Far Cry 5 PC - Ryzen 5 3600 & RTX 3060 Ti - FPS Test and Settings | Benchmarks
Greetings, everyone.
Today we’re testing Far Cr 5, it is free to play this weekend, on any platform, so I decided to do some benchmarks, because I’ve never played this one.
My current PC specs:
-CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (stock settings) with Coolermaster Hyper 212 Black RGB (w/2 fans, push-pull).
-Mobo: MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC.
-GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC and WHQL driver 471.41.
-RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT (2x8GB) CL16 DDR4@3200 Mhz.
-Storage: PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB NVMe (O.S. and game), Samsung 750 EVO 500 GB.
-Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2 (Intake: 2x140 Front, 1x120 Lower Front - Exhaust: 1x140 Rear, 1x120 Top/VRM Area).
-PSU: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold.
-O.S: Windows 10 Pro 64bit (v.21H1).
-Monitor: AOC AGON AG251FG 1080p-240Hz.
Some timestamps:
[MENUS & SETTINGS]
00:00 - Intro and general settings (Audio, Gameplay, etc.)
02:23 - Keyboard and Mouse Settings (including keybinds)
05:14 - Gamepad Settings
06:10 - Video Settings
[BENCHMARKS]
09:50 - [1080p]Split-Screen comparison all presets (Ultra, High, Normal, Low)
11:27 - [1404p]Split-Screen comparison (all presets)
13:42 - [1620p]Split-Screen comparison (all presets)
15:47 - [4K]Split-Screen comparison (all presets)
18:00 - [1080p | 1404p | 1620p | 4K]Ultra split-screen benchmark comparison
[IN GAME testing]
19:19 - Huge CPU limitations, initial area after landing
21:30 - [1620p]1.5x Resolution Scale, Ultra Settings, vehicle shooting section
23:04 - [1080p]Ultra Settings, vegetation-heavy area testing (other presets too)
25:59 - [4k]Individual Graphics Settings performance impact
32:44 - Water Quality testing
33:58 - Environment setting (Screen Space Reflections affected)
34:54 - Frame-rate limiter test
36:35 - [1836p]1.7x Resolution Scale, Ultra Settings, some gameplay/combat
So, here’s the very first thing I notice in this game: the Dunia Engine is old, there’s no other way to look at it, it has huge CPU bottlenecks, and Far Cry 5 using DX11 instead of DX12 is not helping in this regard, a lot, at all, it’s pretty obvious that at least judging by FC5’s performance, that it needs some rework in there. Hopefully they did that for Far Cry 6, and at least the thread usage on our CPUs gets better, because as of this moment, I think most other engines used in Ubisoft's titles are better optimized, and that includes the latest version of AnvilNext Engine from the latest Assassin’s Creed games.
Far Cry 5 can be CPU bound even at 1620p and Ultra Settings, in certain situations, quite often actually. It can be seen in the benchmark, and even better in actual gameplay scenarios.
In any case, the CPU issue aside, well the game has decent customization menus for stuff like HUD, controls (no gamepad remapping though, as far as I know), and the mouse handles fine, I don’t notice any funny acceleration issues or anything.
Ubisoft games normally are quite good PC ports when it comes to controls and mouse input, this one is fine too.
All in all, I still don’t like Far Cry much, at least the latest entries, I’m sure about it, but don’t hate them either. The world seems pretty big and with quite a bit stuff to explore.
As usual, I hope this can be useful to any of you, and I’ll see you next time : )
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