Warcraft III: Reforged - PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Release date: 29 January 2020
Genre: Strategy, Real-Time, 3D
developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft III: Reforged is a re-release of the once beloved real-time strategy game, in which you will have to fight orcs, elves and dwarves, defeat the undead and do everything in order to defend the legendary Azeroth...
| 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 |
Warcraft III: Reforged is supported Windows 7/810
The priority and main graphics API for Warcraft III: Reforged is DX 11.
| GAME ENGINE |
The game was announced by Blizzard on November 2, 2018 during BlizzCon, citing redesigned characters and graphics for a 2019 release. Following this, new balance changes were also announced for the first time in several years. During Blizzcon 2019, beta testing of the game began.
Warcraft III: Reforged is a reimagined version of the revolutionary real-time strategy game that set the stage for Azeroth's most epic stories. The new version includes improved graphics, advanced social features, a matchmaking system and other improvements:
-The gameplay, features of the races, available heroes and units, the plot remained the same, only the visual component and some balance features have changed:
-Models of heroes, units, buildings and decorations, as well as their animation, have been redesigned.
-All in-game videos were re-shot using advanced animation technologies.
-The interface and map editor have been updated.
-Added support for 4K resolution.
-Balance has been improved.
| GRAPHICS SETTINGS |
Warcraft III: Reforged has a fairly minimal range of graphical 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.
| DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES |
| COMPARISON OF SMOOTHING MODES |
| GENERAL VISUALS AND GAME PHYSICS |
The graphics are certainly not super-modern, but quite impressive:
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 | |
| Multimedia equipment | Monitor Philips 326M6VJRMB/00 |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 Pro 1903 |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 441.87 AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 20.1.4 |
| Monitoring programs |
PlayClaw 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).
- Very high
When resolved 1920x1080 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.
When resolved 2560x1440 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1650.
When resolved 3840x2160 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the level Radeon RX 560 or GeForce GTX 1650. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1650. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX Vega 56 or GeForce GTX 1070.
| 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 for video cards with 4 gigabytes 2600 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 1800 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 2100 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 2400 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 2100 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 video memory consumption for video cards with 4 gigabytes 2700 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 2000 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 2200 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 2600 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 2300 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 video memory consumption for video cards with 4 gigabytes 3100 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 2500 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 2500 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 3000 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 2900 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).
- Very high
When using video cards NVIDIA an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames was shown by the FX 4300 or Core i 3 2100 processors, and an FPS rate of at least 60 frames can be achieved by solutions of the level Ryzen 1200 or Core i 3 2100.
When using video cards AMD an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames was shown by the FX 4300 or Core i 3 2100 processors, and an FPS rate of at least 60 frames can be achieved by solutions of the level Ryzen 1200 or Core i 3 2100.
- Very high
GameGPU
The game can load up to 6 threads. The game uses only 3-4 cores as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 9900K with 32 GB DDR4 3200 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 by a video card with 4 gigabytes 7400 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 7200 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 7100 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 6700 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 7000 megabytes.
When resolved 2560x1440 RAM consumption of the system by a video card with 4 gigabytes 7600 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 7400 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 7200 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 6800 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 7100 megabytes.
When resolved 3840x2160 RAM consumption of a video card system with 4 gigabytes 8500 megabytes, with 6 gigabytes 7600 megabytes, with 8 gigabytes 7300 megabytes, with 11 gigabytes 7000 megabytes and with 16 gigabytes 7600 megabytes.
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