Gears of War 4 DirectX 12 Performance Analysis

Gears of War 4 – 1080p, 1440p and 4K Benchmarks

When employing a 1920×1080 monitor, the overwhelming majority of modern GPUs can maintain a solid 60 frames per second average. Even though the RX 460 and Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1050 fail to surpass 40 frames a second, it’s still a good result considering the asking price. On another note, there’s very little to choose between popular mainstream products like the RX 470, R9 390, RX 480, GTX 980 and R9 Nano. All of these perform brilliantly which demonstrates the game’s immense optimisation. The ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1060 OC provides a good performance boost compared to the RX 480 despite DirectX 12 traditionally favouring AMD solutions.

AMD’s current flagship, the R9 Fury X just edges the ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1060 but struggles to compete with a highly-regarded version of the GTX 980Ti. Towards the top, the GTX 1080 reigns supreme by a country mile and offers a stellar experience for those who own a high refresh 144Hz display. In second place is the ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1070 OC which manages to achieve a 121.8 average and comprehensively beats the Titan X.

Once the resolution is increased to 2560×1440, the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1080 retains the top spot and almost exceeds a marvellous 100 frames per second average. Some way behind is the ASUS STRIX GAMING 1070 OC which maintains a perfectly fluid frame rate and doesn’t drop below 60. As you can see, the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980Ti provides a similar gameplay experience and has a minor advantage over the Titan X. The R9 Fury X achieves a good 65.4 frames per second average although the minimum drops below 50. This isn’t a huge issue but the sub-60 minimum might be overly jarring to some users.

Next up is the ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1060 which stays ahead of the RX 480, but the gap begins to narrow. Once again, there’s not much to differentiate between the R9 390X, R9 Nano, RX 490, R9 390, GTX 980, RX 470 and GTX 970. Despite the hefty preset, these solutions uphold a solid frame rate and the minimums remain surprisingly high. Unfortunately, the GTX 1050 and RX 460 cannot contend with the game’s Ultra preset alongside a 1440p display.

During 4K benchmarking, The Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 1080 forges ahead and records a pretty decent result. Sadly, there’s not enough horsepower to reach 60 frames per second which demonstrate the hefty demands of 4K gaming. The ASUS STRIX GAMING GTX 1070 OC performs admirably and doesn’t dip below the 30 frames per second mark. Interestingly, the Titan X swaps places with the GTX 980Ti, although I wouldn’t look into this too much because it’s within a margin of error. The Fury X remains competitive and isn’t too adrift of the GTX 980Ti. However, the minimum frame rate drops under 30. In a similar vein to the previous data, the R9 390X, GTX 1060, R9 Nano and other suspects perform within a few frames of each other. Sadly, the ultra preset proves too challenging and causes the game to stutter quite badly. Of course, the RX 460 and GTX 1050 struggle to complete the benchmark.