Gameplay Performance
We are going to focus on a 4K gameplay performance with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition video card. We will include DLSS and FSR performance on the same graph in the games that are supported. We will use DLSS on NVIDIA GPUs and FSR on AMD GPUs. Ray Tracing performance will be shown on a separate page. For video card comparisons we are using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition video card, and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT video card.
Dying Light 2
Dying Light 2 was released in February 2022 on the PC and uses Techland’s C-Engine. The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, and FSR. We use the built-in preset to set “HIGH QUALITY” which sets the highest game graphics, without Ray Tracing. We manually enable DX12 and ASYNC Compute. For our benchmark, we are using a custom manual run-through at the end of the game hopping between rooftops, as well as free-roaming on the ground city level, as well as a forested area, in the daylight.
In Dying Light 2 we are playing at 4K with the highest in-game settings, minus Ray Tracing. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition video card is the only one to provide 60FPS gameplay at 4K and the highest game settings, which is pretty amazing. The game is very playable without DLSS, though turning on DLSS certainly boosts performance a lot, almost at 90FPS which is amazing. DLSS improves performances by 46%.
The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE at 61FPS is 11% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 FE, so that tells you how much of a boost over the RTX 3090 you’ll get in performance in this game. The DLSS performance is 10% faster on the RTX 3090 Ti FE. Compared to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FE the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 12% faster. Finally, the RTX 3090 Ti FE is 16% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which is pretty significant. Even with FSR on the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which amazingly brings it up to the same performance as DLSS on the other cards, still can’t touch the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE DLSS performance.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction was released on PC in January of 2022. This game uses the Ubisoft Anvil gaming engine and supports DLSS and multiple TAA options as well as a high-definition Texture Pack. We are running the game at the highest graphics settings, at a fixed 100% resolution. We will test with TAA, TAA 2X, and DLSS where supported. We are using the built-in benchmark.
In Rainbow Six Extraction we are playing the game at 4K with the highest settings plus the HD Textures. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is very playable at 4K providing the highest performance among these video cards at an amazing 131FPS average with TAA. Turning on DLSS further improves performance by 41% to a whopping 185FPS. At 131FPS the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 12% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 FE, and the DLSS performance is 11% faster. Compared to the RTX 3080 Ti FE the RTX 3090 Ti FE is 13% faster. Compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT the RTX 3090 Ti FE is 38% faster, quite a big difference in this game.
Turning on TAA-2X AA setting is a very demanding option in this game at 4K. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE handles it well and provides for us over 70FPS at 4K. That’s 12% faster than the RTX 3090 FE and 14% faster than the RTX 3080 Ti FE and 51% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5 was released on PC in November of 2021 and it uses the ForzaTech game engine. For our evaluation, we raise the in-game graphic settings beyond the “Extreme” preset to the maximum game settings. In addition to the “Extreme” preset we raise SSAO Quality to Ultra, Reflection Quality to Extreme, SSR Quality to Ultra. We also disable MSAA and use FXAA. We test AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS) performance from the Resolution Scaling option. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing.
In Forza Horizon 5 at 4K and maximum game settings with FXAA enabled the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT has a strong showing with the new driver. It’s at the top of performance in this game, at least it was until the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE came around. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE matches the Radeon RX 6900 XT in performance in this game at 4K with both providing 81FPS of playable gameplay performance. Enabling CAS further improves performance on both, but more so on the Radeon RX 6900 XT. Still, CAS will bring performance up to over 90FPS on both.
If we compare the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE at 81FPS to the GeForce RTX 3090 FE we find it is 8% faster and compared to the RTX 3080 Ti FE it is 7% faster.
Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 was released in October of 2021 and uses the Dunia Engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and turned on. We utilize the “Ultra” graphics preset which sets all options to the highest game settings. This game supports FSR upscaling.
In Far Cry 6, we are playing at 4K with the highest settings, plus HD Textures, but minus Ray Tracing. The game is very playable on the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE at 90FPS, beating all of the video cards here. FSR is also something we can utilize in this game and that helps bring performance up 30% to 117FPS on the RTX 3090 Ti FE at 4K, pretty amazing performance.
Compared to the other video cards the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 8% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 FE and RTX 3080 Ti FE. It’s 6% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT. The Radeon RX 6900 XT does very well in this game with the new driver and was the performance leader prior to the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December of 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.52 and perform a long manual run-through driving in the game’s open world. We test using the Graphics Preset option to set graphics settings, mainly “Ultra”. This game supports DLSS and FSR.
In Cyberpunk 2077, at 4K and “Ultra” settings, this game is simply not playable without DLSS. Even the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition can only provide 37FPS average, which is faster than the other cards, but not fast enough to make the game playable at 4K and “Ultra” settings. By turning on DLSS though, the game does become playable on the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE, and only the RTX 3090 Ti FE. DLSS improves performance by 50% and brings it to 56FPS average, which is playable in this game. That is however what it takes to make this game playable at 4K and Ultra settings, an RTX 3090 Ti, and DLSS.
At 37FPS the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 15% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 FE. It’s 30% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 Game of the Year Edition
MS Flight Sim 2020 was released in August of 2020 but has received a big update in November 2021 called the Game of the Year Edition update. This brought with it support for the DX12 API which we have enabled for testing. We are utilizing the game’s “Ultra” preset for graphics settings and live terrain is enabled. We perform a manual run-through of an activity landing in New York with an outside view camera.
In Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 believe it or not we are seeing a CPU bottleneck even at 4K with these very fast video cards. These cards are fast enough to make the Ryzen 7 5800X a bottleneck even at 4K. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is practically the same performance as the RTX 3090 FE and RTX 3080 Ti FE. The only card that lags behind more noticeably is the Radeon RX 6900 XT. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 11% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Watch Dogs Legion
Watch Dogs Legion was released on the PC in October of 2020 and uses the Disrupt game engine. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We have the HD Texture pack installed and enabled for testing. We use the built-in graphics preset of “Ultra” for testing. This game supports DLSS upscaling.
In Watch Dogs Legion we are playing at 4K and “Ultra” settings, minus Ray Tracing. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is very playable in this game at 4K providing a 70FPS average. What’s more, we can enable DLSS at 4K and receive a large boost of 33% more performance and get above 90FPS at 4K. At 70FPS the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE is 11% faster than the GeForce RTX 3090 FE and Radeon RX 6900 XT.