one I hope you enjoyed the video be sure to hit the like button if you did subscribe for more content if we appreciate the work we do here at harbor our box and consider supporting us on patreon thanks for watching I'm your host Steve I'll see you next time