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Alan Wake 2's main protagonist up-close.
You can run Alan Wake 2 on a 10-series or older graphics card, but you definitely shouldn't

By Jacob Ridley Published

Did I stutter? I've stuck a GTX 1080 in our test bench and I just cannot get anywhere close to passable performance.

Did I stutter?
Alan Wake 2 screenshot showing the main character looking out over a beach bathed in orange light.
Alan Wake 2 is a stunning example of what the future of PC gaming looks like—but only on Nvidia

By Jacob Ridley Published

RTX Alan The RTX 40-series' features come together to make something beautiful in Alan Wake 2. I just wish it was something more players could experience for themselves.

RTX Alan
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
The best settings for Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 and Phantom Liberty

By Dave James Published

tested We've tested Cyberpunk 2077's latest update to determine which settings do and don't matter, with benchmarks and image quality comparisons to help you tune your experience.

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A screenshot of a Ferrari from the side taken in F1 22
F1 22 update hands me a cheeky 11% performance uplift thanks to FSR 2.2

By Jacob Ridley Published

News The new and improved upscaler from AMD heads to F1 22.

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A screenshot of a Ferrari from the side taken in F1 22
Ray tracing in F1 22 is not worth the penalty to performance

By Jacob Ridley Published

Race penalty Gorgeous yes, performant no.

Race penalty
approaching the castle
Elden Ring's latest patch is not the fix for stuttering you're looking for

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Unfortunately version 1.03 of Elden Ring hasn't solved our stuttering problems.

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A Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card in front of a monitor with the Elden Ring main menu screen displayed.
AMD's RX 6500 XT runs Elden Ring far better than it has any right to

By Jacob Ridley Published

Elden RDNA The cheapest and most widely available graphics card hits a steady enough 60 fps at 1080p in Elden Ring.

Elden RDNA
Elden Ring screenshot with player character stood near ruins
FromSoftware 'constantly working to improve' Elden Ring's performance issues

By Jacob Ridley Published

News The Elden Ring developers have published a message about launch day performance and framerate drops.

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Elden Ring screenshot showing character looking out to the overworld
Keep Elden Ring beautiful with the best settings on PC

By Jacob Ridley Published

Looks can kill You don't have to sacrifice visual quality for framerate in Elden Ring, if you know what to do.

Looks can kill
Screenshot from Elden Ring of player character on a steed
Elden Ring's day-one patch fixed the worst stuttering issues but some persist

By Jacob Ridley Published

News Elden Ring runs a lot better than it has been with its day-one patch.

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