Nvidia RTX 3080: PCIe 4.0 vs 3.0 scaling analysis

1. Introduction2. Testing Methodology3. 3DMark Synthetic4. Control5. Death Stranding6. The Division 27. Far Cry New Dawn8. Gears 59. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint10. Horizon Zero Dawn11. Metro Exodus12. Middle Earth: Shadow of War13. Red Dead Redemption 214. Shadow of the Tomb Raider15. Total War Saga: Troy16. RTX On - Control17. RTX On - Metro Exodus18. RTX On - Shadow of the Tomb Raider19. Performance Summary (15 Game Average)20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

Here we revisit Metro Exodus, this time with ray tracing effects set to Ultra.

The performance trends within Metro Exodus don't really change when turning RT on. The game still prefers Intel hardware across the board, and Gen4 vs Gen3 with the 3900XT doesn't make any meaningful difference.

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