Might & Magic X Legacy – PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards

BASIC GAME INFORMATION

   

Release date: 19 August 2013
Release date in Russia: 19 August 2013
Genre: RPG / 3D / 1st Person
developer: Limbic Entertainment
Publisher in Russia: Buka 

 

After the amazing events of Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will have many adventures in the company of four heroes. A maelstrom of political intrigue awaits you, playing out in Kartal and its surroundings. Several factions are fighting for power in a city that is ready to declare its independence. The fate of the city depends on you!

Might & Magic® X Legacy is a single-player adventure in the tradition of classic first-person RPGs. Create a squad from scratch, lead it through a huge open world, fight with powerful fairy-tale creatures for ancient magical treasures. 

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

Might & Magic X Legacy is supported by major Windows operating systems, which include Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. 

 

The priority and main graphics API for the PC version is DirectX 9. 

Game engine

 Might & Magic X Legacy is based on its own game engine, which was developed by Limbic Entertainment 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

Might & Magic X Legacy has a fairly wide number of graphic settings, which allows you to manipulate them in a very wide range. All graphic settings are presented in one menu.

 

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

Very high settings

The difference between the different settings is simply colossal. At minimum the game looks like something from the 90s. But even at maximum it doesn’t look very fresh…

General visual design and game physics

As we said a little above, even at maximum quality settings, Might & Magic X Legacy does not look very technological and does not even remotely claim the laurels of the most beautiful RPG of the year.

 

The situation is saved by game designers who, even with such mediocre game tools, were able to create a rather nice visual component of the project.

 

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 FPS was taken as a performance indicator. Below is a video of the test segment:    

 Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes of 1920×1080, 2560×1600 and 3840×2160 at the maximum graphics quality settings allowed by Might & Magic X Legacy. Multi-chip NVIDIA and AMD configurations are not currently supported by the game.

The game has a rather specific execution and tests of video cards and processors were carried out under various conditions, where the load on a specific testing mode is maximum. In this case, a specific or average FPS was taken.

GPU testing

  

Testing at maximum quality settings 1920×1080 

 

With these settings an acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the Radeon HD 6870 or GeForce 560 Ti level. 

Testing at maximum quality settings 2560×1600 

 

With these settings An acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the Radeon R9 270 or GeForce GTX 660 level. 

Testing at maximum quality settings 3840×2560 

 

With these settings An acceptable FPS indicator was shown by video cards of the Radeon R9 280X or GeForce GTX 770 level. 

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 with normal anti-aliasing for a resolution of 1920×1080 will be 1024 MB of video memory, for a resolution of 2560×1600 – 1536 MB of video memory and for a resolution of 3840×2160 2048 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 within acceptable levels across a variety of modes. 

CPU test

 

We tested processor dependence on 15 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 

 

The performance of AMD processors in the game Might & Magic X Legacy is not that bad, but it cannot be called optimal either…

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

 

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

 

The game can use up to 4 threads, but it’s not clear why?

RAM test

The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 7 [email protected] GHz with 16GB DDR3 2400 MGz pre-installed memory. The entire used operative memory was taken as an indicator. The RAM test of the entire Windows 8.1 system was carried out on various test benches without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.).

Testing the game’s RAM consumption at various quality settings

 

As we can see, with different quality settings, the amount of consumed RAM is  Might & Magic X Legacy  is at the level of 900-1200 megabytes. 

Testing system RAM consumption 

 

On a 4GB system, the Might & Magic X Legacy consumes about 2,2GB of RAM. In the presence of a system with 8 gigabytes, the RAM consumption of all RAM was 2.5 gigabytes. With a 16 GB system, system memory consumption was almost 3.2 gigabytes.