Gas Guzzlers Extreme – PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards

BASIC GAME INFORMATION

  

Year of construction: 2013
Genre: Arcade / Racing (Cars) / 3D
developer: Gamepires
Publisher: Iceberg Interactive

Extremely fast racing, fierce and heavily armed opponents. This is a fast-paced, exciting racing combat game that features many different vehicles, weapons that can be upgraded, on-track power-ups, and various changing tracks. Players start with weak vehicles and gradually improve them by earning money on a series of challenging tracks.

Categories, tracks and vehicles will be unlocked as the player progresses throughout the game. Along with developing his driving and fighting skills, the player must invest his hard-earned money wisely to come to glory.

THE GRAFICAL PART

This subsection of our review highlights the main graphical aspects of this game. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphic settings and the quality of development of the main visual aspects.

Supported OS and graphics API

Gas Guzzlers Extreme  supported by major Windows operating systems, which include Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Other operating systems are not currently supported by the developers. 

 

The primary and primary graphics API for the multiplayer game Gas Guzzlers Extreme is DirectX 9. The game is distributed through the digital game sales service Steam.

Game engine

 Video game Gas Guzzlers Extreme is based on its own game engine, which was implemented by Gamepires for use in its own products.

 

Unfortunately, we did not find more detailed information about the game engine, except for the data listed above… 

Advanced Game Settings

Gas Guzzlers Extreme has a wide range of game settings. We have both basic and advanced graphic settings at our disposal. For all modes, low, medium, high and ultra-high quality levels are available.

 

Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between the minimum, medium, and maximum graphics quality settings. 

Low quality settings

Medium quality settings

High quality settings

As you would expect, at maximum quality settings the picture is the richest and most detailed.

General visual design and game physics

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is currently a PC exclusive and has very good graphics today, even though the game is based on the rather outdated DirectX 9. Compared to last year’s Gas Guzzlers, the graphics have been slightly improved and optimization has been tightened up.

 

In addition to good graphics, Gas Guzzlers Extreme It also boasts quite sane physics of machine behavior and the remarkable destructibility of these same machines. We can literally shoot our opponents into a sieve and tear them into small pieces.

  

Next, we will move directly to gaming tests and determine what impact this game has on modern computer hardware.

TEST PART

GPU test

All video cards were tested at maximum graphics quality using MSI Afterburner. The purpose of the test is to determine how video cards from different manufacturers behave under the same conditions. The average and minimum FPS were taken as performance indicators. Below is a video of the test segment:   

Our video cards were tested at separate screen sizes of 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 with maximum graphics quality settings allowed by Gas Guzzlers Extreme. Multi-chip configurations from AMD showed some increase in performance, while SLI support from NVIDIA is not in the game. 

 

Testing at maximum quality settings 1920×1080 

 

At a resolution of 1920×1080 at maximum settings, video cards of the Radeon HD 5850 or GeForce GTX 560 level showed an acceptable FPS. The optimal video cards would be Radeon HD 5870 or GeForce GTX 480 and above.

Testing at maximum quality settings 2560×1600  

 

At a resolution of 2560×1600 at maximum settings, an acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the Radeon HD 7870 level or GeForce GTX 660. The optimal video cards will also be solutions Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 680 and above.

VRAM test

Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on results on top video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 with different anti-aliasing settings.

Testing at maximum memory GPU quality settings 

 

The recommended amount of video memory usage for this game is about 1 GB for basic graphics quality settings. For ultra resolution you need at least 1280 MB of video memory.

Micro-Stuttering Test

Introducing our testing of FPS output latency on a Micro-Stuttering monitor. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD ARES II and NVIDIA GTX 780 at a resolution of 1920×1080 with maximum image quality settings.

Testing at maximum quality settings Micro-Stuttering GPU 

 

Micro-Stuttering latency performance is at a very acceptable level in various modes. 

CPU test

 

We tested processor dependence on 19 models of basic configurations that are relevant today. The test was carried out in those places where the value of video cards for the game is minimal and its load was less than 99%, this time at a resolution of 1920×1080 with maximum graphics quality settings.  

Testing at maximum quality settings 1920×1080

 

Processor performance indicators in Gas Guzzlers Extreme are more limited by the video system, but it is clear that the game is more optimized for Intel solutions.

Loading of processor coresat maximum quality settings 1920×1080 Intel%

 

Loading of processor cores at maximum quality settings 1920×1080 AMD%

 

The game uses only 2 processor cores, and that says it all…

RAM test

Testing of the RAM consumed by the game was carried out by monitoring directly through the Windows task manager. The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 7 [email protected] GHz with 16GB DDR3 2400 MGz pre-installed memory.

Testing at various quality settings

 

As we can see, with various basic quality settings, the amount of RAM consumed in Gas Guzzlers Extreme is at the level of 1100-1200 megabytes. Thus, for a comfortable game you need to have at least 2 GB of RAM installed in your PC. It would be optimal to have 3-x GB of RAM.

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