PNY GTX 1070 XLR8 OC 8GB Review

Just like the original game Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light is played from the perspective of Artyom, the player-character. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, mostly inside the metro system, but occasionally missions bring the player above ground. Metro: Last Light takes place one year after the events of Metro 2033, following the canonical ending in which Artyom chose to proceed with the missile strike against the Dark Ones (this happens regardless of your actions in the first game). Redux adds all the DLC and graphical improvements.

At 1080p and 1440p, we test using a Very High quality profile with SSAA enabled and Tessellation set to Normal. At 4K we drop the quality profile down to High and disable SSAA.

Worth noting is that minimum FPS numbers for this game should be interpreted with caution as they tend to show high levels of variance between benchmark runs.

Performance grouping for Metro: Last Light Redux is very tight but the PNY GTX 1070 XLR8 maintains its general performance position between a reference-clocked GTX 1070 FE and a heavily overclocked GTX 980 Ti. Nvidia's Titan X (Maxwell) also joins the party.

Provided you can deal with dips in performance, the PNY GTX 1070 XLR8 OC is actually a good card for playing Metro: Last Light Redux at 4K, albeit with the reduced High IQ profile applied and AA disabled. The Very High IQ profile and SSAA are a GPU killer, even at 1440P.

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