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Half-Life: Alyx (2020)

Duration: 22:51

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VR is an insanely demanding medium, much moreso than flatscreen, so I thought what better to truly test the 4090 than more VR games? Especially since almost all the benchmarks out there are for various sim games and there aren't many who do non-sims.

I got numerous requests for more 4090 VR content, so after how successful my video looking at it vs the 3090 TI was, and the several requests to bench VRChat, I decided to give it a go and benchmarked 12 games on the Pimax 8k X, the highest res consumer HMD on the market to truly stress it. All native res, with one exception at the end.

It holds up quite well.

Skyrim was not included due to a ton of technical troubles in setting up a demanding modpack preset, sorry. Video below with the 4090 in it.

TEST SPECS:
EVGA z690 Dark Kingpin motherboard
RTX Asus TUF 4090 GPU
Intel i9-12900k CPU
6000Mhz/CL30 DDR5 RAM
Approx 5000x3160 per eye for all benchmarks, except for the surprise one at the end of 3788x3160

SKYRIM VR 4090 Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysN2xVRq_1A by Doofersmith1911

RTX 3090 TI vs RTX 4090 in VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9IF6XXAls4

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
00:53 Test Configuration
02:04 VRChat Scenario 1: CPU Bound
03:26 VRChat Small public Lobby
04:04 VRChat Big public lobby
05:10 Half Life Alyx without Dynamic Resolution
06:31 Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
07:25 Medal of Honor: Locked 90 with one setting tweak
08:14 TWD: Saints and Sinners
09:16 Blade and Sorcery: Outer Rim mod
10:19 A Walk in the Woods
11:05 Castle Rock Beach
11:47 Zero Caliber
13:18 After the Fall
14:23 Contractors: Why settings still matter
15:47 Assetto Corsa
16:40 Resident Evil: Village
19:10 Conclusions and why no Skyrim
21:39 Is the 4090 worth it

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