Gaming performance in 2160p:
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 do 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.
The Division 2:
The Division 2 game will be tested under DirectX 12. As far as graphics settings are concerned, they will be set to ” ultra ” mode with vertical synchronization disabled.
Let’s go for the gaming part . First game of our series and it is rather beneficial to NVIDIA cards. Our Powercolor RX 7900 XTX Liquid Devil manages to stick to the RTX 4080 while our RX 7900 XT gets close to the RTX 3090.
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 settings 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.
Well, the trend changes here in Borderlands 3. We find a graph close to what we had under 3DMark Time Spy with our RTX 4080 sandwiched between the two AMD cards. The Powercolor RX 7900 XTX Liquid Devil performs 5% better than the AMD version. After the synthetic benchmarks, this is the kind of performance we expected. It remains to be seen if this will continue.
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. It is clear that we are on the same type of graphics as in the previous game. Our Powercolor RX 7900 XTX Liquid Devil manages to take the lead over the RTX 4080 and we are also here on a 5% increase in performance compared to the reference model of AMD.
Far Cry 6:
The latest game we are adding to this section is Far Cry 6, since it supports DXR as well as FSR offered by AMD. We will also find it on the next page. For our benchmarks, we opted for ” ultra ” graphics quality.
Even if our article dedicated to this game has highlighted an advantage to AMD cards, our graphics remain identical in its construction. An RX 7900 XTX that performs better than the RTX 4080 and an RX 7900 XT that remains neck and neck with the green model. Note that the RTX 4090 remains untouchable.
Watch Dogs Legion:
Last but not least, Watch Dogs Legion which will also be used for our tests with Ray Tracing and DLSS. For our benchmarks, we have opted for an “ultra” graphic quality.
The trend is confirmed with the Watch Dogs Legion benchmark since the RX 7900 XT is still neck and neck with the RTX 4080, while the Powercolor RX 7900 XTX Liquid Devil largely secures its second place in our graph.
Cyberpunk 2077:
This is a game that we have been wanting to add for a while and now it is done since 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.
New and last benchmark of this panel of games. This is the one that shows the strongest performance with our graphics cards since few cards pass the 60 FPS mark. Once again, the Liquid Devil model shows excellent performance.
The average game:
For the average of the games, it is the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti for lack of having in the lab an RTX 3080 that acts as a reference card in 2160p. The other cards get a score either higher or lower depending on their performance against this model.
Our eyes will of course turn to the performance of our Powercolor RX 7900 XTX Liquid Devil against the NVIDIA RTX 4080. There is no doubt that it performs much better than its direct competitor and takes a clear lead in rasterization. The RTX 4090 remains a UFO and has not, at any time, been worried. We will wait for the conclusion and the Ray Tracing tests to give you our opinion on this new generation. Compared to the Red Devil version, the gain varies between 3 and 4% depending on the game tested.
