Gameplay Performance-Optional Ray Tracing
In this section, we enable ray tracing options that are available in-game. Otherwise, the settings are the same as in the previous section. One exception, Black Myth: Wukong. In that game we reduced the ray tracing preset to Very High as well.
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake is a demanding game with the high ray tracing preset. Neither video card was playable without upscaling. Overall, the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC is 30% quicker with a 15% advantage upscaled. Overclocking will add 10% here.
Black Myth: Wukong
The performance here is very much improved with the latest driver. At default the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC is playable and outright dangerous with upscaling. The overclocking gains 8%. Unfortunately, the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 XT White Triple Fan Gaming Edition is way back in this game.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077, your choices are upscaling or overclocking. Without those choices, the FPS is low, marginal, but still not passing. We see a 14% difference natively, with the gap closing upscaled. You will see a 8% gain overclocked.
Star Wars: Outlaws
At our chosen settings, we see a similar story to Cyberpunk 2077. Gameplay is awful without overclocking or upscaling. The FPS is under the cutoff except for our overclocked MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC. The two cards are separated by 25% in this benchmark. Overclocking adds 10%, which is just enough with upscaling added.