Batman Arkham Knight - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards v 2.0
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Year of construction: 2015
Genre: Action-adventure
developer: Rocksteady
Publisher: Warner Bros. interactive entertainment
BATMAN™: Arkham Knight brings Rocksteady Studios' acclaimed Arkham trilogy to a close. The game was created specifically for next-gen platforms and features a unique version of the Batmobile. The appearance of this amazing machine has been awaited for a very long time. It is designed to organically complement the game mechanics and make the player truly feel like Batman - now he will be able to soar over the city and sweep through its streets with the wind. Which is very useful, because never before has Gotham been threatened with a danger of such magnitude - the shock finale of the series brings Batman together with the Scarecrow, who has returned to unite a gang of supervillains against him and finally deal with him.
| Changes in the new patch |
Warner Bros. has released a long-awaited patch that fixes many bugs in the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight. List of the most important changes:
-improved game performance;
-The list of graphic settings has been expanded;
-optimized use of RAM;
-fixed bugs related to low-resolution textures;
-improved graphics.
The first update only fixed the weather effects, but this time Warner Bros. and Rocksteady focused on performance. The creation of the PC version was not carried out by Rocksteady, but by a small third-party studio, Iron Galaxy Studios from Chicago. However, after a disastrous release on computers, Rocksteady took matters into its own hands and began to personally correct numerous shortcomings.
Despite this, Steam users still do not have the opportunity to buy the digital version of Batman: Arkham Knight: due to many technical errors, WB had to suspend sales some time after the release.
| Comparison of game build differences |
The graphic settings in Batman Arkham Knight have increased slightly, so the game has begun to take on a more or less sane appearance:
Below we have provided screenshots comparing the old and new versions of the game:
| Comparison of game versions |
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The picture in both versions of the game is almost identical...
| Texture quality comparison |
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We also compared the game quality with low and high textures, since this is a rather demanding option for the graphics memory subsystem. The difference is honestly very, very negligible...
| TEST PART |
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Test configuration |
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test stands |
Test bench No. 1 based on the Intel Socket 2011 platform v3 Test bench No. 2 based on the Intel Socket 2011 platform Test bench No. 3 based on the Intel Socket 1155 platform |
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Multimedia equipment |
Dell U3010 Monitor Monitor ASUS PQ321QE |
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Software configuration |
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Operating system |
Windows 10 Pro |
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Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 355.82 AMD Catalyst 15.8 |
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Monitoring program |
MSI Afterburner v4.1 FRAPS |
| GPU test |
All video cards were tested at maximum graphics quality using MSI Afterburner. The purpose of the test is to determine how video cards from different manufacturers behave under the same conditions. The average and minimum FPS were taken as performance indicators. Below is a video of the benchmark:
Our graphics cards were tested at separate screen resolutions of 1920x1080, 2560x1600 and 3840x2160 at maximum graphics quality settings allowed by Batman Arkham Knight, with PhysX effects enabled and without them. PhysX settings are not available on AMD graphics cards and with CPU physics acceleration. The tests were conducted in 2 stages - with high and low texture settings.
SLI support was disabled in the game, but from these tandems you can see how a combination of two video cards works when the second card is used as a physics accelerator.
| Low textures |
| Testing at resolution 1920x1080 |
Testing at maximum quality settings 1920x1200 PhysX off
With these settings acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the level Radeon R7 260X or GeForce GTX 660. The optimal solutions would be Radeon R9 270 or GeForce GTX 6760.
Testing at maximum quality settings 1920x1200 PhysX on
With these settings, acceptable FPS was shown by video cards of the level GeForce GTX 950 and higher
| Testing at 2560x1600 resolution |
Testing at maximum quality settings 2560x1600 PhysX off
With these settings An acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the level of Radeon HD 7950 or GeForce GTX 770. The optimal solutions will be Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 780.
Testing at maximum quality settings 2560x1600 PhysX on
With these settings, video cards of the GeForce GTX 780 level showed an acceptable FPS. The optimal solution would be the GeForce GTX 980.
| Testing at resolution 3840x2160 |
Testing at maximum quality settings 3840x2160 PhysX off
With these settings, video cards of the Radeon R9 290 or GeForce GTX 780 Ti level showed acceptable FPS. The optimal solutions will be GeForce GTX 980 and higher.
Testing at maximum quality settings 3840x2160 PhysX on
With these settings, video cards of the GeForce GTX 980 level showed an acceptable FPS. The optimal solutions will be GeForce GTX 980 Ti and above.
| High textures |
| Testing at resolution 1920x1080 |
Testing at maximum quality settings 1920x1200 PhysX off
With these settings, acceptable FPS was shown by video cards of the level Radeon HD 7950 or GeForce GTX 780.
Testing at maximum quality settings 1920x1200 PhysX on
With these settings, video cards of the GeForce GTX 780 level and higher showed an acceptable FPS rate.
| Testing at 2560x1600 resolution |
Testing at maximum quality settings 2560x1600 PhysX off
With these settings, an acceptable FPS rate was shown by video cards of the Radeon HD 7950 or GeForce GTX 780 level. The optimal solutions would be the Radeon R9 280X or GeForce GTX 780.
Testing at maximum quality settings 2560x1600 PhysX on
With these settings, the acceptable FPS rate was shown by video cards of the GeForce GTX 780 level. The optimal solution will be the GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
| Testing at resolution 3840x2160 |
Testing at maximum quality settings 3840x2160 PhysX off
With these settings, video cards of the Radeon R9 290 or GeForce GTX 780 Ti level showed acceptable FPS. The optimal solutions would be the GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
Testing at maximum quality settings 3840x2160 PhysX on
With these settings, video cards of the GeForce GTX 980 level showed an acceptable FPS. The optimal solutions will be GeForce GTX 980 Ti and above.
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on results on top video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920x1080 and 2560x1600 with different anti-aliasing settings.
Testing at maximum memory GPU quality settings
The video memory measurement indicator was taken at the end of the gaming benchmark. The recommended amount of video memory use with low textures for a resolution of 1920x1080 will be 3076 MB of video memory, for a resolution of 2560x1600 - 3076 MB of video memory, and for a resolution of 3840x2160 about 4096 MB of video memory. The recommended amount of video memory use with high textures for a resolution of 1920x1080 will be 4096 MB of video memory, for a resolution of 2560x1600 - 6144 MB of video memory, and for a resolution of 3840x2160 about 6144 MB of video memory.
| CPU test |
We tested processor dependence on 16 models of basic configurations that are relevant today. The test was carried out in those places where the video card value for the game is minimal and its load was less than 99%, this time at a resolution of 1920x1080 with maximum graphics quality settings.
Testing at maximum quality settings 1920x1080
CPU performance in the gaming benchmark is sufficient for all models.
Loading of processor coresat maximum quality settings 1920x1080 Intel%
Loading of processor cores at maximum quality settings 1920x1080 AMD%
Batman Arkham Knight is capable of supporting up to 8 computing threads, but fully utilizes 4 computing cores.
| RAM test |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 7 5960X@4.6 GHz with 16GB DDR4 2400 MGz pre-installed memory. The entire used operational memory was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various test benches without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.).
Testing the game's RAM consumption at various quality settings
As we can see, with various quality settings, the amount of RAM consumed in Batman Arkham Knight is at the level of 4000 megabytes.
Testing system RAM consumption
On a 6GB system, Batman Arkham Knight consumes about 5.7GB of RAM. In the presence of a system with 8 gigabytes, the RAM consumption of all RAM was 6.6 gigabytes. With a 16 GB system, the total memory consumption was almost 7.7 GB. And with 32 gigabytes of RAM, the system consumes 8.2 gigabytes of RAM.
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