| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Release date: 05 April 2022
Genre: Demo
developer: Epic Games
Publisher: Epic Games
The Matrix Awakens is a next generation tech demo. Gradually, we all become more aware of the scope of the technological advances at work at Epic Games – for example, the fact that several segments at the beginning of the demo are actually real. The results are impressive, highlighting the progress in fidelity enabled by more GPU power working in conjunction with hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
| 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 |
The matrix awakens Demo supported by Windows10/11.
Priority and main graphics API for The Matrix Awakens Demo is DX12.
| GAME ENGINE |
On May 13, 2020, Epic Games officially announced Unreal Engine 5 and showed a demo in QuadHD resolution with a frame rate of 30 FPS on the PlayStation 5 console. The demo showed the work of new technologies: Lumen and Nanite. Lumen is a new dynamic global illumination technology. Nanite is one of the key technologies at the heart of the engine Unreal Engine 5. It allows you to show as much geometry in the frame as the eye can see, and depends on the resolution – the higher it is, the higher the detail becomes.
Game engine preview Unreal Engine 5 became available in the early access system on May 26. The final version is expected Unreal Engine 5 will be released early next year. However, Epic Games said that the studio will start using Unreal Engine 5 when developing games earlier than everyone else.
The Matrix Awakens demonstrates the capabilities of Niagara, Nanite and Lumen technologies, as well as the micropolygon geometry system. The city is built from seven million assets, each of which consists of millions of polygons. To be more precise, these are seven thousand buildings, 45 cars (073 of them are driven), more than 38 km of highways and 146 km of sidewalks, 260 intersections, 512 lamp posts and 1248 manholes. Nanite processes it all super fast and renders the image in cinematic quality. And the powerful MetaSounds procedural sound generation system simulates the noise of a busy city, enhancing the sense of presence in the environment.
Fully dynamic global illumination system Unreal Engine 5 Lumen uses real-time ray tracing for lights, shadows and reflections. At the same time, the city is illuminated only by the sun, sky and emitting materials, and at night – by the moon, there are no additional light sources.
| GENERAL VISUALS AND GAME PHYSICS |
Graphics in The Matrix Awakens Demo not bad, but doesn’t look like a real next-gen…:
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 G1.Sniper Z97 GIGABYTE GA-X99-Gaming 7 WIFI GIGABYTE GA-AX370-Gaming 5 GIGABYTE X570 AORUS MASTER MSI MPG Z490 GAMING CARBON WIFI MSI MPG Z590 GAMING CARBON WIFI Asus Rog Maximus Z690 Hero |
| Multimedia equipment |
Seasonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply 32 GB DDR4 3200 CL15 ZEN1 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 ZEN2 32 GB DDR4 4000 CL18 ZEN3 32 GB DDR4 4400 CL18 Comet Lake 32 GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Rocket Lake 32 GB DDR5 5600 CL42 Alder Lake |
| Software configuration |
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| Operating system | Windows 10 21H2/ Windows 11(Alder Lake) |
| Graphics driver |
Nvidia GeForce/ION Driver Release 512.15 WHQL AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 22.4.1 |
| Monitoring programs |
MSI Afterburner |
Our video cards were tested at different screen sizes of 1920×1080, 2560×1600 and 3840×2160 standard graphics quality settings. Download the compiled build that we used, you can use the following link.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX and GTX video cards are provided by LLC Business Development Center.
| 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.
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When resolved 1920×1080 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon RX Vega 56 or GeForce GTX 1080 Ti level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060s.
When resolved 2560×1440 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon VII or GeForce RTX 2080 level. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
When resolved 3840×2160 an average FPS of 25 frames was shown by video cards of the Radeon VII level or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Minimum FPS of at least 25 frames can be provided by video cards of the level Radeon RX 6700 XT or GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
| IE VIDEO MEMORY |
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.
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GameGPU
When resolved 1920×1080 video memory consumption of video cards from 8 gigabytes to 6 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 6 gigabyte, with 16 gigabytes 7 gigabyte.
When resolved 2560×1440 video memory consumption of video cards from 8 gigabytes to 6 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 6 gigabyte, with 16 gigabytes 7 gigabyte.
When resolved 3840×2160 video memory consumption of video cards from 8 gigabytes to 7 gigabytes, with 12 gigabytes 7 gigabyte, with 16 gigabytes 8 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.
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When using video cards NVIDIA processors showed an acceptable indicator of at least 25 frames per second Ryzen 5 2600 or Core i 7 5960X.
When using video cards AMD acceptable figure is not less than 25 frames per second showed processors Ryzen 5 3400 or Core i 7 5960X.
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GameGPU
The game can load up to 24 streams. The game uses 12 threads as efficiently as possible.
| RAM TEST |
The test was carried out on the basic configuration of Core i 9 12900K with 32 GB DDR5 5400 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.
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GameGPU
When resolved 1920×1080 RAM consumption for video cards from 8 gigabytes to 8 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 10 gigabyte , with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabyte.
When resolved 2560×1440 RAM consumption for video cards from 8 gigabytes to 8 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 10 gigabyte , with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabyte.
When resolved 3840×2160 RAM consumption for video cards from 8 gigabytes to 9 gigabytes , with 12 gigabytes 11 gigabyte , with 16 gigabytes 10 gigabyte .
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