eGPU Scaling Benchmark w/ Cooler Master EG200

1. Introduction2. Testing Methodology3. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy4. Cyberpunk 20775. F1 20206. Gears 57. Hitman 38. Metro Exodus9. Red Dead Redemption 210. Total War Saga: Troy11. Watch Dogs: Legion12. Average Performance13. Desktop vs eGPU Peformance14. A Word on the EG20015. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

Watch Dogs: Legion is a 2020 action-adventure game published by Ubisoft and developed by its Toronto studio. It is the third instalment in the Watch Dogs series, and the sequel to 2016's Watch Dogs 2. Legion was released on October 29, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Stadia. (Wikipedia).

Engine: Disrupt. We test using the Ultra preset, DX12 API.

Lastly, Watch Dogs: Legion paints a similar story to Red Dead Redemption 2, but this time we’re looking at a deficiency in terms of the 1% lows, rather than average frame rate figures. We do see some performance scaling in terms of average frame rates, but the 1% lows are pretty consistent across all four GPUs today, indicating some sort of bottleneck.

At 1440p for instance, the RTX 3080 is 15% faster than the RTX 3070 when looking at average frame rates, but both produce identical 1% low performance, hitting just 26FPS. It’s the same at 4K too – average frame rates look OK, but we are let down by the 1% lows here. Whether or not this is a CPU limitation or whether it is down to the PCIe bandwidth, it’s harder to say for Watch Dogs, but it is definitely something to bear in mind if you are considering an eGPU.

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