New World Performance Analysis
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We were forced to create new characters and delete the old ones to conduct these benchmarks because the game only allows players to have two characters in any given region. Each time we created a new character, we skipped the tutorial and hoped that our character would end up in the right place. This is why the scope of our performance analysis has been reduced considerably.
Once you get into the actual game, though, things improve significantly. The game runs very well. We did not encounter any performance drops or lag spikes.
The game leaves a very good impression. The animations appear smooth, controls are not clunky, the menu is laid out very well. Moreover, the levels and character design and combat system are quite impressive. The story is also very good, compared to other titles in this genre. All in all, New World creatively blends colonisation with monsters (as in the pirate games, for example).
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The graphics menu is very comprehensive. The Visuals tab contains more than 20 settings. In the first section, the field of view, resolution, brightness and contrast can be changed. There are more than 10 settings in the second section. In the last section, users can enable vertical synchronisation and dynamic resolution scaling. The frame rate can also be capped, and the number of nameplates that can appear at the same time can be adjusted.
We conducted our benchmarks with all options disabled (except for V-Sync). Fortunately, the graphics changes do not require a restart. If that were not the case, then fine-tuning graphics settings would have been quite challenging, given all of the server-side issues.
Benchmark
As can be seen from the video below, our benchmark tales place in the starting location, which is known as First Light. We run from the gate to the well and back. The entire run takes about 45 seconds. We capture frame rate data with CapFrameX.
Because a lot of players are present at starting locations on popular servers, these benchmarks should generally be viewed as the worst-case scenario. New World is a very CPU-demanding game, which means that high-end GPUs can get bottlenecked by the CPU. Lowering graphics settings can also lead to CPU bottlenecks.
Results
The benchmarks were conducted mainly using the laptops which our partners MSI and XMG (Schenker Technologies) lent us.
FHD (1920x1080)
Despite the size of the game, MMO flare and impressive visuals, New World has rather modest system requirements. Sure, it cannot run on low-end GPUs with 2 GB of VRAM such as the GeForce MX450. However, lower mid-range graphics cards with 4 GB of VRAM (GeForce GTX 1650; 1650 Ti) can handle the game at medium, or even higher, settings. Of course, such GPUs cannot provide a rock-solid 60 FPS experience. To achieve decent frame rates at the highest settings, gamers will need a Radeon RX 5600M or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/GeForce RTX 3050 Ti.
New World | |
1920x1080 Low Video Quality 1920x1080 Medium Video Quality 1920x1080 High Video Quality 1920x1080 Very High Video Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce MX450, i7-11370H |
New World | |
2560x1440 Very High Video Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H |
UHD (3840x2160)
At 4K, the title becomes really demanding. Even the GeForce RTX 3070 (Mobile) and RTX 3080 (Mobile) struggle to achieves decent frame rates at 4K at the highest settings.
New World | |
3840x2160 Very High Video Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H |
Note
Because benchmarking video games is very time consuming and is often constrained by installation/activation limits, at the time of publishing, we were able to provide only a part of our performance analysis of New World. Other graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.
Overview
Test Systems
Device | GPU | CPU | RAM | OS |
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XMG Neo 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 @165 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Neo 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Core 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @130 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Focus 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti @75 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP65 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP75 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-10750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GL75 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-10750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Xiaomi RedmiBook Pro 15 | Nvidia GeForce MX450 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-11370H | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Dell G5 15 SE | AMD Radeon RX 5600M (6 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI Prestige 14 Evo | Intel Iris Xe (96 CUs) | Intel Core i7-1185G7 | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop PC I | MSI GeForce RTX 3090 (24 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6) |
Intel Core i9-9900K | 4 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop PC II | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 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) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (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 5900X | 2 x 32 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
4K monitors | Nvidia drivers | AMD drivers |
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Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK | ForceWare 472.12 | Adrenalin 21.9.2 |