2160p gaming performance:
We decided to select six games because they seem to be representative enough. We have opted for DirectX12 and Vulkan with the following games:
- The Division 2 (DirectX 12)
- Borderlands 3 (DirectX 12)
- Red Dead Redemption II (Vulkan)
- Far Cry 6 (DirectX 12)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (DirectX 12)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (DirectX12)
We have chosen to use the benchmarks integrated in these different games.
Why did we do this? Simply to allow you to compare your results with ours if you also have a copy of one of these games. It’s a thought that seemed relevant to us and that will allow you to compare your results with ours.
As we mentioned on page 4 of this article, we have activated the Resizable Bar in the BIOS, which is now supported by all (recent) GPUs. Finally, we have opted only for 2160p definition and selected the cards that are able to compete at this level. Unfortunately, we don’t have any RTX 3080’s available at the moment to add performance to our graphics.
We also decided to harden the graphics quality of some games since the next generations should be more powerful, both from NVIDIA and from the next AMD graphics cards. Compared to the Gigabyte RTX 4070 Ti Gaming OC, our MSI is a bit less powerful simply because the boost frequency is around 2800 MHz while Gigabyte’s is 2880 MHz.
The Division 2:
The Division 2 will be tested under DirectX 12. As for the graphics settings, they will be set to ” ultra ” mode with vertical synchronization disabled.
As a reminder, when we started our gaming tests, we said that the RTX 3080 Ti was the reference card in 2160p for us, before the RTX 4000s arrived, because it offered an excellent price/performance ratio in this definition. It is clear that in The Division 2, our MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio is between this RTX 3080 Ti and the RTX 3090, RTX 3090 Ti. This is where it should be for other games as well.
Borderlands 3:
For the second game, we switch to Borderlands 3. The graphic options are set to ” Brutal “. It is important to know that Borderlands 3 is quite greedy and that this choice of parameters has a strong impact on the FPS. It is a game that is often praised in the announcements of new graphics cards and precisely in this Brutal mode.
We continue with similar performance in Borderlands 3 with an average of 69.9 FPS and an identical position in the ranking.
Red Dead Redemption 2:
Third game and not the least, Red Dead Redemption II on PC. The advantage of this opus is to offer the possibility to test the integrated benchmark under Vulkan. We opt for the graphics options in ” ultra “.
Third game and not the least, RDR2 offers the possibility to test the integrated benchmark under Vulkan. Same position in the hierarchy with an average of 75.8 FPS.
Far Cry 6:
The very last game we add to this section is Far Cry 6, since it supports DXR as well as SFR proposed by AMD. We will also find it on the next page. For our benchmarks, we opted for ” ultra ” graphics quality.
Even though our tests on this game showed an advantage for the RX 6000 cards, our sample averaged 88 FPS.
Watch Dogs Legion:
Last but not least, Watch Dogs Legion will be used for our tests with Ray Tracing and DLSS. For our benchmarks, we have opted for an “ultra” graphic quality.
In the Watch Dogs Legion benchmark, there’s no change in sight, and it’s hard for the RTX 4070 Ti to reach the top four.
Cyberpunk 2077:
This is a game that we have been wanting to add for a while and now it is done, as it now has an integrated benchmark. We will also use this game for our tests with Ray Tracing. For our benchmarks, we have opted for an ” ultra ” graphic quality.
Last benchmark of this panel of games. This is the one that is the strongest with our graphics cards since few cards pass the 60 FPS mark. This is the case with our MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio which gets an average of 49.8 FPS.
Average Game:
For the gaming average, the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti is the reference card in 2160p. The other cards get a score either higher or lower depending on their performance against this model.
Against the RTX 3080 Ti, the contract is perfectly fulfilled with an increase in performance. Unfortunately, if it is almost at the level of the RTX 3090, the gap with the new generation of NVIDIA and AMD is obvious. This is quite normal since we are here on an RTX 4070 Ti which, let’s remember, on the previous generation with the RTX 3070 Ti was content with the 1440p definition.
Now, and you will have understood from the beginning of this article, it is the price that will determine the interest of the card or not knowing that we will not have a Founders Edition from NVIDIA. NVIDIA announces the availability of custom models at 899 euros in France for the launch. We will have to compare with the availability of the RX 7900 XT and see at what price this card is available. Let’s now tackle Ray Tracing and in particular DLSS 3 which will be there to allow the RTX 4070 Ti to stand out from the crowd.
