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Sniper Elite 4 PC graphics performance benchmark review
Posted by: on: 02/13/2017 06:30 PM [
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We will look at Sniper Elite 4 in a PC graphics performance and PC gamer way. The 4th iteration of the game now is DirectX 12 compatible with ASYNC enrolment. We'll test the game on the PC platform relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers. Multiple graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies.
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fantaskarsef
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 11:44 AM
Thanks for the review Hilbert, much appreciated.
Yes looks like it indeed.
Thanks for the review Hilbert, much appreciated.
Dx12 done right?
Yes looks like it indeed.
MaicolVieira
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 11:47 AM
Why not put the GTX 970, which is the most used card according to Steam?
Why not put the GTX 970, which is the most used card according to Steam?
zer0_c0ol
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:10 PM
Because it is garbage now
Why not put the GTX 970, which is the most used card according to Steam?
Because it is garbage now
Undying
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:16 PM
Interesting fact on the CPU side. This game performs better on a 6c/6t than 4c/8t CPUs.
One more reason to wait for Ryzen.
Interesting fact on the CPU side. This game performs better on a 6c/6t than 4c/8t CPUs.
One more reason to wait for Ryzen.
Berke53
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:18 PM
Does this title support Dx12 MultiGPU for Nvidia cards?
Does this title support Dx12 MultiGPU for Nvidia cards?
alanm
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:28 PM
Thanks Hilbert. So this is more in line with the pcgameshardware results than the GameGPU review.
Thanks Hilbert. So this is more in line with the pcgameshardware results than the GameGPU review.
alanm
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:29 PM
Pure trolling. Its on par with the 470. So the 470 and all below it are garbage too?
Because it is garbage now
Pure trolling. Its on par with the 470. So the 470 and all below it are garbage too?
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:31 PM
I'll add a 970 later today, not a problem guys.
I'll add a 970 later today, not a problem guys.
SirDremor
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:38 PM
I know a company or two who might be miffed by this
Hawaii GPUs aka GeForce GTX 390
I know a company or two who might be miffed by this
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:45 PM
Let's pretend I never wrote that okay ?
)
I know a company or two who might be miffed by this
Let's pretend I never wrote that okay ?
)
zer0_c0ol
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:46 PM
Well yeah)
Pure trolling. Its on par with the 470. So the 470 and all below it are garbage too?
Well yeah
)
Undying
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 12:54 PM
Careful Zero. Just becouse you have couple of Fury cards does not mean everyhing below it is garbage.
Well yeah )
)Careful Zero. Just becouse you have couple of Fury cards does not mean everyhing below it is garbage.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 01:10 PM
FCAT frametime results added.
FCAT frametime results added.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 01:18 PM
As per request, GeForce GTX 970 added.
As per request, GeForce GTX 970 added.
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 01:50 PM
Great review Hilbert. Good to see a title where both camps nvidia and amd video cards do benefit from DX12 and Async compute. This game loves more cores on the cpu side of things , hence 6 core or 8 core CPUs it's the way to go the way i see it. More and more new games do benefit from that , hence in my opinion for people upgrading soon need to understand the sweet spot is 6c12t or 8c12t cpu if you really want to be future proof do not go the 4 core route.
Great review Hilbert. Good to see a title where both camps nvidia and amd video cards do benefit from DX12 and Async compute. This game loves more cores on the cpu side of things , hence 6 core or 8 core CPUs it's the way to go the way i see it. More and more new games do benefit from that , hence in my opinion for people upgrading soon need to understand the sweet spot is 6c12t or 8c12t cpu if you really want to be future proof do not go the 4 core route.
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 01:53 PM
Didn't know there were electronic glasses and HMD systems in WWII...
Didn't know there were electronic glasses and HMD systems in WWII...
fantaskarsef
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 01:55 PM
Interesting fact on the CPU side. This game performs better on a 6c/6t than 4c/8t CPUs.
One more reason to wait for Ryzen.
Or that finally one of the devs makes use of the hexacores that have been around with Intel for so long
But yeah, first fps that I've seen that seems to like more than four cores for some real advantages.
Interesting fact on the CPU side. This game performs better on a 6c/6t than 4c/8t CPUs.
One more reason to wait for Ryzen.
Or that finally one of the devs makes use of the hexacores that have been around with Intel for so long
But yeah, first fps that I've seen that seems to like more than four cores for some real advantages.
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:04 PM
Yes indeed it does and it's faster than dx11 sli.
Does this title support Dx12 MultiGPU for Nvidia cards?
Yes indeed it does and it's faster than dx11 sli.
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:14 PM
1440p
GTX Titan X - 116
GTX 1080 - 90
GTX 1070 - 72
R9 Fury X - 71
GTX 980ti - 67
R9 Fury - 66
R9 Nano - 63
4k
GTX Titan X - 72
GTX 1080 - 55
R9 Fury X - 49
R9 Fury - 45
R9 Nano - 42
GTX 980ti - 42
GTX 1070 - 40
How exactly do the cards with more than 4GB jump ahead?
The GTX 1080 and GTX Titan X were already on top. The GTX 1070 (8GB) dropped below the R9 Nano (4GB), the R9 Fury (4GB) jumped ahead of the 980ti (6GB) and both the R9 Fury (4GB) and R9 Fury X (4GB) jumped ahead of the GTX 1070 (8GB).
Not to mention the R9 Fury is 100 euros cheaper than the GTX 1070 (both, cheapest versions available, Sapphire Nitro fury for 330 euros and KFA2 GTX 1070 for 429 euros)
That conclusion makes no sense at all...
1440p
GTX Titan X - 116
GTX 1080 - 90
GTX 1070 - 72
R9 Fury X - 71
GTX 980ti - 67
R9 Fury - 66
R9 Nano - 63
4k
GTX Titan X - 72
GTX 1080 - 55
R9 Fury X - 49
R9 Fury - 45
R9 Nano - 42
GTX 980ti - 42
GTX 1070 - 40
Ultra HD, UHD or 4K, this resolution refers to approximately 4000 horizontal pixels. Ultra HD resolution has four times the number of pixels of a typical 1920x1080 resolution. This resolution and Ultra quality settings require more memory, hence the cards with more then 4 GB jump ahead. Proper framerates you will achieve with a GeForce GTX 1070. But as we see so often, the Hawaii GPUs aka Radeon R9 390 series certainly still are going strong.
How exactly do the cards with more than 4GB jump ahead?
The GTX 1080 and GTX Titan X were already on top. The GTX 1070 (8GB) dropped below the R9 Nano (4GB), the R9 Fury (4GB) jumped ahead of the 980ti (6GB) and both the R9 Fury (4GB) and R9 Fury X (4GB) jumped ahead of the GTX 1070 (8GB).
Not to mention the R9 Fury is 100 euros cheaper than the GTX 1070 (both, cheapest versions available, Sapphire Nitro fury for 330 euros and KFA2 GTX 1070 for 429 euros)
That conclusion makes no sense at all...
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:20 PM
Correct, still working on the article and need to rewrite a thing or two. That is on the to-do list.
Correct, still working on the article and need to rewrite a thing or two. That is on the to-do list.
JonasBeckman
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:28 PM
Looks like Nvidia just released their own "Game ready" driver for this (And the games For Honor and Halo Wars 2) wonder if there's any performance gains though from what I've read it seems AMD and Nvidia both perform pretty well for this game although multi-GPU support for DX12 is a bit lacking though that seems to be a pretty common thing so perhaps SLI and Crossfire support will be patched in later on?
Far as driver performance gains goes I think AMD mentioned something of a 4 - 5% increase with their 17.2.1 driver over 17.1.1 so driver optimizations might not add much - unless something's completely broken. - but it's still a gain so it'll probably be similar for Nvidia although usually game profiles are ready in advance though smaller tweaks are probably still possible for some additional gains.
Well the game in question isn't too demanding either this time, visually almost identical to Sniper Elite v.3 but now supporting DX12 as a low-level API alternative to DX11 with a focus on performance.
(And the addition of async compute support.)
EDIT: Wonder if there will be a For Honor test too, though that game focuses more on online and also uses (enforces?) EAC or Easy Anti Cheat so some utilities might not be completely functional since it's a pretty restrictive anti-cheat solution with a stricter whitelist system.
(Afterburner 4.3.0 and RTSS 6.5.0 / 6.5.1 should be OK though since those got whitelisted shortly after Watch_Dogs 2 was released.)
EDIT: Huh so Sniper Elite V.4 game actually supports multi-GPU setups already, different from what I've heard but that's really nice to see.
Looks like Nvidia just released their own "Game ready" driver for this (And the games For Honor and Halo Wars 2) wonder if there's any performance gains though from what I've read it seems AMD and Nvidia both perform pretty well for this game although multi-GPU support for DX12 is a bit lacking though that seems to be a pretty common thing so perhaps SLI and Crossfire support will be patched in later on?
Far as driver performance gains goes I think AMD mentioned something of a 4 - 5% increase with their 17.2.1 driver over 17.1.1 so driver optimizations might not add much - unless something's completely broken. - but it's still a gain so it'll probably be similar for Nvidia although usually game profiles are ready in advance though smaller tweaks are probably still possible for some additional gains.
Well the game in question isn't too demanding either this time, visually almost identical to Sniper Elite v.3 but now supporting DX12 as a low-level API alternative to DX11 with a focus on performance.
(And the addition of async compute support.)
EDIT: Wonder if there will be a For Honor test too, though that game focuses more on online and also uses (enforces?) EAC or Easy Anti Cheat so some utilities might not be completely functional since it's a pretty restrictive anti-cheat solution with a stricter whitelist system.
(Afterburner 4.3.0 and RTSS 6.5.0 / 6.5.1 should be OK though since those got whitelisted shortly after Watch_Dogs 2 was released.)
EDIT: Huh so Sniper Elite V.4 game actually supports multi-GPU setups already, different from what I've heard but that's really nice to see.
H1TMANza
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:29 PM
Request
Kindly add the r9 290x card as well. I'm still running the 290x lightning and I'm very curious to know how dx12+async performs on these older cards.
Much Appreciated
Request
As per request, GeForce GTX 970 added.
Kindly add the r9 290x card as well. I'm still running the 290x lightning and I'm very curious to know how dx12+async performs on these older cards.
Much Appreciated
fantaskarsef
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:32 PM
OMG, that's really happening?
Yes indeed it does and it's faster than dx11 sli.
OMG, that's really happening?
brutlern
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Posted on: 02/14/2017 02:38 PM
What about DX11 vs DX12?
What about DX11 vs DX12?
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Ah, finally.
Decent performance overall. Big gap between 470 and 1050ti, different class of cards.
I dont see why would anyone want to run this game using dx11 renderer when dx12+async offers more performance even on nvidia cards.
Dx12 done right?