Atlas Fallen tech review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks
Notebooks used in this review
Right now, our gaming benchmarks are performed using these laptops. Click on the images to visit the respective product page. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini-PCs, etc.) are listed at the end of this article.
Technical aspects
Internationally, Atlas Fallen has been met with a fairly mixed reception ranging from “good” to “quite disappointing”. Nevertheless, we do think the action RPG is an above-average game. Even though the Atlas Fallen features an exciting premise, its story quickly turns into a somewhat incoherent and dry affair, which amongst other things is the result of the game’s mediocre presentation (case in point: the dialogues). The great atmosphere at the beginning also loses some of its sheen over time. The game’s controls aren't without their flaws either. Despite having nice and fluid controls that are easy to pick up, the game feels rather clunky in many areas, especially considering the battle system can become slightly repetitive as time goes on.
Atlas Fallen could really use some refinement in the technical department. Whilst we didn’t have to struggle with crashes during our review unlike what many users have reported (particularly in Vulkan mode, which we used for testing and provides better performance than DX12 mode), at the time of writing this article, the game still contained a bug afftecting 12th and 13th gen Intel Core processors. Atlas Fallen places workload primarily on the E- instead of P-cores, resulting in performance that is worse than it could and actually should be. We thus disabled the E-cores in the BIOS whenever possible on affected review devices. The fact that lowering resolution hardly increases frame rates is another issue that hopefully will be fixed or at least improved with a patch in future.
Otherwise Atlas Fallen cuts an excellent figure both technically and graphically. Load times are delightfully short on modern SSDs, and the file size of around 30 GB is also quite moderate in 2023.
The graphics menu, which contains written descriptions but not comparison images, is neither barren nor extremely extensive. In the upper half, you will find options like refresh rate, display mode, resolution, VSync, resolution scaling (optional FSR2) and frame rate limit. In the lower half, there are four presets that affect five separate settings. Conveniently, the game lets you modify graphical settings without requiring a restart and will apply any changes after a brief loading process.
Atlas Fallen offers impressive visuals (textures, effects etc.) from medium settings onwards. However, players are going to regularly experience unsightly texture and object pop-ins regardless of which setting level they use.
Benchmark
We used the game’s opening segment for our frame rate measurements. As you can see in the video below, we made the player character run across a rugged area engulfed in flames that is inhabited by all kinds of hostile creatures. The roughly 20-second sequence was recorded using CapFrameX.
We recommend running the game at no lower than about 40 FPS for an acceptable experience. As always, exacting gamers will probably only be satisfied with 60 FPS or higher. That said, compared with other games, Atlas Fallen never feels particularly smooth even at higher FPS counts.
FHD (1,920 x 1,080)
The game’s system requirements are fairly reasonable. A more powerful iGPU like the Radeon 680M is good enough to make the game playable at 1080p and low to medium settings. For high to max settings at Full HD, all you need is a current mid-range GPU with performance comparable to the GeForce RTX 4050.
Atlas Fallen | |
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Very High Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS |
QHD (2,560 x 1,440)
Even at QHD, you can get by without a high-end GPU. An RTX 4050 is fast enough to break the 60 FPS mark in our benchmark sequence with the game running at 1440p and the highest preset.
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2560x1440 Very High Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX |
UHD (3,840 x 2,160)
Atlas Fallen gets semi-demanding at UHD resolution. You’ll need a GeForce RTX 4060 or better to enjoy the game at 4K and Very High preset.
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3840x2160 Very High Preset | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX |
Note
Because gaming tests are very time-consuming and are often constrained by installation or activation limits, we are only able to provide you with part of the benchmark results at the time of publishing this article. We will be adding more graphics cards over the coming days and weeks.
Overview
All test systems
Device | Graphics card | Processor | Memory |
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Notebooks | |||
XMG Neo 17 E23 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6X) | Intel Core i9-13900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175 W TGP (12 GB GDDR6X) | Intel Core i9-13900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
XMG Pro 15 E23 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-13900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
XMG Pro 15 E23 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-13900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
XMG Focus 15 E23 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-13900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @150 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-12900H | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
Acer Predator Helios 300 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti @150 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-12700H | 2 x 8 GB DDR5 |
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 | AMD Radeon RX 6800S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 680M | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
Tower PCs | |||
Custom I / Asus ROG Strix Z790-F / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (20 GB GDDR6) |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 2 x 24 GB DDR5 |
Custom II | Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (24 GB GDDR6X) 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 6950 XT (16 GB DDR6) 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 |
Mini-PCs | |||
Minisforum NUCXi7 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @125 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 |
Minisforum HX99G | AMD Radeon RX 6600M @100 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR5 |
Morefine S500+ | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 |
4K monitors | Nvidia driver | AMD driver | |
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Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U | Windows 11 | ForceWare 536.99 | Adrenalin 23.7.2 |