Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong was released in August of 2024 and is based on the Unreal Engine 5. Black Myth: Wukong features realistic lighting, shadows, a detailed environment detailed by motion capture, and utilizes the Lumen Global Illumination lighting system. The game also features Ray Tracing, global illumination, and shadows. We are utilizing the game’s built-in graphics preset options for main graphics and Ray Tracing. We are also using the DLSS and Upscaling option at 66% quality mode for all GPUs. We utilize the built-in benchmark for testing. We are reporting the Low 5th result from the benchmark result.
Native Resolution
In Black Myth: Wukong, we needed to lower the in-game graphics settings from the highest levels due to performance. In this game, the “Cinematic” image quality preset is very demanding, in fact, too demanding. When we lower the game down to the “High” graphics preset, we get very smooth and playable gameplay performance at native resolution 1080p without needing Upscaling to achieve that. The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB is able to provide a playable experience at 74FPS average at 1080p. If you want an even smoother experience for fast action, turning on FSR 4 allows a 100FPS average framerate, and FSR 4 works and looks better than the previous versions in this game on the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB.
The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB is only 4% behind the performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB video card, which has a very similar gameplay experience here. Overclocking the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB improves performance by 5% and now overtakes the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB.
Ray Tracing w/ FSR Upscaling
In Black Myth: Wukong, we can turn on Ray Tracing, so we attempted it at 1080p with the game graphics still on “High” settings, and we used Ray Tracing “Medium” with FSR 4 Quality Upscaling enabled. Unfortunately, the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB can’t muster Ray Tracing very well in this game, and suffers greatly. The game is just not playable with Ray Tracing enabled, even utilizing FSR 4, with framerates averaging 48FPS. The XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB is a large 39% slower than the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, which is playable. Overclocking the XFX Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT OC Gaming Edition 8GB improves performance by 6%.
Discussion (4 replies)
Join Discussion →In 2026, 8GB video cards will become more and more common as a need.
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I wonder if we are entering a time of monitors going for better pictures but lower resolution and refresh rates for mass consumers.
I've been keeping an eye on 1440p stuff and from 2025 through 2026 there are quite a few examples of them getting more image quality related features. Basically catching up to what's been what's been happening with the 4K OLED stuff along with some other new features to boot. Sad part is that while 8 GB will suffice for many games at this resolution but there are certainly some AAA titles which will happily use 12 or 16 GB if the card has it to offer. However, there are some very cool 3rd and 4th gen 21:9 models out and on the way.
1080p panels has seen some improvements as well but I have noticed more effort has been put into to getting panels with insanely fast refresh rates which means as long as the system is overall fast, 8GB is perfect for those panels. It seems like the refresh rate angle is the larger focus for display manufacturers with the non-stop swath of 27" 1080p monitors.
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