Best GPU-Melting Games

[photonboy]

SIR3X6,
Skyrim is CPU bound if you have a good GPU (unless very GPU intensive mods). It doesn't matter if Skyrim mainly uses two cores... in fact, that's WHY it's CPU bound on more CPU's.

*And a GPU can't "make up for" a weak CPU. That makes no sense. At any point in time you are either CPU bound or GPU bound (or other). When a CPU is too slow it can't send data fast enough to the GPU so the GPU sits waiting.

If you got better performance with a new GPU then you were GPU bound, not CPU bound, though of course the bottleneck can SHIFT from CPU to GPU and back in the game, even within a very short time (seconds).

 

[darth_adversor]

Just wouldn't be a games list from Tom's without Skyrim.

 

[10tacle]

I got Arkham Knight free along with Witcher 3 when they came out two years ago with a GTX 970 purchase (my second for SLI). Witcher 3 is still fun and with the expansion pack, has continued life in it nearly two and a half years later after launch. And to this day, remains a staple of heavy GPU hitting DX11 game benchmarks. Also keep in mind W3 was first shown in E3 in 2013. Hhowever, AK was the worst experience ever. And I've been a PC gamer/builder for 20 years.

I didn't even bother waiting for the multiple patches and mod hacks to get it to run better some nearly year later. By that time, I was on to other games. Had I paid for it like so many did, I'd have gotten the refund when it was pulled from Steam. That AK experience let me know to never buy anything from Rocksteady Studios - and they are working on a new game according to Sefton Hill's comment on Reddit, their Creative Director.

 

[hendrickhere]

Honestly, I’m playing heavily modded Skyrim SE @4k with 4k textures, etc. and even with a 1080TI there are times that fps drops to 45. And in many outdoor environments it’s a struggle to hit 60. Now, that may be because it is more “CPU” bound but it’s easily more taxing then the Witcher 3 maxed out (hair works and all).

 

[rickhal]

I play BF1 with a frame rate between 60-75 or so on most maps. My new RX Vega 56 pairs very nicely with the Ryzen 1700x and 32gig of DDR4 RAM. On a MSI gaming Mobo. Corsair liquid cooled CPU. With a AOC SHD monitor at 144hz refresh rate and 2570x1440p. I have the video settings at high because I don't see much difference between high and ultra. Usually runs pretty smooth if EA/Dice's servers are up to par. Which they haven't been lately. Lots of server generated lag and freezes.

 

[the_crippler]

Metro Last Light? Really? I happened to have just gotten around to starting that game this week (Redux version, even) and it doesn't look *anything* like that screen cap they have...

 

[nukemaster]

Terraria

 

[nordaai87]

Anonymous said:

3. Battlefield 1, again incredibly optimized, it runs flawlessly on Intel HD graphics easy, lmao.

ClubSpade12 said:

Are you kidding? This game doesn't run on max settings for my 1070 or my friend's 480 smoothly. If you can find proof that the game runs at even 30fps on Intel graphics I'd be surprised.

And I say that every setting is on ultra, reso on 125procent and I run the game at a steady 130-140 fps with a 980ti. I never went under 120fps.