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Review: Borderlands 3: PC graphics performance benchmark analysis
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Read the review right here.
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#5711448 Posted on: 09/15/2019 06:46 PM
Suprisingly demanding at the higher image quality settings.
Looks like it's about time to start saving up for a new GPU.
Same - Fury doing badly these days :'( Same kind of results as Gears 5. Then again it's UE4 so there's plenty of ways to claw back some performance without dropping visuals too much such as tweaking memory allocation in the game engine settings as well as shadows which is usually the big hit on performance.
I'm waiting for Big Navi or rDNA2 though so will have to make do with lowering some settings in the meantime.
Suprisingly demanding at the higher image quality settings.
Looks like it's about time to start saving up for a new GPU.
Same - Fury doing badly these days :'( Same kind of results as Gears 5. Then again it's UE4 so there's plenty of ways to claw back some performance without dropping visuals too much such as tweaking memory allocation in the game engine settings as well as shadows which is usually the big hit on performance.
I'm waiting for Big Navi or rDNA2 though so will have to make do with lowering some settings in the meantime.
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#5711451 Posted on: 09/15/2019 07:11 PM
Suprisingly demanding at the higher image quality settings.
Looks like it's about time to start saving up for a new GPU.
Borderlands 2 ran bad as well, it's the Developers.
No need to buy a new GPU.
Suprisingly demanding at the higher image quality settings.
Looks like it's about time to start saving up for a new GPU.
Borderlands 2 ran bad as well, it's the Developers.
No need to buy a new GPU.
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#5711453 Posted on: 09/15/2019 07:19 PM
I've been a fan or and enjoyed playing BL1 and BL2, but I have been surprised at how relatively poor the performance is at higher resolutions in BL3 (based on reviews). It doesn't look like a game that isn't playable on Ultra at 4K, at least not to me. I honestly expected that anything in the GTX 1080 Ti or Radeon VII range would be flirting with 60 FPS at 4K. :/
I've been a fan or and enjoyed playing BL1 and BL2, but I have been surprised at how relatively poor the performance is at higher resolutions in BL3 (based on reviews). It doesn't look like a game that isn't playable on Ultra at 4K, at least not to me. I honestly expected that anything in the GTX 1080 Ti or Radeon VII range would be flirting with 60 FPS at 4K. :/
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#5711458 Posted on: 09/15/2019 07:52 PM
The Ultra Preset in BL3 is quite bad.
There are several settings that can be tweaked without visible downgrades and increased fps ranging around +50-100%.
The worst setting is Volumetric Fog.
Running it at Medium can increase fps drastically and there is no visible difference.
The Ultra Preset in BL3 is quite bad.
There are several settings that can be tweaked without visible downgrades and increased fps ranging around +50-100%.
The worst setting is Volumetric Fog.
Running it at Medium can increase fps drastically and there is no visible difference.
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#5711459 Posted on: 09/15/2019 08:08 PM
Yeah, like others have mentioned here, I'm surprised at how taxing this game is on the GPU, I would have expected higher frame rates. A casual look at the image quality images (with slider) here in this article - I can't really see much difference in the image quality between the different presets, but it's just one static image and a small compressed jpeg so not ideal to compare image quality. So I imagine you can dial down quite a few of the settings without any major change in image quality if you want an fps bump.
Yeah, like others have mentioned here, I'm surprised at how taxing this game is on the GPU, I would have expected higher frame rates. A casual look at the image quality images (with slider) here in this article - I can't really see much difference in the image quality between the different presets, but it's just one static image and a small compressed jpeg so not ideal to compare image quality. So I imagine you can dial down quite a few of the settings without any major change in image quality if you want an fps bump.
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#5711462 Posted on: 09/15/2019 08:21 PM
This game appears to utterly maul the GTX1070.
This game appears to utterly maul the GTX1070.
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#5711470 Posted on: 09/15/2019 09:18 PM
Like many tough to run games, this looks like a fine example in settings tweaking to get decent frame rates.
Those who select one setting to cover all (Ultra, high, etc) and complain about frame rates, well...
Like many tough to run games, this looks like a fine example in settings tweaking to get decent frame rates.
Those who select one setting to cover all (Ultra, high, etc) and complain about frame rates, well...
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#5711471 Posted on: 09/15/2019 09:21 PM
On my Ryzen System I experience a huge CPU bottleneck when playing with DX11. I have/had no issue/lag/stutter/crashes with DX12 at all.
Example:
DX11
DX12
On my Ryzen System I experience a huge CPU bottleneck when playing with DX11. I have/had no issue/lag/stutter/crashes with DX12 at all.
Example:
DX11
DX12
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#5711477 Posted on: 09/15/2019 09:58 PM
i have not yet finished the first one
i have not yet finished the first one
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#5711479 Posted on: 09/15/2019 10:09 PM
Huh???
You're talking about a graphic card launched three years ago so maybe but by your comparison amd graphic cards launched three years ago (Rx 470 & Rx 480) are utterly dissolved in atoms by this game...
Anyway borderlands was always a graphic intensive game even if the looks are deceiving - cartoonish and all. I don't know about the gameplay but there is so much loot...
This game appears to utterly maul the GTX1070.
Huh???
You're talking about a graphic card launched three years ago so maybe but by your comparison amd graphic cards launched three years ago (Rx 470 & Rx 480) are utterly dissolved in atoms by this game...
Anyway borderlands was always a graphic intensive game even if the looks are deceiving - cartoonish and all. I don't know about the gameplay but there is so much loot...
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#5711495 Posted on: 09/15/2019 11:06 PM
Maybe, but it still looks shit for a 2080ti @107fps 1080p, what a joke
Luckly i never was a fan of this, hard pass.
Maybe, but it still looks shit for a 2080ti @107fps 1080p, what a joke
Luckly i never was a fan of this, hard pass.
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#5711496 Posted on: 09/15/2019 11:13 PM
The Ultra Preset in BL3 is quite bad.
There are several settings that can be tweaked without visible downgrades and increased fps ranging around +50-100%.
The worst setting is Volumetric Fog.
Running it at Medium can increase fps drastically and there is no visible difference.
That is good to hear; it gives me hope that I can play it on my current system at some point. I haven't even touched the PreSequel yet so it will be awhile before I buy BL3 anyways.
The Ultra Preset in BL3 is quite bad.
There are several settings that can be tweaked without visible downgrades and increased fps ranging around +50-100%.
The worst setting is Volumetric Fog.
Running it at Medium can increase fps drastically and there is no visible difference.
That is good to hear; it gives me hope that I can play it on my current system at some point. I haven't even touched the PreSequel yet so it will be awhile before I buy BL3 anyways.
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#5711500 Posted on: 09/15/2019 11:24 PM
User "reviews" (they're more like comments, really) on metacritic were extremely poor with most of them complaining about how horrible the game's performance is.
I'd say wait for patches before getting it. Also, the DRM (new Denuvo version) seems to be constantly uploading data to somewhere at about 1.5-2mbps. Nobody knows what that data is.
User "reviews" (they're more like comments, really) on metacritic were extremely poor with most of them complaining about how horrible the game's performance is.
I'd say wait for patches before getting it. Also, the DRM (new Denuvo version) seems to be constantly uploading data to somewhere at about 1.5-2mbps. Nobody knows what that data is.
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#5711504 Posted on: 09/15/2019 11:33 PM
It's actually 150-250KB, not 1.5MB-2MB/s and colleagues got it while playing coop.
It's actually 150-250KB, not 1.5MB-2MB/s and colleagues got it while playing coop.
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Suprisingly demanding at the higher image quality settings.
Looks like it's about time to start saving up for a new GPU.