The First Descendant - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
We tested The First Descendant 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.
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY ARTLINE |
Now participating in our test Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC, provided by the company ARTLINE.The ARTLINE company is known for its wide range of computer equipment, including more than 5000 computer models - from basic workstations to high-performance custom PCs.
Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, operates at a frequency of 2750 MHz, has 16384 stream processors and 24 gigabytes of video memory.
| DELIVERED FOR TESTS BY AMD |
Our test now includes AMD Ryzen 5 8600G и AMD Ryzen 7 8700G. Their integrated graphics solutions go beyond what was previously thought possible with integrated graphics, offering quality and performance sufficient for today's games and multimedia applications.
Our review is available here
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY ASUS |
In our review we present you with the motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wi-Fi. ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi includes 4 DDR5 DIMM modules with a maximum capacity of up to 64 gigabytes and a frequency of up to 6400 MHz. For the file subsystem, the motherboard supports 3 M.2 PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 slots and 4 SATA 6 Gb/s ports. You can directly view the testing of this motherboard on our website.
In our review we present you with motherboards ASUS Z790-A GAMING DDR4. We use this motherboard as a test bench for testing new generations of processors. Intel.
This time the company's top video card is participating in our test. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the AD104 GPU and features 7680 CUDA cores and 12GB of GDDR6X memory. Test this video cards on our website.
This time the company's top video card is participating in our test. ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20 GB.. This video card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture, operates at a frequency of 2500 MHz and has 20 gigabytes of video memory.
This time the company's new video card is participating in our test. ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 OC.
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY DEEPCOOL |
This time our test involves a case from the company DeepCool CH510WH is a sleek and minimalist mid-tower case with excellent component compatibility and extensive cooling support for a truly versatile build.
Also in our test this time we have a premium class SVO. DeepCool LS720WH for processors. DeepCool LS720 WH provides maximum cooling efficiency and low noise levels, as well as a sophisticated design.
| NEW PRODUCTS PROVIDED FOR TESTS BY GIGABYTE |
In our review we present you with the motherboard Gigabyte X670E AORUS PRO X. We use this motherboard as a test bench for testing new generations of processors. AMD.
Its testing on our website.
| NEW, SUPPLIED FOR TEST BY KINGSTON |
In our review we used RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade, 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade,32 GB DDR5 6000 Kingston FURY Renegade, 16 GB DDR4 4600 CL19 Kingston FURY Renegade и 32 GB DDR5 7200 Kingston FURY Renegade. And for game tests we use an external Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 1TB.
In our review we used RAM Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5 48GB 7200MHz. Her review is available at this link.
In our review, for the full variety of our test benches, we use SSD drives Kingston KC600 256GB 2.5" SATAIII 3D NAND TLC, which are an ideal choice for use when there are a large number of components.
| 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 |
The First Descendant supports work on various operating systems and platforms, providing high quality graphics and performance:
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit, 20H2 or later).
- 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 x64 20H2.
- Processor: Intel i5-3570 or AMD FX-8350.
- RAM: 8 GB RAM.
- Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1050Ti or AMD Radeon RX 570 (4 GB video memory).
- DirectX: Version 12.
- Network connection: Broadband Internet connection.
- Disk space: 50 GB available space.
Recommended System Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 10 x64 20H2.
- Processor: Intel i7-7700K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X.
- RAM: 16 GB RAM.
- Graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600XT.
- DirectX: Version 12.
- Network connection: Broadband Internet connection.
- Disk space: 50 GB available space.
| GAME ENGINE |
Development history of The First Descendant
The First Descendant is an exciting multiplayer shooter with RPG elements developed by a South Korean studio Nexon Games. The game was originally announced under the working title Project Magnum and quickly attracted attention with its ambitious approach and high-quality graphics. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity battles alien invaders known as the Vulgus.
Development of the game began with careful research into the shooter and role-playing genre, which allowed the team to create a unique hybrid gameplay. The First Descendant was officially unveiled at the PC Gaming Show in 2022, and since then the developers have been regularly sharing updates and trailers revealing story details and gameplay features. The main goal of the developers was to create a game that combines dynamic shooting, a deep character leveling system and an exciting cooperative mode. The developers paid special attention to the netcode and optimization to ensure a smooth and stable multiplayer experience for players around the world.
Graphics in The First Descendant
Graphics in The First Descendant amazes with its realism and detail. The game uses Unreal Engine 5, which provides developers with ample opportunities to create visually impressive game worlds. This engine allows you to create photorealistic textures, complex particle effects and dynamic lighting, which makes the game world alive and dynamic.
The game's environments range from dense forests to ruined cities, each location is detailed and filled with fine details. High resolution textures and realistic lighting effects create deep and rich scenes, which is especially important for games of this genre. Technologies Lumen и nanite provide high quality global illumination and object detail, which makes scenes look realistic and vibrant.
Game engine
The First Descendant runs on the engine Unreal Engine 5, which provides high performance and allows you to implement complex graphic effects and animations. One of the key technologies used in the game is support DirectX 12, which allows you to make the most of the capabilities of modern video cards and processors.
Basic technologies Unreal Engine 5 include Lumen, providing dynamic global illumination and realistic reflections, and nanite, which allows you to process millions of polygons in real time, increasing the detail of objects and the environment. This allows you to create realistic and impressive game worlds with high performance and graphics quality.
| DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES |
with ray tracing:
Using ray tracing in The First Descendant significantly improves the visual quality of the game, adding more realistic reflections, shadows and global illumination. Ray tracing provides more accurate and detailed lighting, making scenes look deeper and more vibrant. Surfaces such as water and glass look much more realistic thanks to accurate reflections of the environment.
No ray tracing:
Without ray tracing, the game all still maintains high quality graphics thanks to technology Unreal Engine 5. However, lighting and reflections will be less realistic and detailed. In such conditions, more simplified rendering methods are used, which still provide high-quality images, but with less depth and realism compared to ray tracing.
| 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 |
| Sponsorship video cards |
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900XT 20G Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING OC |
| Multimedia equipment |
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 556.12 WHQL AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 24.6.1 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes 1920x1080, 2560x1440 и 3840x2160 with maximum graphics quality settings.
| GPU TEST |
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.
- Ultra
- Ultra + RT
At 1920x1080 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2070.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3070 level.
At 2560x1440 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of Radeon RX 6700 or GeForce RTX 2080.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with graphics cards of the Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 3080 level
At 3840x2160 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with graphics cards of the Radeon GeForce RTX 4090 level
RT
At 1920x1080 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6700 or GeForce RTX 3060.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 2080.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with video cards of the Radeon RX 7900 XT or GeForce RTX 4070 Ti level.
At 2560x1440 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 3070.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of Radeon RX 7900 or GeForce RTX 4070.
- Comfortable average FPS (60 frames): Possible with GeForce RTX 4090 level video cards
At 3840x2160 resolution:
- Average FPS (25 frames): Reached on video cards of the level of Radeon RX 7900 XTX or GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
- Minimum FPS (25 frames): Provide video cards at the level of GeForce RTX 4070 Ti.
| 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 schedule at the request of the reader.
- Ultra + RT
GameGPU
Resolution 1920x1080:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 7 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 7 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 3840x2160:
- 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 11 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.
- Ultra
- Ultra + RT
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 3 3300
- Intel Core i5-10600
When using AMD 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 3 3100
- Intel Core i3-10100
RT
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 7 5700
- Intel Core i5-11600
- Ultra + RT
Loading and using streams:
- Maximum load: The game can load up to 16 streams.
- Optimal loading: Uses up to 12 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.
- Ultra + RT
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 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 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 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
Resolution 3840x2160:
- Video cards with 8 GB of video memory: consume 16 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 12 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 16 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
- Video cards with 24 GB of video memory: consume 13 GB of RAM
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