I know this because I spent a lot of time comparing both modes on the same map. Now, before you stamp your feet in protest, claiming this isn't an accurate way to test as it doesn't replicate the kind of load you'll see in a big multiplier game, that's not actually true for a GPU test. Instead, we've used the Arica Harbor 'free-for-all' custom experience without any other players. Sadly, this being an EA game, that feature didn't work for the first 2 days of testing, so we were unable to try it. Our work around here was to use the new 'Portal' mode to create our own benchmark server with AI, as this would be both CPU and GPU heavy and likely do a good job of accurately representing real-world performance. That's due to the dynamic nature of multiplayer games, depending on where other players are on the map and what they're doing, system performance can vary quite a lot, making run-to-run variance inconsistent. Given this is a multiplayer-only game, we're forced to test that and while I'm sure many of you would love us to jump into a 64-player Conquest match to do all of our testing, it's simply not feasible nor accurate.Įven if we were to only compare two different hardware configurations, you'd still need dozens of benchmark runs just to get a ballpark comparison. So, let's talk about testing, as Battlefield games are always fun in that regard. That isn't to say the game is without issues and of course, we had to deal with the crappy Origin launcher and the 5 hardware lockout DRM trash, but after buying a little over half a dozen EA Play accounts for a month, plus my personal Steam version, I have been able to test a good number of GPUs over the past 3 days. Still, we couldn't help but think the game was going to murder mid-range hardware and even 1080p would be a struggle with a modest graphics card, but we've got to say, it's far better optimized than we were expecting. We first jumped in with an RTX 3090 at 4K and frame rates were decent, not as high as we'd like for competitive gameplay, but they were surprisingly good given the visuals. Visually, Battlefield 2042 is breathtaking and certainly one of the best-looking games we've experienced. If you've seen any gameplay of this latest title, you can expect a modified or upgraded version of Frostbite that supports new weather effects amongst other things. EA's latest Battlefield title recently debuted and it's arrived to some gameplay and connectivity issues, but we're not going to waste time talking about gameplay or review this title, instead we'll take the opportunity to measure graphics card performance, so you can get an idea of what you'll need to get into the action.īattlefield 2042 is powered by the Frostbite game engine, developer DICE is relying on the third iteration of the engine which was also used by Battlefield 5, Battlefield 1, Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 4.
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