Gameplay Performance – 1080p Ray Tracing
We are going to focus on the 1080p gameplay performance on this page with Ray Tracing enabled, which will give the cards a challenge, especially the older RTX 2060 SUPER. We will include DLSS and FSR performance on the same graph in the games that are supported. We will use DLSS on these two NVIDIA GPUs. For video card comparisons we are reviewing the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti versus GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER.
Returnal
Returnal was launched on the PC in February of 2023 and is based on Unreal Engine 4. The game supports real-time ray tracing effects, particle systems, and volumetric rendering. We utilize the graphics preset to set EPIC graphics settings with an unlocked framerate, and everything is enabled. For ray tracing tests we have enabled Ray Traced Shadows and Reflections at EPIC settings. We use the built-in benchmark.
In Returnal, we have turned on EPIC Ray Tracing and the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER doesn’t do as bad as we had imagined, in this game, but the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti does offer 55% higher performance with Ray Tracing. The gains with DLSS are also higher on the RTX 4060 Ti, and the DLSS performance is 51% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER with DLSS.
Forspoken
Forspoken was released on January 24th, 2023, on the PC and uses the Luminous Engine. The game supports all upscaling methods and Ray Tracing. We are going to customize the settings and enable the highest graphics settings, including Ultra High Texture Memory. We are going to enable both Ray Tracing options, Shadows, and Ambient Occlusion. We use the built-in benchmark.
Forspoken gets hit pretty hard on the older GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER at 44FPS at 1080p, the new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is however less faster than other games, at only 36% faster. The difference between them isn’t as large here as in other games. However, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti does gain a lot more performance with DLSS, than the RTX 2060 SUPER does. With DLSS, the RTX 4060 Ti is 48% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER with DLSS.
The Callisto Protocol
The Callisto Protocol was released in December of 2022 on the PC and is based on Unreal Engine 4. We run the game in DX12 mode with unlimited framerate, and all graphics settings enabled and at the highest graphics settings. This game supports ray tracing, and FSR upscaling only, we use FSR2 for testing. For Ray Tracing we enable Ray Traced Shadows, Ray Traced Transmission, and Ray Traced Reflections to High. We use the built-in benchmark.
Unlike Forspoken, we see an absolutely huge difference in Ray Tracing performance in The Callisto Protocol. We see a very large 95% performance difference here, with the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti providing a 95% performance uplift versus the older GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. With FSR the RTX 4060 Ti is 82% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER. We also see a bigger gain with FSR performance with the RTX 4060 Ti versus the RTX 2060 SUPER.
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition
Chernobylite was released on the PC in 2021, but the free Enhanced Edition update for the game was released in April 2022. The Enhanced Edition provides a visual overhaul of the game with better textures, plus introduces tessellation and ray tracing features. It features raytraced reflections, raytraced translucency, raytraced caustics, and raytraced dynamic diffuse global illumination. The game is based on Unreal Engine 4. For our Ray Tracing test, we have enabled the Ultra Ray Tracing option.
The older GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER gets annihilated in Chernobylite Enhanced Edition with Ultra Ray Tracing due to Global Illumination Ray Tracing. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti handles Ray Tracing a lot better and ends up being 126% faster than the older GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. This game shows how truly the Ray Tracing performance upgrade differs when Ray Traced Global Illumination is used. The RTX 4060 Ti with DLSS is 86% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER with DLSS.
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. 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 game’s 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. We use the built-in benchmark.
Dying Light 2 is graphically demanding with High Quality Ray Tracing, even at 1080p, only the newer GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is able to play it at a playable gameplay experience. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is 82% faster than the older GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER which is not playable. We also see a huge gain with DLSS on the RTX 4060 Ti and a much lesser gain on the RTX 2060 SUPER. The RTX 4060 Ti with DLSS is 72% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER with DLSS.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 1.62 and use the built-in benchmark. 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 FSR2.
Cyberpunk 2077 is of course very demanding at “Ultra” Ray Tracing even at 1080p. The GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is definitely not playable, and even the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti struggles and needs DLSS to be playable with Ray Tracing in this game. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is 92% faster than the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER. With DLSS, the RTX 4060 Ti is 91% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER with DLSS.