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by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 5, 2020 9:01 AM ESTGaming Tests: GTA 5
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA to help optimize the title. At this point GTA V is super old, but still super useful as a benchmark – it is a complicated test with many features that modern titles today still struggle with. With rumors of a GTA 6 on the horizon, I hope Rockstar make that benchmark as easy to use as this one is.
GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine under DirectX 11. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
We are using the following settings:
- 720p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
The in-game benchmark consists of five scenarios: four short panning shots with varying lighting and weather effects, and a fifth action sequence that lasts around 90 seconds. We use only the final part of the benchmark, which combines a flight scene in a jet followed by an inner city drive-by through several intersections followed by ramming a tanker that explodes, causing other cars to explode as well. This is a mix of distance rendering followed by a detailed near-rendering action sequence, and the title thankfully spits out frame time data. The benchmark can also be called from the command line, making it very easy to use.
There is one funny caveat with GTA. If the CPU is too slow, or has too few cores, the benchmark loads, but it doesn’t have enough time to put items in the correct position. As a result, for example when running our single core Sandy Bridge system, the jet ends up stuck at the middle of an intersection causing a traffic jam. Unfortunately this means the benchmark never ends, but still amusing.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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madymadme - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Going to buyAMD Ryzen 9 5900X,
Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO AC,
Noctua NH-D15 Dual 140m Fans,
G.skill Trident Z RGB Series 16GB (2x8GB) 4000 MHz DDR4 Memory F4-4000C18D-16GTZRB
is corsair CV550 watt ok with the above spec ? & I have Quadro K2000D graphic card
is this specification ok ? & which ram to get please help a little & thanks for reading & replying
Spunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
All I can say is your PSU should be more than enough for that setup :)Vik32 - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
AMD is now the leader in single threaded performance!When will the iphone 12 review ?
Spunjji - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Loving the substantial review detail, as always! Quite the triumph for AMD 😁Only one minor criticism - the sum-up of the gaming results buries the lede a little, which is to say that the performance is excellent across AMD's new range, meaning that the 5600X frequently outperforms some of Intel's best processors. I will be *very* interested to see if overclocking makes any difference there - with some relaxed power limits and the potential for higher clocks, it could be THE gaming chip to buy.
That's a small gripe, though. Just pleased to see a result this unequivocal. Between this and the US election result, it'll be tears before bedtime for several of the trolls on this site 🤭
Solidstate20 - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Zen question: If a CPU has awesome performance but is out-of-stock in every shop, does it really have awesome performance?Spunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
lolAgent Smith - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
Where are the new x590 motherboards to support the 5000 series CPU's?The B550 boards are good value but are PCIe 4.0 limited and rely on shared ports.
The older x570 boards are good but are several years old now so lacking newer features like 2.5Gb LAN and front facing USB-C ports for mini & micro ITX.
Qasar - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
i dont think there will be unless the mobo makers release them on their own."The older x570 boards are good but are several years old now " huh ? try barely 1.5 years old. x570 was released in July 2019, how is that several years ? the strix e gaming board i have has 2.5g lan, as long as the board has the usb 3 header, wouldnt front facing usbc be more of a case feature then the board ?
Spunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
I think the USB-C front ports have a different connector at the motherboard end. I still don't get why this is a big deal, though.TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - link
It really isnt. I dont know anyone who actually uses front USB C right now, usually they plug into the back because the back port will be 10gb/20gb/thunderbolt, but the front is only 5gb