The recently unveiled AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has been the epicenter of a plethora of leaks in the past few weeks. We now have not only a rough idea of what kind of synthetic performance the highest-end RDNA 4 GPU is about to bring to the table, but also how much the card is expected to cost. Now, yet...

…the RX 9070 XT performs decently well, trading blows with the RTX 4070 Ti Super. In NVIDIA’s favorite Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with ray tracing, the RX 9070 XT managed 26 FPS, neck and neck with the RTX 4070 Ti, whereas the RTX 4080 Super was well ahead with 32 FPS.

In 1080p, the RX 9070 XT managed 85 FPS, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti edged past with 2 more frames. The RTX 4080 Super, unsurprisingly, was well ahead once again with 101 FPS. The RX 9070 XT appears far from promising in rasterization performance, as revealed by Black Myth: Wukong. At 4K, the RX 9070 XT managed around 30 FPS, defeating the 4070 Ti Super which managed 28. And at 1080p, the RX 9070 XT raked in 97 FPS, coming shockingly close to the 4080 Super, which managed 99 FPS.

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 days ago

      ray tracing does hurt performance a lot, so maybe it is actually. i also don’t think you necessarily need ultra settings, and dropping down to medium can work too.

      • Rekall Incorporated@lemm.eeOPM
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        2 days ago

        Agreed regarding dropping down from Ultra. But I do think if you’re going for a high fidelity Cyberpunk experience (4K), it’s worth enabling ray tracing.

        • Viri4thus@feddit.org
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          2 days ago

          Cyberpunk is overrated as a visual experience. If they had spent an iota of the effort they did at using defeat devices to hamper competitor performance vs NVIDIA (PT, etc) into creating better NPCs, the game would be much more immersive. Also the lighting with PT is incredibly grainy and there’s a noticeable illumination lag as soon as you move. FFXII had better NPCs (and writing) than cyberpunk and it’s a relic of the past nowadays. Perhaps gameplay/art>>>>>> pseudo realistic graphics with Hollywood stars