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Ryzen 5600X vs Ryzen 9950X – Tested in 47 Games

Introduction Two CPUs, one generation apart in architecture but worlds apart in scale — the Ryzen 5600X and the Ryzen 9950X represent two very different…

Benchmarking Through the Ages: 52 Games, 20 Years, One Test Rig

Introduction I’ve been benchmarking PC games since 2005. My first build was an AMD Athlon 3200+ with an NVIDIA 6600 GT. Today I’m on a…

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Does ShadowPlay cause performance loss? I tested 10 games at 4K

Introduction Capturing PC gameplay often comes at the cost of performance. Depending on the software, hardware, the game and the image quality settings used, the…

Black Myth : Wukong Performance Review – Benchmark Tool

Black Myth: Wukong Performance Review using benchmark took and RTX 3090

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Doom (2016) – Reviewed 8 Years Later

Doom is one of those FPS titles that had been on my games to play list for a while. I finally had a chance to…

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GRID Legends 8K Performance

GRID Legends is the latest game in Codemaster’s long running GRID racing game series. It was released in February 2022. I recently got a chance…

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Infernal (2007) – Playing at 8K resolution in 2023

INTRODUCTION Infernal is a little known third person shooter that came out in 2007. It received generally poor ratings with an average Metacritic score of…

Cryostasis – Sleep of Reason Game Review

Introduction There is a lot to say about this game. Originally released in 2008, this game is one of the most underrated titles I have…

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition – My thoughts in 2022

I have a strange history with the Mass Effect series. I played the original Mass Effect when it came out in 2007 but did not…

Just Cause 2 (2010)

Out of the four Just Cause games, Just Cause 2 is my favorite. The game was a significant improvement over the original Just Cause. It…

Metro 2033 DX 11 (Classic, 2010)

In my opinion Metro 2033 became an instant classic upon release. Based on a Russian novel, this title helped games like STALKER become a sub-genre…

Crysis DX 10 (2007)

Ahh….Crysis! If you have had even the remotest interest in PC graphics benchmarking over the last 15 years or so, there is a high chance…

Devil May Cry 4 DX 10 (2008)

There is a standalone benchmark for DMC4 which runs four individual scenes. This is one of those benchmarks which I used to start and go…

Codemasters Dirt Rally Games – A Performance History

CODEMASTER’s Colin McRae / Dirt is a long running series of racing games. The latest entry in the series, Dirt 5 was released in 2020…

Lost Planet 2 (2011)

“Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom and Beeline Interactive, Inc. The game is the sequel to Lost…

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

“S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is a first-person shooter survival horror video game developed by GSC Game World for Microsoft Windows. It is the third game…

Dirt 5 (2021)

“Dirt 5 is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One…

Chernobylite (2021)

Chernobylite includes a built-in performance benchmark which was utilized for this test. The benchmark features multiple scenes but the chart and the screenshots below are…

8K Gaming with RTX 3090

The RTX 3090 is seen be many as the first card which makes 8K PC gaming a reality. Nvidia have also marketed their flagship card…

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (2006)

Lost Planet is one of those titles which were very popular in the late 2000’s among hardware testers and PC enthusiasts. The tech demo is…