Gameplay Performance Ray Tracing
On this page, we are going to focus on the 1440p Ray Tracing gameplay performance with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 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.
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 was launched on the PC in October of 2023 and is based on the Northlight Engine. The game supports detailed graphics and ray tracing with path tracing support. This game defaults to DLSS or FSR but does allow Native AA resolution settings with DLSS or FSR respectively. We can utilize Super Sampling upscaling, and for our graphs, we will just call that DLSS or FSR. We utilize the graphics presets to set High quality, as well as the Ray Tracing presets to set Low or High quality. We use a manual run-through in the Initiation 5: Room 665 chapter.
Turning on the “High” Ray Tracing preset puts the hurt on with GPUs. In Alan Wake 2 this “High” mode enables Path Tracing in the game. Unfortunately for the Radeon RX 7900 XT, Path Tracing kills Ray Tracing performance on current RDNA 3 generation GPUs, so at “High” Ray Tracing the Radeon RX 7900 XT is pretty much removed from the equation in this game. You could arguably play the game with FSR at 48FPS, but that is going to be the experience, upscaling at 1440p, whereas, with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, you do not need to use upscaling necessarily for playable gameplay in this game.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is playable in this game at 50FPS with High Ray Tracing, it’s a slower-paced game and works fine. However, if you want more, DLSS is your option for upscaling and looks better than FSR. We find that the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 19% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, this is the highest difference we’ve seen. It seems with Ray Tracing, the difference compared to the RTX 4070 Ti is higher. When overclocked, performance increases by 8%, also the highest percentage difference with overclocking so far.
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 with EPIC Ray Tracing the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is very playable at 100FPS, and does beat the Radeon RX 7900 XT by 17% in performance. We find the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 10% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Overclocking improves performance by 6%.
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 is also playable on the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at 1440p with all Ray Tracing effects at 91FPS. In this game, the performance is a lot closer to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, it is only 3% faster. The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 12% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Overclocking improves performance by 7%.
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.
In Chernobylite Enhanced Edition this game uses Ray Traced Global Illumination, and thus it really tests GPUs Ray Tracing performance hard. However, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is pulling through with playable performance above 60FPS without upscaling, which is impressive. We find that it is 17% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and 44% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 XT.
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 playable on the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER with Ray Tracing at full at 1440p. It is 14% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and 37% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 XT. Overclocking improves performance by 8%.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 2.0 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.
Alas, Cyberpunk 2077 is barely playable at 1440p and “Ultra” Ray Tracing on the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER without upscaling. However, using DLSS upscaling at Quality mode brings that to 93FPS and the game is super smooth and enjoyable. DLSS does wonders for this game. By comparison, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 13% faster than the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and 50% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 XT. Overclocking improves performance by 7%.