| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
date of release: 2023 year
Genre: adventures
developer: Mad Head Games
Publisher/Distributor:Prime Matter
Scars Above is an adventure project faithfully following the spirit of science fiction, where you will find yourself on an unfamiliar alien planet. Your heroine, brave researcher Kate Ward, begins to investigate another cosmic mystery. A journey through the boundless space of the universe leads her to a distant planet, where the answers to all questions are hidden.
| NEW IN TESTS – GEFORCE RTX 4090 / GEFORCE RTX 4080 |
Now participating in our test MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24 GB, kindly provided to us by the company MSI. This video card is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, operates at a frequency of 2750 MHz, has 16384 stream processors and 24 gigabytes of video memory.
This time the company’s top video card is participating in our test. ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition (ROG-STRIX-RTX4080-O16G-GAMING), kindly provided to us by the company ASUS. This video card is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, operates at a frequency of 2750 MHz, has 9728 stream processors and 16 gigabytes of video memory.
| 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 |
Scars above Demo supported by Windows 10/11.
Priority and main graphics API for The Scars Above Demo is DirectX 11.
| GAME ENGINE |
The basis for Scars Above Demo became the game engine Unreal Engine 4, developed and supported by Epic Games.
Thanks to his work, each playthrough of the game is unique and inimitable, which increases the replay value of the game. The first game created on the engine, Unreal, appeared in 1998. Since then, various versions of this game engine have been used in more than a hundred games, including Deus Ex, Dishonored, Lineage II, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Postal 2, the Brothers in Arms series, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, as well as in the famous game series Unreal and Unreal Tournament from Epic Games themselves. Being primarily adapted for first-person shooters, the engine was also used to create games of other genres.
Written in the high-level language C++, the Unreal Engine 4 allows you to create games for most operating systems and platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Mac OS X, Xbox consoles, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Wii, Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube. In December, Mark Rein demonstrated the work of the Unreal Engine 3 on the iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS. In March 2010, the engine was demonstrated on the Palm Pre communicator, based on the webOS mobile platform.
To simplify porting, the engine uses a modular system of dependent components: supports various rendering systems (Direct3D, OpenGL, Pixomatic; previously supported Glide API, S3 Metal, PowerVR SGL), audio playback (EAX, OpenAL, DirectSound3D; previously supported A3D), voice playback tools text, speech recognition (only for Xbox360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Windows, also planned for Linux and Mac), modules for working with the network and support for various input devices.
Windows Live, Xbox Live, and GameSpy technologies are supported for online play, including up to 64 players (clients) simultaneously. Despite the fact that the development tools do not officially include support for a large number of clients on one server, the engine has been used to create MMORPG games. One of the most famous representatives of the genre, Lineage II, uses the Unreal Engine.
| ADVANCED GAME SETTINGS |
Scars above Demo has a wide range of graphic settings. We have both basic and advanced settings.
Below we have provided screenshots of the game at various graphics settings, where our readers can see the difference between minimum and high graphics quality settings:
| DIFFERENT QUALITY MODES |
| TECHNOLOGIES |
Graphics in Scars Above Demo standard as for Unreal Engine 4:
Well, then we will move directly to gaming tests and determine what impact this game has on modern computer hardware.
| TEST PART |
| Test configuration | |
| test stands |
GIGABYTE Z590 VISION |
| Sponsorship video cards |
MSI GEFORCE RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24 GB ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT WindForce OC Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Gaming OC |
| Multimedia equipment |
Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 1 TB- optimal solution for testing different configurations Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 Kingston FURY Renegade 32 GB DDR5 5600 CL40 Kingston Fury Beast |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake) |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 527.37 WHQL AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 22.11.2 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes 1920×1080, 2560×1600, 3840×2160 with ultra graphics quality settings.
| GPU TEST |
In the video card test, the default resolution is 1920×1080; other resolutions are added and removed manually. You can also remove and add any positions of video cards. You can also select 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 carried out on the most powerful CPU in this game and is scaled to other processors, taking into account their testing on NVIDIA and AMD video cards.
- Ultra +
When resolved 1920×1080 average FPS of 25 frames showed level video cards Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1060. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1060. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 580 or GeForce GTX 1060.
When resolved 2560×1440 average FPS of 25 frames showed level video cards Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1060. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 470 or GeForce GTX 1060. A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX Vega 56 or GeForce GTX 1070.
When resolved 3840×2160 average FPS of 25 frames showed level video cards Radeon RX 5600 XT or GeForce GTX 1660. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 1660 . A comfortable average FPS of 60 frames can be provided by solutions Radeon RX 6800 or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
| VIDEO MEMORY CONSUMPTION |
Testing of video memory consumed by the game was carried out by the program MSI Afterburner. The indicator was based on the results on video cards from AMD and NVIDIA with separate screen sizes 1920×1080, 2560×1440 and 3840×2160 with various anti-aliasing settings. By default, the graph displays the most current solutions. Other video cards are added and removed from the schedule at the request of the reader.
- Ultra +
GameGPU
When resolved 1920×1080 video memory consumption of video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 3 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 3 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 3 gigabyte .
When resolved 2560×1440 video memory consumption of video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 3 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 4 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 4 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 4 gigabyte .
When resolved 3840×2160 video memory consumption of video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 4 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 4 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 4 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 4 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 5 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 5 gigabyte .
| CPU TEST |
Testing was carried out at a resolution of 1920×1080. In the processor test, you can remove or add any processor positions. You can also select any tested video card from the list in the drop-down menu, comparing its performance with the given processor test results (by default, the most productive solution from NVIDIA is selected). Testing takes place on the most powerful NVIDIA and AMD video cards and scales to low-end models.
- Ultra +
When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 3 1200 or Core i 3 4330, and an FPS of at least 60 frames per second will be able to provide solutions at the level Ryzen 3 1200 or Core i 3 4330.
When using video cards AMD acceptable figure is not less than 25 frames per second showed processors Ryzen 3 1200 or Core i 3 4330, and FPS not lower than 60 frames per second will be able to provide level solutions Ryzen 3 1200 or Core i 3 4330.
- Ultra +
GameGPU
The game can load up to 8 threads. The game uses 4 threads as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 13900K with 32 GB DDR5 6400 MHz pre-installed memory. All used RAM was taken as an indicator. The RAM test on the entire system was carried out on various video cards without launching third-party applications (browsers, etc.). In the graphics, you can add and remove any resolutions and video cards as desired.
- Ultra +
GameGPU
When resolved 1920×1080 RAM consumption for video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 8 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 6 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 7 gigabyte .
When resolved 2560×1440 RAM consumptionfor video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 7 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 8 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 7 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 7 gigabyte .
When resolved 3840×2160 RAM consumption for video cards с 4-yu gigabyte 9 gigabytes, for video cards с 6-yu gigabyte 7 gigabytes, y video cards с 8-yu gigabyte 6 gigabytes , 12-yu gigabytes 8 gigabyte, 16-yu gigabytes 7 gigabyte с 24-yu gigabytes 7 gigabyte .
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