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can someone help me understand the benchmark here? I want to know if there's anything abnormal and if I want to upgrade what I should upgrade first? CPU or GPU? DX12, 1080P, DLSS off, RTX off, AA:SMAATx2

Anyone have a clue why? --SPECS-- CPU - 32 threads (3.2 - 3.8GHz) (4 physical processors)(Can support up to 2000MHz DDR3 ram) RAM - 1333MHZ (16 sticks, 64GB total)(Dual channel)(DDR3) PSU-1000w GPU - RX 580 Monitor: 144+ hz Radeon Thermal Grizzly

so i recently received my new msi rtx 2070 super gaming x and thought the frames were a little of from what i expected and so i decided to revisit some benchmark vids i watched previously on it and compared them, shadow of the tomb raider was the one that showed the best the difference in the vid compared to mine so can anyone help me as to why im getting a solid 10 fps less than the video benchmark that has the exact same parts (other than the GPU being the gaming x trio) like correct me if i am wrong but here is something up with my gpu yeah?

As of late, while benching my brand new RTX 2070 Super Advanced OC on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, I've noticed these odd artifacts appear outta nowhere and only last for less than half a second and I have no idea why they occur. I know these type of artifacts appeared on an older system I had with a GTX 960 while playing moderate games like Fallout 4. (But hey my score was pretty alright, aside the artifacting lol.) Any advice or insight on this would be much appreciated! Thanks, -Tyler H.

So Shadow of the Tomb Raider got the RTX patch and whaddaya know, it just works. DLSS actually looks good here. Better than without DLSS. NV seems to have used a sharpness filter here or sth. Raytracing doesn't do much other than the shadows, and AO, but the performance is decent. At this rate, raytracing shouldn't take as long as I thought to become mainstream.

Now that DLSS and Ray Tracing is enabled I ran the in game benchmark on my system at max settings at 1440P. System is and full specs in sig.RTX 2080Ti9900K32 GB ramResults are:DLSS OFFRT Off - 107 FPSMed - 92 FPSHigh - 67 FPSUltra - 65 FPSWith DLSS ON.RT off - 123 FPSMed - 109 FPSHigh - 82 FPSUltra - 80 FPS

Like the title says, I wanted to see if I could build a PC for $200 that would run Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p resolution. TL:DR; my upgraded Optiplex 390 runs the benchmark (on low settings of course) at an average of 42FPS with a floor of 33FPS. Success!!! Parts List and Prices Base PC: Dell Optiplex 390 Mini Tower - $52.50 on eBay CPU: Xeon E3-1225 at 3.1GHz (this is the gen 1 LGA1155 version) - $19 on eBay Motherboard: Dell M5dcd - included with base PC Case: Dell Optiplex 390 - included with base PC CPU Cooler: Stock Intel cooler - included with base PC Thermal Paste: If you don't have any lying around, just use mustard, lol - free RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333MHz - one stick included, $10.50 for the second stick Graphics Card: Radeon HD 7870 - $47.50 SSD: NEW Silicon Power 256GB SP256GBSS3A55S25 - $28.50 SSD 2.5" to 3.5" Adapter and Dell Hard Drive Caddy - $7.50 Hard Drive: 500GB 7200 RPM - included with base PC Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts EA500 80+ PSU - $35 Other fans, cables, etc: whatever came in the base PC Windows 10 Pro License - included with base PC (upgrade from Windows 7) Total: $200.50 When procuring parts, I would check Craigslist (or local equivalent) first for deals, especially on the base PC. I had to buy all of my parts, except the new SSD, on eBay, which took quite a bit of digging. Fortunately, my labor is not included in the budget! Build Log For the base system, any mini tower with an LGA1155 socket will probably work. We only really care about the case, motherboard, OS license, and at least one 4GB 1333MHz RAM stick. A hard drive is a nice to have. I used the stock case, motherboard, and CPU cooler. I had to settle for a board that only had two RAM slots, officially capped at 2x4GB of RAM (though the internet tells me that I could probably upgrade to 2x8GB). None of these parts are great, but they're cheap and they got the job done. Xeon E3-1225 processors are cheap four core, 3+GHz processors that are sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the graphics card. While Xeon processors are usually not listed as compatible for the PCs you'll find for $50, theoretically they should work in almost any 1155 motherboard. An i5-2400 costs a little more for the same performance and (almost) guaranteed compatibility. Prior generation i5-760 processors are cheaper but noticeably slower, and prior generation i7s are more expensive and slower. Newer generation CPUs of any flavor are significantly more expensive. Note that I don't like AMD CPUs from this era and did not seriously consider them - let me know if I screwed up! RAM selection is unremarkable, just get 8GB of 1333MHz and try to match your sticks. For the graphics card, I was able to find a Radeon HD 7870 for $47.50. If you prefer team green, GeForce GTX 760s offer slightly better performance for about the same price. You may need to dig a bit for a deal. You'll need an SSD. I spent a few extra bucks for a new 256GB drive, but you can save $5-$10 here with a lower capacity or used drive. I'm picky about mounting so I purchased a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and one of Dell's special mounting sleeves to mount the SSD properly. The PC came with a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive which I wiped and converted to extra storage. Finding the power supply was probably the trickiest part of the build (honorable mention to the GPU). I ended up with an Antec Earthwatts EA500 PSU. JonnyGuru liked it back in 2010, so it probably won't blow up the rig, and it had the two six pin GPU connectors I needed, so no adapters required. eBay usually has a couple of old, lower-tier-but-non-explosive 500w power supplies available at around $35. I included Windows 10 in the list above as you should be able to find a PC with a Windows 7 Professional license (possibly already upgraded to Windows 10). It's nice to have an activated copy of Windows 10, especially if you got it for free! All that remained was assembly, a Windows 10 installation, and unsupported BIOS update, and a lot of nail biting while the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark ran. Remarkably, the rig cleared the 30FPS hurdle and averaged 42FPS, as you can see in the screenshot. Shadow of the Tomb Raider actually doesn't look all that bad on low settings. Also, the rig runs Fortnite on high settings at about 45 FPS and chews through CS:GO at 100+ FPS, so it can game (; Hope y'all enjoyed, pgpcs

i've tested shadow of the tombraider with overclock on and off. oc was 200mhz, but same exact fps. even tried with smaax2 set to taa, with no overclock. still 57. wheres the bottleneck? the overclock should get me an even 60, or at least 58. whats the bottleneck and how do i get full gpu usage? thanks.

I found out that I was much better at aiming with the mouse and keyboard, but I really enjoy gaming with the controller (for the rumble feedback and because I am used to playing most games with a controller.) Is there a way where I can get the best of both worlds?

So whenever i run the benchmark on shadow of the tomb raider, in the first scene there's the people dancing near the stage, the shadows go from being sharp edged to blurry edged as i watch it. Anyone else get this? Is it the program or is something happening with my card or settings?