Black Myth: Wukong, a new action RPG from Game Science that will allow players to take on the role of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, is quite the demanding game, according to several benchmark results that have surfaced online following the release of a benchmark tool last night, including some that suggest the GeForce RTX 4090, NVIDIA’s top gaming GPU, can only deliver frame rates of around 20 FPS without the help of performance-enhancing technologies (i.e., DLSS upscaling and Frame Generation). Path Tracing, an advanced ray tracing technique that enables graphics that are said to be indistinguishable from reality, is used in the game, but some players claim that the graphics are still disappointing.
Critics are saying:
- “…don’t worry i have max settings on the game still looks like a ps4 game. and runs at 45 fps so not buying this at all.”
- “…gameplay is the most important aspect, but graphics looks kinda way worse than shown in gameplay videos.”
- “I think they’re overdoing it on the DOF effects, TBH. Hopefully a mod will come out after release to either tone them down or at least disable them.”
- “…it looks good but not great and runs terribly to be honest. 4090 shouldn’t need DLSS and/or frame gen to average 60fps in a game that doesn’t push any boundaries from a graphical perspective.”
A look at Black Myth: Wukong’s at “4k with full RT without upscaling”:
How DLSS might help, per first-party benchmarks from NVIDIA:
A look at the ray tracing in the game:
Game description:
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