Metro Exodus Retested – More Cards, More RT, More DLSS!

Peter Donnell March 13, 2019Last Updated: March 18, 2019

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Graphics Card Test System

Motherboard – Aorus Z390 Gaming Master
Processor – Intel Core i9-9900K (Stock)
RAM – Crucial Ballistix Gaming 32GB (4 x 8GB) 3000 MHz
CPU Cooler – Noctua NH-D15S
Power Supply – Be Quiet Power Zone 1000W
Main Storage Drive – Toshiba OCZ VX500 500GB
Chassis – Thermaltake Core P5 TG
Operating System – Windows 10 64-bit
Monitor – AOC 28-Inch 4K Gaming Monitor

Gaming

To gauge performance levels which are easily reproduced time after time, by both ourselves and our readers, we now stick strictly to games default profiles. With our previous reviews, we used the “Medium or Normal” preset. However, as GPUs get faster, we’ve now moved that up to “High” profiles for all games, at all resolutions. V-Sync is always disabled in our testing, as are FreeSync and G-Sync technologies or similar. Graphics card power usage set to optimised or balance, and the system power mode set to High Performance within Windows and the available GPU driver software. Identical settings are used for all resolutions unless otherwise stated.

For Ray Tracing, we use the HIGH profile setting in the Metro Benchmark Tool. DLSS testing is done also, at least on cards and resolution which both support it, and are available to us in the benchmark tool.