High Refresh Rate Gaming CPU & GPU Analysis

1. Introduction2. Test Hardware and Settings3. F1 20204. Ghost Recon Breakpoint5. Grand Theft Auto V6. Metro Exodus7. Red Dead Redemption 28. Shadow of the Tomb Raider9. Tom Clancy's The Division 210. Borderlands 311. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

Test Processors:

• AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT overclocked to 4.5GHz all core
• AMD Ryzen 9 3950X overclocked to 4.25GHz all core
• Intel Core i5-10600K overclocked to 5.0GHz all core
• Intel Core i9-10900K overclocked to 5.1GHz all core

Test Graphics Cards:

• Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
• Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 8G
• Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Aorus Xtreme 11G
• Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC 10G

Test System:

• Motherboard (AMD): Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme.
• Motherboard (Intel): Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master.
• Memory: Corsair 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16.
• System Drive: WD_Black SN750 SSD.
• Games SSD: Phison-based PCIe Gen 4 SSD.
• Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1000 1000W.
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

Games:

• Borderlands 3 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Badass quality preset with TAA, FidelityFX disabled, DX12
• F1 2020 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra High quality preset with TAA, DX12
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Very High quality preset, no AA, Vulkan
• Grand Theft Auto V – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Maximum quality settings, no AA, DX11
• Metro Exodus – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra quality preset, PhysX and Hairworks off, DX12
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, High settings manually applied, DX12
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Highest quality preset, no AA, DX12
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra quality preset, no AA, DX12

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