Total War ROME II Patch 2 – PC performance graphics benchmarks of Graphics Cards

BASIC GAME INFORMATION

 

Year of construction: 2013
Genre: Strategy (Real-time / Turn-based) / 3D
developer: The Creative Assembly
Publisher: SEGA
Platform: PC 

 

This review is devoted to studying the performance of the game Total War ROME II with the release Patch 2, which according to the developers should solve a large number of pressing problems, it also includes optimizations to increase performance, AI improvements, campaign pathfinding optimization and additional graphics/resolution settings for DX10 and 11 on mobile GPUs.

Also included in the review were tests at the maximum permissible quality settings for the game and processor tests directly in the game itself, where the load on the central processors is much higher than in the in-game benchmark. If you want to learn more about the main aspects of the game, we recommend reading the previous review. 

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 performance indicator was taken as the average and minimum FPS of the in-game benchmark. Below is a video of the test segment:   

Our video cards were tested at separate screen sizes of 1920×1080 and 2560×1600 at the maximum graphics quality settings allowed by Total War ROME II. Multi-chip configurations from NVIDIA are not supported by the game, but with the release of drivers and a new patch, AMD video cards are sometimes with some settings they show a slight increase, while with others they go negative. The tests were carried out at the highest quality of the game itself, and at the maximum settings that can only be turned up manually…

  

Testing at maximum quality settings 1920×1080 

 

At a resolution of 1920×1080 at maximum settings, an acceptable level of performance was shown by video cards of the Radeon HD 5870 level or GeForce GTX 480. The optimal solutions will be level Radeon HD 7950 or GeForce GTX 660 Ti.

Testing at maximum quality settings 2560×1600

 

At a resolution of 2560×1600 at maximum settings an acceptable level of performance was shown by video cards Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 680. The optimal solutions will be ASUS ARES II level GeForce GTX 780 and higher.

 

Testing at maximum permissible  quality settings 1920×1080 

At a resolution of 1920×1080 at maximum settings, an acceptable level of performance was shown by video cards of the Radeon HD 7950 level or GeForce GTX 660 Ti. Unfortunately, there are no optimal solutions…

Testing at maximum permissible quality settings 2560×1600

At a resolution of 2560×1600 at maximum settings video cards showed an acceptable level of performance level GeForce GTX 780 and higher.  

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.

Testing at maximum memory GPU quality settings 

 

The recommended amount of video memory for this game Total War ROME II is about 1536 MB for standard resolutions and at least 2048 MB for ultra-high resolutions. In the most difficult modes, we recommend using video cards with 3 gigabytes 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 Micro-Stuttering GPU quality settings

 

Micro-Stuttering latencies for video cards are currently at an acceptable level.

CPU test

 

We tested processor dependence on 15 models of basic configurations that are relevant today. The test in most cases was carried out in places where the value of video cards for the game was minimal and its load was less than 99%, at a resolution of 1920×1080 with maximum graphics quality settings. The first test was carried out in an in-game benchmark, and the second in the game itself on the historical map “Battle of Carthage”, below is a video of the test segment:

Testing at maximum quality settings 1920×1080

 

As we can see, with the release of the patch, the performance in the game increased only for Intel processors. HT technology puts Intel processors in the red in the in-game benchmark. But then it will be more interesting – let’s see the results in the game itself. 

Testing at maximum quality settings “Battle of Carthage” 1920×1080

And what happens is that in the game itself the situation is more than twice as bad as in the benchmark. and what’s surprising is HT gives an increase in performance, and with such results, it can be considered quite noticeable.  

Loading of processor cores at maximum quality settings “Battle of Carthage” 1920×1080 Intel %

 

Loading of processor cores at maximum quality settings “Battle of Carthage” 1920×1080 AMD %

 

Total War ROME II uses most of the CPU resources, but even this is not enough… It is very noticeable that the main role is played by just one processor core, which is constantly loaded at 100%, apparently because of this, such a sad picture is observed…

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 Total War ROME II is at the level of 1200 megabytes. Thus, for a comfortable game you need to have 2 minimum GB of RAM installed in your PC. 

Well, based on the release of updates, one thing can be said – performance has improved a little only for solutions from Intel, while video cards have practically remained at the same level. But even if you have a top-end processor from Intel, playing Total War ROME II is currently quite uncomfortable even with extreme overclocking…

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