Nvidia RTX 4080 Super Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the RTX 4080 Super Founders Edition3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Alan Wake II7. Assassin's Creed Mirage8. Cyberpunk 20779. Forza Horizon 510. The Last of Us Part 111. A Plague Tale: Requiem12. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart13. Red Dead Redemption 214. Resident Evil 415. Returnal16. Starfield17. Total War: Pharaoh18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Clock Speed Investigation20. Cost Per Frame Analysis21. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II22. Ray Tracing: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora23. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207724. Ray Tracing: F1 2325. Ray Tracing: Hitman 326. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart27. Ray Tracing: Returnal28. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider29. Ray Tracing Performance Summary30. DLSS Testing31. Clock Speed32. GPU Temperatures33. Memory Temperatures34. Acoustics35. Noise-Normalised Temperatures36. Power Draw: 1080p37. Power Draw: 1440p38. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)39. Performance per Watt: 1080p40. Performance per Watt: 1440p41. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)42. Total System Power Draw43. Overclocking44. Closing Thoughts45. View All Pages

Here we re-test three titles using both DLSS 2 and DLSS 3, to give you an idea of the performance on offer from Nvidia's upscaling technologies.

Enabling DLSS 3 Frame Generation in Cyberpunk 2077 sees the frame rate increase from 28FPS, up to 50FPS, at the cost of higher latency, averaging 86ms. DLSS 2 Quality actually offers higher frame rates than just Frame Gen, but using both together nets a frame rate north of 80FPS, while latency comes in at 57ms.

Hitman 3 shows another big improvement to frame rates when using DLSS, as we hit 57FPS and 53FPS when using Fame Gen and DLSS 2 Quality, respectively – the main difference is latency, which is about halved when using DLSS 2. Combing both features results in 82FPS on average, and latency a touch below what we saw at native resolution.

Lastly, Spider-Man Remastered sees similar results, with DLSS 2 Quality boosting frame rates to 111FPS while reducing latency, compared to native. DLSS 3 Frame Gen on its own gets up to a similar frame rate but with twice the latency, while using DLSS 2 plus Frame Gen increases FPS to just below 140, with latency at 47.6ms.

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