Gameplay Performance at 1440p with Ray Tracing
In this segment, we took four of the games in the suite that showed significant struggle for the SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT in the Ray Traced settings at 4K and dialed down the resolution. This is meant to show what can be accomplished in gameplay if you wish to sacrifice just a little of the resolution quality, but still, gain all the maximum effects of Ray Tracing. The in-game settings otherwise were identical.
Dying Light 2
Dialing down one notch in resolution gets you a 44% gain with the SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. The game is almost playable straight away. A nearly 50% gain is seen by adding FSR. Remarkable. Of course, the RTX 4070 Ti also benefits, taking the lead by 23% and 21% with upscaling.
Cyberpunk 2077
You essentially double your framerate at this resolution, but still not up to the task. The RTX 4070 Ti maintains a 38% advantage. That being said, once upscaling is enabled at 1440p both our video cards show playable framerates. There is a real advantage to moving to 1440p if you enjoy this game and want to have all the benefits of Ray Tracing.
Watch Dogs Legion
Close still doesn’t win the cigar. The FPS is doubled for our SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 7900 XT versus 4K but the result is still not playable. The RTX 4070 Ti is playable and 28% faster. A full runaway with DLSS, but again not really a fair comparison since no FSR in the game.
Metro Exodus Enhanced
A similar result as in Watch Dogs. Our PULSE RX 7900 XT gets a 45% boost at this resolution and in this game that is enough to reach over the 60FPS line. Unfortunately, the result is still 9% behind the RTX 4070 Ti and way behind when DLSS is enabled.