GPU Test System Update for 2025

W1zzard · Tuesday at 3:08 PM

2025 will be busy with GPU launches, all three GPU vendors are expected to release new cards in the coming weeks and months. To prepare for this, we've upgraded our GPU Test System, with a new Ryzen X3D CPU and more. The list of games has changed substantially, too.

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Space Lynx · Tuesday at 3:37 PM

Great plan on the game choices, all makes sense to me. Build looks great imo. :lovetpu:

FreedomEclipse · Tuesday at 3:40 PM

As point of note. Its amazing how the RX6800 still absolutely ripping it at 1440p and on the PPD chart. Almost 5 year old GPu and still duking it out. Not that gaming/game engines as a whole have moved much in the past 5-10 years. The 6800 is what i should have bought instead of my 6700XT back in 2022 but that card either wasn't available or way too expensive as we were just heading out of lockdown/global GPu shortage. Paid about £370 after Asus finally paid out on their summer Cashback Scheme. Those guys really dont like to pay.

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Space Lynx · Tuesday at 3:47 PM

FreedomEclipse said:
As point of note. Its amazing how the RX6800 still absolutely ripping it at 1440p and on the PPD chart. Almost 5 year old GPu and still duking it out. Not that gaming/game engines as a whole have moved much in the past 5-10 years. The 6800 is what i should have bought but that card either wasnt available or too expensive as we were just heading out of lockdown in 2022. Paid about £370 for my 6700XT after Asus finally paid out on their summer Cashback Scheme. Those guys really dont like to pay.

and the intel cards taking gold and silver medals.

yeah that is honestly really impressive, especially since XESS does seem to beat out FSR for image quality and fps gains usually. I would still say for the average user it's probably best to save up a little bit more money and get a 4060 or 4060 ti for DLSS3 frame gen, I hate all this new tech as I prefer simple raster gaming, but I have to admit the fps gains are insane that Nvidia has pulled off. Really looking forward to RTX 5090 and 5080 reviews of DLSS4 frame gen and neural stuff

docnorth · Tuesday at 3:48 PM

Nice work as usual. Any chance to find a GDDR6X 3060 ti? I know it sounds (and is) selfish, but I’m curious.

Thanks anyway.

Space Lynx · Tuesday at 3:52 PM

docnorth said:
Nice work as usual. Any chance to find a GDDR6X 3060 ti? I know it sounds (and is) selfish, but I’m curious. Thanks anyway.

seems like a waste of time imo, he already has enough on his plate. i can't imagine testing that many gpu's, sounds like a nightmare honestly. its a lot of work

Sunlight91 · Tuesday at 3:58 PM

I'm happy Hogwarts Legacy is still there. I'm starting it this Christmas.
But I probably get a used 4090 next year if the 5090 is over 2000€. I need the 24GB VRAM for running LLMs.

soupinator · Tuesday at 4:20 PM

I'm surprised you're keeping Hogwarts Legacy on the list (or were testing it in the first place.) While it is very popular, the game's optimization is truly terrible and also extremely variable in different parts of the game. It's not very representative of what to expect from UE4 games at all.

mate123 · Tuesday at 4:40 PM

docnorth said:
Nice work as usual. Any chance to find a GDDR6X 3060 ti? I know it sounds (and is) selfish, but I’m curious. Thanks anyway.

I have that card, but I don't think there is any real difference from the non gddr6X version, or probably within the margin of error.

Luminescent · Tuesday at 4:51 PM

So we will see charts that are 90% green and the rest, just like Nvidia's market share.
2025, a great year to know which Nvidia card to buy.
Hope I'm wrong but RIP AMD and Intel.

friocasa · Tuesday at 5:03 PM

So you rejected FF16 because low sales, but included star wars outlaws that has less than half of concurrent players on steam

I miss a rockstar game

The Dragon Age game also flopped, and there are quite a few new games getting attention like Marvel Rivals

ShiningSapphire · Tuesday at 5:09 PM

It would be good to point out in-game test locations for every title so people can easily replicate the results.

evernessince · Tuesday at 5:38 PM

Luminescent said:
So we will see charts that are 90% green and the rest, just like Nvidia's market share.
2025, a great year to know which Nvidia card to buy.
Hope I'm wrong but RIP AMD and Intel.

Yeah, unfortunately you can see in recent benchmarks that games have been pushing the RT effects more at the cost of AMD. The GPU market is in a really bad spot right now with the only good happening is Intel's new GPUs.

oxrufiioxo · Tuesday at 6:00 PM

Looking good man. Excited for another great year of tpu reviews. Even if the products aren't so great.

Prima.Vera · Tuesday at 6:31 PM

Indeed, nGreedia's 4000 series is THE WORST of Performance per Dollar and also Cost per Frame charts by far.
Sadly, there are still so many people still not only defending nVidia's monopolistic practices, but also thinking that the callous money they ask for their products is actually a fair deal...
Sad reality really.

GodisanAtheist · Tuesday at 6:40 PM

AMD's "Fine Wine" is turning to vinegar a bit in this round of testing.

Looks like AMD cards are seeing some slippage vs Nvidia across the board. 7900XTX has fallen behind even the standard 4080 and it looks like AMD equivalents have lost a few % vs their NV counterparts up and down the stack.

Bummer.

Veseleil · Tuesday at 6:53 PM

Excuse me if I missed something, but where are the games based on a Unity engine?

May I suggest a poll with, let's say 5-10 Unity games to choose at least 2-3 from, to be included in a test suite? Or at least one? Any suggestions are welcome, and again criticism if I missed something. Cheers.

Rjc31 · Tuesday at 7:03 PM

Appreciate you @W1zzard for all you do here! One of a select few reviewers/testers/benchmarkers that I completely trust to give the facts. Looking forward to the next year!

dgianstefani · Tuesday at 7:12 PM

GodisanAtheist said:
AMD's "Fine Wine" is turning to vinegar a bit in this round of testing.

Looks like AMD cards are seeing some slippage vs Nvidia across the board. 7900XTX has fallen behind even the standard 4080 and it looks like AMD equivalents have lost a few % vs their NV counterparts up and down the stack.

Bummer.

The cost of essentially ignoring RT hardware.

Lew Zealand · Tuesday at 7:25 PM

dgianstefani said:
The cost of essentially ignoring RT hardware.

What do you mean? He's referring to the non-RT charts.

In other news I apparently have a thing for value cards, with 4 of the top 6 and half of the top 10. Spread among all 3 brands of course.

phints · Tuesday at 7:47 PM

Wow, fantastic build for GPU testing. What caught my eye besides the beast 9800X3D is that DDR5-6200 CL28 RAM, very fast and low latency with 1:1 is sweet. 24H2 with VBS enabled is an odd choice though, I did a clean Win11 24H2 install and VBS wasn't enabled and I didn't change anything. MS even recommends having it off for gaming on one of their posts.

HD64G · Tuesday at 7:55 PM

GodisanAtheist said:
AMD's "Fine Wine" is turning to vinegar a bit in this round of testing.

Looks like AMD cards are seeing some slippage vs Nvidia across the board. 7900XTX has fallen behind even the standard 4080 and it looks like AMD equivalents have lost a few % vs their NV counterparts up and down the stack.

Bummer.

Driver overhead from the nVidia driver is less prominent with that monster of CPU (9800X3D). Anyone not having top-notch CPU paired with nVidia's high-end ones is losing performance @1440P or below in many high FPS games. Also, @W1zzard needed to update his test PC just in time to review the 5090 so as to not be bottlenecked by Intel's CPU he had until now.

Merry Chrstmas to His believers and have a nice holiday for the rest!

N/A · Tuesday at 8:09 PM

HD64G said:
the 5090 so as to not be bottlenecked

"as much" fixed that for you. The CPU not bottleneck the 5090 has not yet been conceived.

Dyatlov A · Tuesday at 8:39 PM

Very good new hardware, it is the best now what can drive a videocard. Maybe the most popular old games I would keep in the tests GTA5 and RDR2.

Timbaloo · Tuesday at 8:46 PM

That case, more the manufacturer... are they new? Never heard of them, but just scrolled through their cases, some interesting designs they have...

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

System Name	WorkInProgress
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	2x32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\|1x WD SN850X 8TB (Gaming) \| 2x2TB WD SN770\| 2x2TB+2x4TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

System Name	Office / HP Prodesk 490 G3 MT (ex-office)
Processor	Intel 13700 (90° limit) / Intel i7-6700
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming H770 Pro / HP 805F H170
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S / Stock
Memory	G. Skill Trident XMP 2x16gb DDR5 6400MHz cl32 / Samsung 2x8gb 2133MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3060 Ti Dual OC GDDR6X / Zotac GTX 1650 GDDR6 OC
Storage	Samsung 2tb 980 PRO MZ / Samsung SSD 1TB 860 EVO + WD blue HDD 1TB (WD10EZEX)
Display(s)	Eizo FlexScan EV2455 - 1920x1200 / Panasonic TX-32LS490E 32'' LED 1920x1080
Case	Nanoxia Deep Silence 8 Pro / HP microtower
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime PX750 / OEM 300W bronze
Mouse	MS cheap wired / Logitech cheap wired m90
Keyboard	MS cheap wired / HP cheap wired
Software	W11 / W7 Pro ->10 Pro

GPU Test System Update for 2025

W1zzard

Administrator

Space Lynx

Astronaut

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Space Lynx

Astronaut

docnorth

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Sunlight91

soupinator

New Member

mate123

Luminescent

friocasa

ShiningSapphire

evernessince

oxrufiioxo

Prima.Vera

GodisanAtheist

Veseleil

Rjc31

dgianstefani

TPU Proofreader

Lew Zealand

phints

HD64G

N/A

Dyatlov A

Timbaloo

System Name	Main rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600k
Motherboard	TUF GAMING B760M-PLUS
Cooling	Be Quiet! DARK ROCK PRO 5
Memory	32 GB DDR5 6000 MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB, Samsung 970 evo plus, Kingmax 480 GB SSD, Western Digital WD Red Plus 3.5 3TB
Display(s)	1080p
Case	Fractal Design Focus 2
Power Supply	Seasonic FOCUS GX Series 750W

System Name	Home
Processor	5950x
Motherboard	Asrock Taichi x370
Cooling	Thermalright True Spirit 140
Memory	Patriot 32gb DDR4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 10gb
Storage	Too many to count
Display(s)	U2518D+u2417h
Case	Chieftec
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	seasonic prime 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper
Keyboard	Logitech
Software	Windows 10

Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 Trio
Storage	P5800X 1.6TB 4x 15.36TB Micron 9300 Pro 4x WD Black 8TB M.2
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB3 27" 240 Hz
Case	Thermaltake Core X9
Audio Device(s)	JDS Element IV, DCA Aeon II
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Titanium 850w
Mouse	PMM P-305
Keyboard	Wooting HE60
VR HMD	Valve Index
Software	Win 10

System Name	His & Hers
Processor	R7 5800X/ R7 7950X3D Stock
Motherboard	X670E Aorus Pro X/ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
Cooling	Corsair h150 elite/ Corsair h115i Platinum
Memory	Trident Z5 Neo 6000/ 32 GB 3200 CL14 @3800 CL16 Team T Force Nighthawk
Video Card(s)	Evga FTW 3 Ultra 3080ti/ Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090
Storage	lots of SSD.
Display(s)	A whole bunch OLED, VA, IPS.....
Case	011 Dynamic XL/ Phanteks Evolv X
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro + gaming Dac/ Corsair sp 2500/ Logitech G560/Samsung Q990B
Power Supply	Seasonic Ultra Prime Titanium 1000w/850w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed/ Logitech G Pro Hero.
Keyboard	Logitech - G915 LIGHTSPEED / Logitech G Pro

Processor	Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	32GB(2x16) DDR5@6600MHz G-Skill Trident Z5
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
Storage	2TB SK Platinum P41 SSD + 4TB SanDisk Ultra SSD + 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 3440x1440@100Hz G-Sync
Case	NZXT PHANTOM410-BK
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Mouse	Logitech Hero G502 SE
Software	Windows 11 Pro - 64bit
Benchmark Scores	30FPS in NFS:Rivals

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S Chromax Black
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 Series 64GB (2x32) DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX™ 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24GB
Storage	1x Samsung 990 PRO 2TB SSD 2x Samsung 980 PRO 1TB SSD
Display(s)	LG C3 77" 4K OLED TV
Case	Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower
Power Supply	Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular
Software	Windows 11 Pro 24H2

System Name	Silent
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D @ 5.15ghz BCLK OC, TG AM5 High Performance Heatspreader
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling	Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 + 240/30, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Mayhems Ultra Pure
Memory	32 GB Dominator Platinum 6150 MT 26-36-36-48, 56.6ns AIDA, 2050 FCLK, 160 ns tRFC, active cooled
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 18 W/mK MinusPad Extreme, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage	Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s)	32" 240 Hz 1440p Samsung G7, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440p LG NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual gas VESA mount
Case	Sliger SM570 CNC Aluminium 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, custom front, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 white
Audio Device(s)	Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply	SF750 Plat, full transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White w/Tiger Ice Skates & Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas
Keyboard	Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerV2 mod, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	Legendary

System Name	Gamey #1 / #3
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asrock B450M P4 / MSi B450 ProVDH M
Cooling	IDCool SE-226-XT / IDCool SE-224-XTS
Memory	32GB 3200 CL16 / 16GB 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	PColor 6800 XT / GByte RTX 3070
Storage	4TB Team MP34 / 2TB WD SN570
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F 1440p 144Hz VA
Case	Corsair 4000Air / TT Versa H18
Power Supply	EVGA 650 G3 / EVGA BQ 500

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600@80W
Motherboard	MSI B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	ZALMAN CNPS9X OPTIMA
Memory	2*8GB PATRIOT PVS416G400C9K@3733MT_C16
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 6750 XT Pulse 12GB
Storage	Sandisk SSD 128GB, Kingston A2000 NVMe 1TB, Samsung F1 1TB, WD Black 10TB
Display(s)	AOC 27G2U/BK IPS 144Hz
Case	SHARKOON M25-W 7.1 BLACK
Audio Device(s)	Realtek 7.1 onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic Core GC 500W
Mouse	Sharkoon SHARK Force Black
Keyboard	Trust GXT280
Software	Win 7 Ultimate 64bit/Win 10 pro 64bit/Manjaro Linux

Processor	E5-4627 v4
Motherboard	VEINEDA X99
Memory	32 GB
Video Card(s)	2080 Ti
Storage	NE-512
Display(s)	G27Q
Case	DAOTECH X9
Power Supply	SF450