What CPU/GPU do you NEED for 120FPS+ Gaming? Luke's Technical Analysis

*Sponsored by Gigabyte* Interested in high refresh rate gaming? 1440p/120Hz+ is widely considered the current 'sweet spot' for gaming monitors. But what sort of hardware do you need to push FPS that high at 1080p and 1440p resolutions? Luke explores this today, and the results aren't as simple as you might think...

read the full written analysis here: https://bit.ly/3jfADHN

00:00 video start
00:06 introduction
01:21 so why bother with high refresh rate?
03:36 test setup and hardware
08:49 The Division 2 benchmarks
09:57 Ghost Recon Breakpoint
10:49 GTA V
11:53 F1 2020
12:50 can we get closer to 165FPS in F1 2020?
15:04 Metro Exodus
15:45 Red Dead Redemption 2
16:29 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
17:38 Borderlands 3
18:10 so let’s talk the big picture trends
20:15 final thoughts

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.

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

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