Which games do you like to test a new GPU with ?

chaparral · 29 Mar 2024 at 13:21

Guys when you buy a new GPU which are you're favourite games you choose first to play to test it with ?

Maybe this could give me some ideas as all the games i own are pretty old now and i haven't kept up with what are the latest AAA games for a few years

The latest games i have are 3 to 4 years old now

which are Cyberpunk & MS Flightsim 2020

Captain_Bosh · 29 Mar 2024 at 13:44

Used to be Crysis 3 but nowadays I'd probably go with something Ray Tracing heavy like cyberpunk or Alan Wake 2.

chaparral · 29 Mar 2024 at 14:04

Captain_Bosh said:
Used to be Crysis 3 but nowadays I'd probably go with something Ray Tracing heavy like cyberpunk or Alan Wake 2.

Thanks

Am taking a look on youtube of this Alan Wake 2 game is
(I seen that game name posted before on here and i thought it was only a golf game :eek:

)

nomadd · 29 Mar 2024 at 14:53

chaparral said:
Guys when you buy a new GPU which are you're favourite games you choose first to play to test it with ?

Maybe this could give me some ideas as all the games i own are pretty old now and i haven't kept up with what are the latest AAA games for a few years

The latest games i have are 3 to 4 years old now which are Cyberpunk & MS Flightsim 2020

Try Starfield and Dragon's Dogma 2 - as no matter what card you just got they still run like ****.

I've just replayed through TLoU Part 1 with max out settings at 1440p and really enjoyed it (after all the patches from it's rough release..) I even went back and played through Shadow of the Tomb Raider and was surprised how good it looked. Alan Wake 2 I absolutely hated - and I normally like walking sims. Currently playing Horizon Forbidden West maxed out and it looks stunning to my eyes (also really like the game too.)

dave28 · 29 Mar 2024 at 14:59

metro exodus enhanced edition with everything maxed out on 4K will give a GPU a workout for sure.

CuriousTomCat · 29 Mar 2024 at 15:03

Whenever I buy a GPU I test it with whatever games I'm currently playing. I've never installed a game for testing purposes and then uninstalled it afterwards. Any game that you've been testing for the last 4 or 5 GPU upgrades is going to be very old by now.

Andy__C · 30 Mar 2024 at 05:55

CuriousTomCat said:
Whenever I buy a GPU I test it with whatever games I'm currently playing. I've never installed a game for testing purposes and then uninstalled it afterwards. Any game that you've been testing for the last 4 or 5 GPU upgrades is going to be very old by now.

This for me too.

I always have a mess around with Heaven unigine (and valley), and other benchmark software and then feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I see that huge increase in a number.... regardless of whether it looks any better or not

q974739 · 30 Mar 2024 at 07:24

Whatever forced me to upgrade in the first place!

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:12

q974739 said:
Whatever forced me to upgrade in the first place!

Not sure how i can play the upgrade itch for something new & shiny :cry:

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:18

Captain_Bosh said:
Used to be Crysis 3 but nowadays I'd probably go with something Ray Tracing heavy like cyberpunk or Alan Wake 2.

The first crysis game back in 2007 or 2008 cost me a small fortune :cry:

If i remember right i ended up buying two 8800gtx to run in SLI a full watercooling setup with EK gpu & cpu blocks, 360mm rad etc Plus a silverstone TJ07 case to put it all in :eek:

Captain_Bosh · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:21

chaparral said:
The first crysis game back in 2007 or 2008 cost me a fortune
If i remember right i ended up buying two 8800gtx to run in SLI a full watercooling setup with EK gpu & cpu blocks, 360mm rad etc Plus a silverstone TJ07 case to put it all in

Yeah I remember getting an 8800 gts for the first Crysis and was lucky to get 30fps. Still played through the night to complete it in one sitting, it was glorious.

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:21

CuriousTomCat said:
Whenever I buy a GPU I test it with whatever games I'm currently playing. I've never installed a game for testing purposes and then uninstalled it afterwards. Any game that you've been testing for the last 4 or 5 GPU upgrades is going to be very old by now.

That normally the case for me, But this time i been out of gaming for about 3 years and now am trying to get back into it

drakulton · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:22

trick question as no-one can afford new cards these days.

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:24

Captain_Bosh said:
Yeah I remember getting an 8800 gts for the first Crysis and was lucky to get 30fps. Still played through the night to complete it in one sitting, it was glorious.

I couldn't even hardly get 30fps with a single 8800gtx (this was at 1920x1200 on Dell 24" 2406 monitor)
I remember some people on here was trying to run it on a Dell 30" 2560x1600 monitor :cry:

MCFC_ANDY · 30 Mar 2024 at 12:42

Generally I don't need too as I have already checked out benches beforehand l

eeii · 30 Mar 2024 at 15:53

Horizon forbidden west is a lovely looking game and will certainly stress whatever GPU you buy.

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 16:02

eeii said:
Horizon forbidden west is a lovely looking game and will certainly stress whatever GPU you buy.

Thanks

But Problem is think i already have that game on my PS5
Edit: Just checked and yes i do have it on my PS5, But of cause i never played it

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 16:12

Am thinking of buying the spiderman remastered game.

Case1987 · 30 Mar 2024 at 18:25

chaparral said:
Am thinking of buying the spiderman remastered game.

Good game but it kept crashing my 3080 TI for some reason

chaparral · 30 Mar 2024 at 19:19

Case1987 said:
Good game but it kept crashing my 3080 TI for some reason

I just bought it

I Just need to wait for the 3 hours to download it now