Nvidia RTX 5090 Review: Ray Tracing, DLSS 4, and Raw Power

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is a 2024 action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game serves as the sequel to Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017) and is set in 9th century Iceland, drawing inspiration from Norse mythology and culture. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II was released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S on 21 May 2024.

Engine: Unreal Engine 5. We test using the High preset, TSR set to 100% render scale, DX12 API.

Despite being a very GPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 title, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 shows lower performance scaling than I was expecting from the 5090. It's 21% faster than the 4090 at 1440p, for instance, and 56% ahead of the RX 7900 XTX.

Even at 4K, though, it can't do better than a 23% uplift over the 4090, with an average frame rate of 66fps. That means it's also 61% faster than the 4080 Super.

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