Gameplay Performance at 1080p with Ray Tracing
In this section, we use the same comparison setup, while enabling Ray Tracing features in each game. We also enable FSR or DLSS, again depending on the game and video card(s) used. As we enable Ray Tracing the game demands increase, usually dramatically.
Alan Wake 2
In enabling Ray Tracing here we had to choose the “Low” preset. Anything else automatically enables path tracing which is too demanding for the cards in this review.
The demands of ray tracing are obvious. None of the cards was playable. In the truest sense, not even with upscaling. However, as we stated earlier, the slow pace of this game allows for marginal results above 50FPS. Nonetheless, the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile has a 3% margin. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC has a 6% better performance, but you can see it amounts to an actual 2FPS over the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC. With upscaling the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC just squeezes into the lead. Overclocking adds 9% here.
Returnal
Only the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile is playable without upscaling here. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC almost makes it but is still 20% off the pace but 14% over the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC. Upscaling allows all the cards to be nicely playable. Overclocking adds 6%.
Forspoken
Again, no cards are playable without upscaling, except for the overclocked RX 7600 XT. That’s a nice 10% boost. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC does manage to outdo the RTX 4060 OC Low Profile by 8%. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC is way behind, not even upscaling can save it. Otherwise, upscaling does provide playable FPS.
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition
The struggle continues. Even with upscaling only the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile is playable. There is something out of wack with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC, which has been noted in every review that includes an RX 7600. The RTX 4060 puts up a 45% margin here over the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC. That’s a big gap right there. Overclocking, while giving 6% is not helping much.
Dying Light 2
Things stay pretty consistent here, too. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile is flexing it’s muscles and once again running away. Still, without upscaling the results are unplayable, but very much more so for the Radeon RX cards. Overclocking helps by 8% but isn’t enough here either.
Cyberpunk 2077
Yikes….we only get about half the performance we saw in Dying Light 2. Again, only the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 OC Low Profile can muster a playable FPS, and only with DLSS enabled. The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 XT Gaming OC is 40% behind before and after upscaling. We have a 4% advantage over the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC, but it amounts to 1FPS and the game obviously is terrible. Ultra ray tracing is just too much here for any of these video cards.