Gameplay Performance
On this page, we are going to focus on the 1440p gameplay performance with the Overclocked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Founders Edition video card and Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE video card. We will include DLSS and FSR performance on the same graph in the games that are supported shown in the Upscaling Bar, DLSS for NVIDIA, and FSR for AMD. Ray Tracing performance will be shown on a separate page. For both video cards, this is the overclocked performance shown.
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West was released to the PC on March 21st, 2024, and uses the Decima game engine. The game supports the full suite of Upscaling technologies, including DLSS, FSR, and XeSS. It also supports DLAA and DLSS 3 Frame Generation. For testing, we use the Preset of “Very High” and then manually enable the highest 16X Anisotropic filtering, this provides the highest possible graphics settings for testing. We use a manual run-through about two hours into the game, in the open world traveling from point to point, with machines along the way, through a desert scene, forest, and village.
In Horizon Forbidden West at 1440p and maximum settings, both the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE resulted in the exact same performance of 95FPS! This means both video cards offer the exact same playable performance, well into acceptable framerates for this game. When upscaling is applied, we do see DLSS Quality leading by 5% over FSR Quality in performance.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora was released in December of 2023 and is based on an updated Snowdrop engine. This engine supports real-time ray tracing, and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora is unique in that it supports hardware ray tracing turned on by default, with no options to disable it. If a video card doesn’t support ray tracing, it falls back to a software ray tracing mode. With ray tracing baked in, all the results shown reflect the use of ray-traced global illumination, ray-traced reflections, and ray-traced shadows, these are always on. We utilize the graphics quality preset option of “Ultra.” We use the built-in benchmark.
In Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Ray Tracing is always enabled, and we find that the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is faster than the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE by 14%. In terms of playability, the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER does offer a better experience, at 1440p with maximum settings due to the higher framerate. Comparing DLSS to FSR the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER is 22% faster than the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE with Quality FSR. However, at 91FPS Quality FSR is definitely playable and smooth on the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE.
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 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.
In Alan Wake 2 the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE edges out the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER by 3%. However, both video cards are more than playable when overclocked in this game, at very enjoyable framerates with the highest settings at 1440p. We also find Quality FSR to be 11% faster than Quality DLSS performance.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Assassin’s Creed Mirage was released in October of 2023 and is based on the Ubisoft Anvil game engine. We are using the “Ultra High” graphics quality preset, and all adaptive framerate measures are disabled. We use the built-in benchmark.
Assassins’s Creed Mirage more than playable on both video cards when overclocked. The Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is 6% faster than the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE. DLSS performance is 5% faster.
Starfield
Starfield was released on the PC in September of 2023 and is based on the Creation Engine 2. We are using the highest Ultra settings in the game for all testing, and upscaling is disabled for standard testing, with no dynamic resolution. We use a manual run-through in the New Atlantis area encompassing all areas.
Starfield is very playable at 1440p with the highest settings on both video cars when overclocked. The Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE just edges out the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER by 3%. However, DLSS on the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER is 9% faster than FSR on the RX 7900 GRE.
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 unlocked framerate, and everything is enabled except ray tracing, we have screen-space reflections on. We use the built-in benchmark.
In Returnal both video cards are very playable when overclocked. The Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 11% faster than the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. With FSR, the Overclocked RX 7900 GRE is 22% faster than the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER.
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 use the built-in benchmark.
In Forspoken both overclocked video cards are equally just as playable and have almost exactly the same performance delivered at 100FPS. With upscaling, the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE just edges out the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER with DLSS.
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition
Chernobylite, based on Unreal Engine 4, was released on the PC in 2021, but the 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. It supports upscaling, and we use the highest quality. We use the built-in benchmark.
In Chernobylite Enhanced Edition both video cards provide more than playable performance well over 130FPS at 1440p. We do find that the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is 21% faster than the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE. The Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER with DLSS is 24% faster than the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE with FSR.
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. We use the built-in benchmark.
In Dying Light 2 both video cards provide a playable experience at 1440p with very high framerates. The Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE outperforms the Overclocked GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER by 4%. The Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE with FSR upscaling is 5% faster than the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 was released in December 2020 and uses the REDengine 4. We have the game patched to version 2.0 and utilize the built-in benchmark. We test using the Graphics Preset option to set graphics settings to “Ultra”. We utilize the highest quality upscaling.
In Cyberpunk 2077 with both video cards overclocked this game is very playable at 1440p and Ultra settings. The Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 16% faster than the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER. With FSR upscaling the Overclocked PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 14% faster than the Overclocked RTX 4070 SUPER.