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Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a critically acclaimed role-playing game developed and published by Larian Studios. Set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons, it immerses players in a rich narrative where their choices significantly impact the story. The game features turn-based combat, deep character customization, and a vast world to explore, filled with memorable companions, challenging encounters, and intricate puzzles. With its stunning visuals, engaging story, and faithful adaptation of D&D’s fifth edition ruleset, Baldur’s Gate 3 has garnered widespread praise for delivering a truly immersive and unforgettable RPG experience.

Available now on Steam.

Baldur’s Gate is a game that is frankly a bit of a hot mess for the new series of CPUs and is a bit of a nightmare to test due to its inconsistencies anyway. What we find is that AMD lead the pack with the 7800X3D as expected, but even the 9950X holds a strong lead over the new lineup now, whereas before the 14900K was holding strong. What we see generation to generation is even worse for Intel with a 6% drop in performance on both the U5 and U7, and a pretty dismal 15% drop on the U9, though again, optimisations could help, but who knows when they’ll come into play.