A Plague Tale Requiem: Notebook and desktop benchmarks
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Action-adventure and stealth fans should definitely take a look at A Plague Tale Requiem. The third-person title immediately captivates thanks to the dense atmosphere, the good music, the successful introduction, and the exciting world and story.
The developers also do almost everything right on the technical side. Starting with the lush wide view and the high vegetation density (moving grasses and bushes, etc.) to the chic and believably animated character models. In addition, there are nice details like footprints in the sand.
There is also praise for the tidy graphics menu, which contains neither too few nor too many options. Besides classics like resolution and picture mode, V-Sync, resolution scaling, motion blur, and chromatic aberration can be adjusted or turned on/off. In the lower area of the graphics menu, there are 10 detail sliders that can be changed directly via Graphics Preset. Unfortunately, some options require a restart, which is a bit annoying due to the unskippable intro videos.
Our review is based on the DRM-free GOG version, which takes up just under 47 GB on the hard drive - an average size for a current game.
Benchmark
As you can see in the following video, the very beginning of the game serves as a benchmark sequence. We follow "King Hugo" for about 40 seconds and record the frame rate with the tool CapFrameX. An average of 40 FPS is recommended for a smooth gaming experience.
FHD (1,920 x 1,080)
Entry-level graphics cards tend to be overtaxed by Requiem. Most iGPUs cannot cope with the title even at 1,280 x 720 pixels and minimum settings. Even the relatively strong Radeon 680M only manages 35 FPS here. The situation looks even worse in Full HD, i.e. 1,920 x 1,080. Without a mid-range chip, you can forget about the title. The Medium and High presets are only possible with a Radeon RX 6600M or GeForce RTX 3060 the Ultra preset is playable with a Radeon RX 6800M respectively GeForce RTX 3070.
A Plague Tale Requiem | |
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Ultra Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS | |
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7 |
QHD (2,560 x 1,440)
With a mixture of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the ultra preset, even the most powerful notebook chips reach their limits. Thus, we were able to get just over 40 FPS from the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
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2560x1440 Ultra Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H |
UHD (3,840 x 2,160)
For UHD monitors, it almost inevitably has to be a desktop PC with an absolutely high-end GPU. 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and maximum details are no fun with GeForce RTX 3080.
A Plague Tale Requiem | |
3840x2160 Ultra Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H |
Note
Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often restricted by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a part of the benchmarks for the publication of the articles. More graphics cards will be installed in the coming days and weeks.
Overview
Test systems
Device |
Graphics card | Processor | Memory | Operating system |
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MSI Raider GE76 12UHS | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-12900HK | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 | Windows 11 |
XMG Neo 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 @165 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
XMG Neo 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
XMG Core 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @130 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
XMG Focus 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti @75 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Asus ROG Strix G15 | AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Lenovo Legion 5 | AMD Radeon RX 6600M (8 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 | AMD Radeon 680M | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 | Windows 11 |
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 CUs) | Intel Core i7-1165G7 | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Desktop PC I | MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6) |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Desktop-PC II | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6)Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB GDDR6) |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 | Windows 11 |
Desktop PC III | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE | Intel Core i9-11900K | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
4K monitors | Nvidia drivers | AMD drivers |
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Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK | ForceWare 526.47 | Adrenalin 22.10.3 |