High Refresh Rate Gaming CPU & GPU Analysis

Test Processors:

• AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT overclocked to 4.5GHz all core
• AMD Ryzen 9 3950X overclocked to 4.25GHz all core
• Intel Core i5-10600K overclocked to 5.0GHz all core
• Intel Core i9-10900K overclocked to 5.1GHz all core

Test Graphics Cards:

• Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
• Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 8G
• Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti Aorus Xtreme 11G
• Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC 10G

Test System:

• Motherboard (AMD): Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme.
• Motherboard (Intel): Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master.
• Memory: Corsair 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600MHz CL16.
• System Drive: WD_Black SN750 SSD.
• Games SSD: Phison-based PCIe Gen 4 SSD.
• Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1000 1000W.
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

Games:

• Borderlands 3 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Badass quality preset with TAA, FidelityFX disabled, DX12
• F1 2020 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra High quality preset with TAA, DX12
• Ghost Recon Breakpoint – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Very High quality preset, no AA, Vulkan
• Grand Theft Auto V – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Maximum quality settings, no AA, DX11
• Metro Exodus – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra quality preset, PhysX and Hairworks off, DX12
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, High settings manually applied, DX12
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Highest quality preset, no AA, DX12
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2 – 1920 x 1080 & 2560 x 1440, Ultra quality preset, no AA, DX12

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