AtomicHeart is out on PC, and despite being a showcase of next-gen gaming tech, it runs shockingly well on a wide range of hardware.
I had rock-bottom expectations for Atomic Heart. I was confident I’d enjoy the game, but I’ve been burned by too many half-baked, stuttering, buggy PC ports over the past several years to put too much faith in an ambitious AAA title with next-gen tech from a first-time developer. It sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Developer Mundfish says ray tracing is coming after launch in a patch, but Atomic Heart is better off without it. It’s no secret that ray tracing tanks your performance, and with games like Portal RTX introducing features like RTX Direct Illumination, it can make even high-end systems look downright puny.
It’s not just for Nvidia users, either. AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 is available in the game, so you can boost your performance regardless of if you have an RTX GPU or not. In 15 hours of Atomic Heart, I had one snag as I loaded into a new area, no crashes, and no steep frame rate drops. Even more impressive is that Atomic Heart uses Unreal Engine, which is a game engine notorious for stuttering in games like Gotham Knights.
Between precompiled shaders, dense graphics settings, and plentiful upscaling options, Atomic Heart runs better than any AAA PC games I’ve played in the last three years — and probably longer than that. At native resolution with the Low graphics preset, I was locked at 60 fps in linear areas, and between 50 and 60 fps in the semi-open sections. You can turn on FSR, either through the game or through the Steam Deck itself, but I never needed to. Plus, there’s a steep drop-off in image quality given how little resolution AMD’s upscaling algorithm has to play with.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Buzzer-beating thriller: Sacred Heart Prep’s 3-pointer sinks Sacred Heart Cathedral in CCS playoffsSacred Heart Prep improves to 2-0 in Open Division pool play, must beat Riordan on Wednesday to reach final.
Read more »
How to watch the SpaceX Crew-6 mission launch this week | Digital TrendsNext weekend will see the launch of an international crew of four astronauts who will be traveling to the ISS. Here's how to watch.
Read more »
How I learned to love the OnePlus 11's controversial software | Digital TrendsFor a while, it looked like OnePlus had ruined OxygenOS. But after using OxygenOS13 on the OnePlus11, I've been converted. Here's what changed.
Read more »
Google Meet introduces 360-degree virtual backgrounds | Digital TrendsGoogle Meet has launched 360-degree video backgrounds that use your device’s gyroscope to make a virtual background move with you instead of keeping it static.
Read more »
Instagram and Facebook get paid verification service | Digital TrendsMeta is offering Facebook and Instagram users a paid verification service. Similar to Twitter Blue, subscribers will get a blue badge and various perks.
Read more »
GT Sophy devs explain how it taught an AI sportsmanlike conduct | Digital TrendsExperts from SonyAI spoke to Digital Trends about the AI powering GranTurismo7's new Gran Turismo Sophy Race Together mode.
Read more »