Atomic Heart: Patch 1.14.4.0 Ray Tracing - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
We have tested the game Atomic Heart: Patch 1.14.4.0 at maximum graphics settings with GeForce RTX and Radeon RX series video cards. Also, during the tests we conducted, we assessed the performance and quality of the graphic display of the game itself.
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| THE GRAFICAL PART |
This subsection of our review highlights the main graphical aspects of this game. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphic settings and the quality of development of the main visual aspects.
| Supported OS and Graphics API in F1 24 |
Atomic Heart Supports a variety of operating systems and graphics APIs, allowing players to leverage modern technologies for an enhanced visual experience.
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OS:
- Windows 10 (20H1 version and newer, 64-bit versions)
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Graphics APIs:
- DirectX 12
System Requirements
To ensure an optimal gaming experience, the developers have provided the following minimum and recommended system requirements:
Minimum system requirements
- Operating system: Windows 10 (20H1 version or later, 64-bit versions).
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or Intel Core i5-2500.
- RAM: 8 GB RAM.
- Graphics card: 4 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon R9 380 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.
- DirectX: Version 12.
- Disk space: 90 GB available space.
- Additionally: 30 FPS at resolution 1920x1080 on low settings.
Recommended System Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 10 (20H1 version or later, 64-bit versions).
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-7700K.
- RAM: 16 GB RAM.
- Graphics card: 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070.
- DirectX: Version 12.
- Disk space: 90 GB available space.
- Additionally: SSD recommended, 60 FPS at resolution 1920x1080 on ultra settings.
| GAME ENGINE |
History of development Atomic Heart
Atomic Heart is an ambitious first-person shooter developed by a Russian studio Mundfish. The game was announced in 2018 and took over five years to develop. The project immediately attracted attention with its unique setting - an alternative history of the Soviet Union in the 1950s, where technology was significantly ahead of its time.
The development of the game was accompanied by many challenges. Initially, the game was conceived as a VR project, but soon the developers decided to focus on creating a full-fledged shooter. In 2018, a spin-off project for VR was released called Soviet LunaPark, but its support was discontinued in order to fully focus on Atomic Heart.
Inspired by games like BioShock и Prey, the developers have created a richly detailed and atmospheric world full of strange and fantastic elements. Gameplay involves exploring a huge scientific complex filled with robots, mutants and other threats. The main character, a KGB agent nicknamed P-3, must understand the causes of the disaster that befell this complex.
Graphics in Atomic Heart
Graphics Atomic Heart amazes with its realism and attention to detail. The game uses the engine Unreal Engine 4, which allows you to create high-quality visual effects and detailed textures. One of the key features is support Ray Tracing, which allows you to significantly improve lighting, shadows and reflections in the game.
With the introduction of patch 1.14.4.0, the game received support for Ray Tracing on PC, which makes the visual component even more impressive. This technology allows you to create more realistic lighting and shadows, adding depth and dimension to each scene. Ray Tracing modes include performance, quality, and balance, allowing players to choose the optimal combination of quality and performance based on the capabilities of their systems.
The detail of the environment and objects is amazing, from realistic textures to dynamic particle effects such as smoke and fire. Visual elements such as lens distortion and other effects give the impression of being recorded from a chest cam, adding a unique style and immersion to the game.
Game engine
Atomic Heart uses a powerful game engine Unreal Engine 4, which provides high performance and realism. This engine provides developers with powerful tools for creating graphics, animation and physics.
The game engine also supports a complex physics system and interactive environments. This allows players to interact with objects and elements of the environment, creating dynamic and realistic combat scenes. Support for multiplayer modes allows players to interact with each other in real time, making each game unique and unpredictable.
| DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES |
With Ray Tracing:
Using Ray Tracing in Atomic Heart significantly improves the visual component of the game. This technology provides more realistic lighting and shadows, as well as detailed reflections. With Ray Tracing, lighting effects and reflections look more lifelike, creating depth and dimension that makes scenes look richer and more dynamic. For example, metal surfaces and mirrors reflect the environment with high precision, which enhances the immersive effect.
Without Ray Tracing:
Without Ray Tracing, the game still looks impressive, but the lighting and reflections are less realistic. Shadows are simpler and more static, and reflections on surfaces are less detailed. This can reduce the overall level of visual realism, especially in scenes with many reflective surfaces or complex lighting. However, the game remains visually appealing and retains highly detailed environments and objects.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Z490 AORUS PROAX GIGABYTE Z590 VISION GIGABYTE Z690 AERO G GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING XAX MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wi-Fi ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore |
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Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 Power supply ASUS TUF Gaming 750W Gold PSU 16 GB DDR4 4600 CL19 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 5600 CL40 Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR5 6000@6400 CL30 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 7200@7600 CL36 Kingston FURY Renegade Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD MPG CORELIQUID K240 housing Case DeepCool CH510 WH SVO DeepCool LS720 WH |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake) |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 555.99 WHQL AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.5.1 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 и 3840x2160 with maximum graphics quality settings.
| TEST GPU |
In the video card test, the default resolution is 1920x1080; other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected). The test is carried out on the most powerful CPU in this game and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA + Frame Generation
When resolved 1920x1080:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 or GeForce RTX 2060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 2080 level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the Radeon RX 7900 XT or GeForce RTX 3080 level.
When resolved 2560x1440:
- Average FPS (25 frames): They demonstrate video cards of the Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 2080 level.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 3070 level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with Radeon-level video cards RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 4070 Ti S.
When resolved 3840x2160:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the Radeon RX 7900 XT or GeForce RTX 3080 level.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Achievable with Radeon-level graphics cards RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 4070 Ti S.
Frame Generation
When resolved 1920x1080:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached GeForce RTX 4070 level on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the GeForce RTX 4070 level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the GeForce RTX 4070 level.
When resolved 2560x1440:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached GeForce RTX 4070 level on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the GeForce RTX 4070 level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the GeForce RTX 4070 level.
When resolved 3840x2160:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached GeForce RTX 4070 level on video cards.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provided by video cards of the GeForce RTX 4070 level.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with GeForce-level video cards RTX 4090.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 with various anti-aliasing settings. By default, the graph displays the most current solutions. Other video cards are added and removed from the chart at the request of the reader.
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA
GameGPU
Resolution 1920x1080:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
Resolution 2560x1440:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 9 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 10 GB
Resolution 3840x2160:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 8 GB
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 11 GB
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 11 GB
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 12 GB
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove or add any processor positions. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given processor test results (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most powerful NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales to low-end models.
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA + Frame Generation
When using NVIDIA video cards:
- Processors for acceptable FPS (not lower than 25 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
When using AMD video cards:
- Processors for acceptable FPS (not lower than 25 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
Frame Generation
When using NVIDIA video cards:
- Processors for acceptable FPS (not lower than 25 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
- Processors for comfortable FPS (at least 60 frames per second):
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Intel Core i3-12100
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA
Loading and using streams:
- Maximum load: The game can load up to 12 streams.
- Optimal loading: Uses up to 8 threads as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 13900K with 32 GB DDR5 6400 MHz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
- ATOMIC + RTX ULTRA
GameGPU
Resolution 1920x1080:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
Resolution 2560x1440:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 16 GB of RAM
Resolution 3840x2160:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 20 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 15 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 16 GB of RAM
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