Age of Empires IV - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Release date: 2021
Genre: Strategy, RTS
developer: Relic Entertainment
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Go to the medieval world by installing Age of Empires IV and start playing, lead one of the many nations, manage resources, train warriors and survive, rewriting the history of the world...
The developers decided to continue the theme of the second part of the series and again send players to the Middle Ages. Lead one of the eight proposed nations and begin to develop your civilization, lead your people through four eras, fight for the right to rule your territories, survive and build cities, and enjoy advanced gameplay and an updated list of features.
| 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 |
The Age of Empires IV is supported Windows 10/11.
The priority and main graphics API for Age of Empires IV is DX12.
| GAME ENGINE |
The basis for Age of Empires IV was the Essence Engine 5.0 game engine.
Essence Engine is a game engine originally developed by Relic Entertainment for the computer game Company of Heroes.
| SETTINGS |
Age of Empires IV has a sufficient range of graphic settings.
Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between the minimum and maximum graphics quality settings.
| QUALITY MODES |
| TECHNOLOGIES |
The graphics in Age of Empires IV are very, very nice:
Well, then we will move directly to gaming tests and determine what impact this game has on modern computer hardware.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
GIGABYTE X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI |
| Multimedia equipment |
Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 20:2 |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 496.49 AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.10.3 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner Action! FRAPS |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes of 1920x1080, 2560x1600 and 3840x2160 at maximum graphics quality settings.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX and GTX video cards are provided by LLC Business Development Center.
| 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 performed on the most powerful CPU and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
- Very high
When resolved 1920x1080 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level adeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070.
When resolved 2560x1440 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX Vega 64 or GeForce RTX 2060s. .
When resolved 3840x2160 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6600 XT or GeForce RTX 2070s. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 3060 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 and 2560x1440 with different 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.
- Very high
GameGPU
When resolved 1920x1080 video memory consumption of video cards with 8 gigabytes 5000 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 5400 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 570 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 5900 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 video memory consumption of video cards with 8 gigabytes 5400 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 6000 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 6200 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 6400 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 video memory consumption of video cards with 8 gigabytes 6200 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 7000 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 7100 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 7300 megabytes.
| 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 tests(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.
- Very high
When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames Ryzen 5 1400 or Core i 7 4770, and an FPS of at least 60 frames will be able to provide solutions at the level Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i 7 4770.
When using video cards AMD processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames Ryzen 5 1400 or Core i 7 4770, and an FPS of at least 60 frames will be able to provide solutions at the level Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i 7 4770.
- Very high
The game can load up to 8 streams. The game uses 6 cores as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 11900K with 16 GB DDR4 3733 MGz 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.
- Very high
GameGPU
When resolved 1920x1080 RAM consumption of the system with a video card with 8 gigabytes 10700 megabytes, 10th gigabyte 10600 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 10400 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 11200 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 RAM consumption of the system with a video card with 8 gigabytes 10700 megabytes, 10th gigabyte 10800 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 10500 megabytesс, with 16 gigabytes 11300 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 RAM consumption of the video card system с 8th gigabyte 10700 megabytes, 10th gigabyte 10800 megabytes, 12 gigabytes 10700 megabytesс, with 16 gigabytes 11400 megabytes.
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