Ray Tracing Performance
We are going to focus on Ray Tracing 1440p gameplay performance with the overclocked 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. For video card comparisons we are using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition video card and 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. This game supports Ray Tracing environmental effects including Ray Traced Soft Shadows, Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion, Ray Traced Global Illumination, and Ray Traced Reflections. We utilize the built-in preset option to set “HIGH QUALITY RAYTRACING” which enables the games highest graphics settings plus the environmental effects explained above at the highest values. The game is run in DX12 Ultimate mode with ASYNC Compute turned on. 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 at 1440p with the highest form of Ray Tracing enabled the overclocked GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition is very playable in this game over 60FPS. You don’t need DLSS to make it playable at 1440p with the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE, though if you want to enable DLSS then you will get framerates at near 100FPS with Ray Tracing. At 64FPS the overclocked GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE has improved its performance by 6% with the overclock. Compared to the RTX 3090 FE it is 18% faster. Compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT it is 90% faster.
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. We use the Ray Tracing Graphics Preset of either: “Ray Tracing: Low”, or “Ray Tracing: Medium” or “Ray Tracing: Ultra” as indicated. This game supports DLSS and FSR.
In Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p with the highest level of Ray Tracing overclocking the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has improved performance by 7%. At this performance level, the game is playable on the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE. Compared to the RTX 3090 FE it is 20% faster and compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT it is 96% faster. DLSS also helps performance a lot, bringing it up to 80FPS on the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE.
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. We utilize the “Ultra” preset quality option for Ray Tracing. This game supports DLSS upscaling.
In Watch Dogs Legion at 1440p with the highest level of Ray Tracing the overclocked GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition improves performance with overclocking by 6%. The game is very playable at 1440p with the highest level of Ray Tracing on the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE video card. Compared to the RTX 3090 FE it is 18% faster and compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT it is 48% faster. Enabling DLSS also helps improve performance quite a bit up to 90FPS on the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE.
Metro Exodus Enhanced
Metro Exodus Enhanced is being run with Shading Quality at “Extreme” and Ray Tracing at “Ultra.” This is a demanding game, that heavily focuses on Ray Tracing utilization, including Global Illumination. We are utilizing the built-in benchmark.
Overclocking the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FE in Metro Exodus Enhanced at 1440p improves performance by 6%. This game is very playable on the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE at 1440p with “Ultra” Ray Tracing enabled. Compared to the RTX 3090 FE it is 19% faster and compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT it is 46% faster. DLSS also improves performance and brings the overclocked RTX 3090 Ti FE up to over 90FPS.