Age of Empires IV: PC Performance Benchmarks for Graphics Cards and Processors
| BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME |
Release Date : 2021
Genre : Strategy, RTS
Developer : Relic Entertainment
Publisher : Microsoft Game Studios
Embark on a medieval world by installing Age of Empires IV and starting to play, lead one of the many nations, manage resources, train warriors and survive by rewriting the history of the world ...
The developers decided to continue the theme of the second numbered part of the series and again send the players to the Middle Ages. Lead one of the eight proposed nations and start developing your civilization, guide your people through four eras, fight for the right to rule your territories, survive and build cities, and enjoy advanced gameplay and an updated list of features.
| THE GRAFICAL PART |
In this subsection of our review, the main graphical aspects of this game are revealed. Particular attention is paid to the version of the graphics engine used, the version of the API used, graphics settings and the quality of the development of the main visual aspects.
| SUPPORTED OC AND GRAPHICS API |
The Age of Empires IV is supported on Windows 10/11.
The priority and primary graphics API for Age of Empires IV is DX12 .
| GAME ENGINE |
The basis for Age of Empires IV was the game engine Essence Engine 5.0.
Essence Engine is a game engine originally developed by Relic Entertainment for the computer game Company of Heroes.
| SETTINGS |
Age of Empires IV has a sufficient range of graphic settings.
Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between the minimum and maximum graphics quality settings.
| QUALITY MODES |
| TECHNOLOGIES |
The graphics in Age of Empires IV are very, very nice:
Well, then we will go directly to the gaming tests and determine what impact this game has on modern computer hardware.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
GIGABYTE X470 AORUS GAMING 7 WIFI MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI |
| multimedia equipment |
Power Supply Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 |
| Software configuration |
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| operating system | Windows 20H2 |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 496.49 AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.10.3 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner Action! FRAPS |
Our video cards were tested at resolutions of 1920x1080, 2560x1600 and 3840x2160 at maximum graphics quality settings.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX and GTX graphics cards provided by LLC Business Development Center.
| GPU TEST |
In the test of video cards, the default resolution is 1920x1080, other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also choose any of our test processors from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given video card tests (by default, the most productive solution is selected). The test is performed on the most productive CPU and scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
At a resolution of 1920x1080, an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the adeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 solutions .
At a resolution of 2560x1440, an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by Radeon RX Vega 64 or GeForce RTX 2060s solutions . .
At a resolution of 3840x2160, an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX 590 or GeForce GTX 1070 level. A minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the Radeon RX 6600 XT or GeForce RTX 2070 s level . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by the Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti solutions.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of the video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the MSI Afterburner program. The results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA at resolutions of 1920x1080 and 2560x1440 with various anti-aliasing settings were taken as the indicator. By default, the graph displays the most up-to-date solutions. Other graphics cards are added and removed from the chart at the reader's request.
GameGPU
At a resolution of 1920x1080, video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 5000 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 5400 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 570 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 5900 megabytes .
At a resolution of 2560x1440 , video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 5400 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 6000 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 6200 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 6400 megabytes .
At a resolution of 3840x2160 , video memory consumption for video cards with 8 gigabytes is 6200 megabytes, with 10 gigabytes 7000 megabytes, with 12 gigabytes 7100 megabytes , with 16 gigabytes 7300 megabytes.
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920x1080. In the processor test, you can remove and add any positions of the processors. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance to the given processor tests (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most productive NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales up to lower models.
When using NVIDIA video cards , Ryzen 5 1400 or Core i 7 4770 processors showed an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames , and solutions of the Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i 7 4770 level can provide an FPS rate of at least 60 frames .
When using AMD video cards , Ryzen 5 1400 or Core i 7 4770 processors showed an acceptable rate of at least 25 frames , and solutions of the Ryzen 5 1600 or Core i 7 4770 level can provide an FPS rate of at least 60 frames .
GameGPU
The game can download up to 8 threads. The game uses 6 cores as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was conducted on the base configuration of the Core i 9 11900K with the amount of pre-installed memory 16 GB DDR4 3733 MGz. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without running extraneous applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
GameGPU
At a resolution of 1920x1080 , the system's RAM consumption is a video card with 8 gigabytes 10700 megabytes, 10 gigabytes 10600 megabytes , with 12 gigabytes 10400 megabytes, with 16 gigabytes 11200 megabytes .
At a resolution of 2560x1440 , the system's RAM consumption is a video card with 8 gigabytes 10700 megabytes, 10 gigabytes 10800 megabytes , with 12 gigabytes 10500 megabytes , with 16 gigabytes 11300 megabytes .
At a resolution of 3840x2160 , the RAM consumption of a system with a video card with 8 gigabytes is 10700 megabytes, 10 gigabytes is 10800 megabytes , 12 gigabytes is 10700 megabytes , with 16 gigabytes is 11400 megabytes .
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