Gameplay Performance at 1440p
On this page, we will look at 1440p raster gameplay performance. On the next page, we will look at 1440p with Ray Tracing performance. For video card comparisons we are using an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.0
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.0 was released on October 27, 2022, on the PC and uses the IW 9.0 gaming engine. The game supports all upscaling methods, including NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Image Scaling, AMD FSR 1.0, AMD Fidelity FX CAS, and Intel XeSS. We use the highest quality option of each. We customize every graphics setting to the maximum value for the best image quality and enable everything. We use the built-in benchmark.
In Call of Duty Modern Warfare II at 1440p the overclocked Radeon RX 7900 XT improves performance by 6%. This is faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 by 23% and faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT by 49%.
F1 2022
F1 2022 was released on June 28th, 2022 on the PC and uses Codemasters Ego engine. The game supports Ray Tracing, DLSS, AMD FidelityFX, and FSR. We are going to run the game with the highest quality settings of “Ultra High” and TAA+FidelityFX. We will enable DLSS and FSR as needed at the Quality setting for both. We will utilize the built-in benchmark in the Imola track, in dry conditions with a far-chasing cam.
In F1 2022 at 1440p overclocking the Radeon RX 7900 XT has improved performance by 6%. This is faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 by 6% and faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT by 18%.
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 FSR2. 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 overclocking the Radeon RX 7900 XT has improved performance by 16%, which is pretty big at 1440p. It is now 15% slower than the RTX 4080.
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 at 1440p overclocking the Radeon RX 7900 XT improves performance by just 3%, and this is 13% faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 and 26% faster than the Radeon RX 6900 XT.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.61 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 overclocking the Radeon RX 7900 XT at 1440p has increased performance 6% and the game is very playable. It is now only 4% slower than the RTX 4080 at 1440p. Compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT the overclocked Radeon RX 7900 XT is 36% faster.
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 at 1440p overclocking the Radeon RX 7900 XT has improved performance by 4%. This is enough to make the Radeon RX 7900 XT outperform the GeForce RTX 4080 by 4%. Compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT it is 31% faster.