The most demanding games

Sign Up for free or Log In if you already have an account to be able to post messages, change how messages are displayed, and view media in posts. PoorRetroGamer 1 month ago 1. Just curious, I know my laptop isnt the best in the world but so far Im not very impressed with Forza Horizon 5 running on ultra.

Its a beautiful game but that seems to be more from an artistic perspective. Thorscape 1 month ago 2. Digital Storm 1 month ago 3. Modded Minecraft. Knighted Dragon 1 month ago 4.

Nemerlight 1 month ago 5. Everything for the Gamers, everything within the Gaming, and nothing against the Gamers. He is asking which PC video game is natively the most rigorous relating to demand of producing an image. This is subjectively measured by finding the video game that produces the lowest amount of frames per second, while using the most powerful graphics card in the world. That would be Cyberpunk. No other game on the planet runs consistently at 30fps or below. Some areas I saw dips to 27fps, other areas run at 35fps.

The odd part? The best GPU will give playable frame rates for every game in the world at p and p, therefore we have to move to 4k. Keep in mind that Crysis 3 came out in February of , over eight years ago. Even after all this time, "Can it run Crysis? Crysis Remastered runs terribly on just about every system, regardless of your GPU. This is because Crytek hasn't reworked the remastered version to use multiple CPU cores, meaning the game has a serious CPU bottleneck. The original version of Crysis suffered from the same issue, hence why it's notorious for running so poorly.

It's also worth noting that there is a Crysis 3 Remastered, requiring slightly higher PC hardware to run. Beyond that, both versions look and perform exactly the same. Play whichever version you prefer. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided set the bar for graphical fidelity when it was released back in The visual improvement is certainly worth it, delivering a photorealistic cyberpunk dystopia that can only be matched by Cyberpunk Higher-end GPUs are mandatory to run this game at p or 4K, impressive considering the game's age.

Metro Exodus features the fabled real-time ray tracing technology support to use the full potential of the new Nvidia graphics card lineup. Players planning on running the game on lower settings might have issues, as the game offers only a few possible tweaks to improve performance for lower-grade systems. Cranking everything up to the max is going to require an RTX card like the or above. It's not the most performance-heavy FPS on the market, but Metro certainly rewards powerful PCs with jaw-dropping visual fidelity.

That's the word that's probably going to be on your mind as your overpriced system struggles to push out 60 FPS in this game. Kingdom Come: Deliverance's Dunia engine is actually based on the engine developed for the notorious Crysis. It carries over that engine's breathtaking visuals and equally breathtaking PC requirements—ranging from high-end GPUs to a solid chunk of disc space. The system requirements for this game make little sense.

Despite allegedly needing a GTX graphics card and a solid processor and we can't forget the necessary 16 gigs of RAM , those running GTX Ti's will still experience frame dips during play.

Even RTX cards struggle to play this game at higher resolutions. The latest chapter in Lara Croft's story is more visually stunning and diverse than ever. The previous game was no piece of cake when it comes to system requirements, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider continues the tradition. Even at mediocre refresh rates, you won't be able to enjoy this game with anything less than a GTX graphics card combined with the brainpower of something like an i7 K processor.

Its performance does scale quite well when pushed to higher resolutions, but you'll still want a 20 or 30 series RTX card from Nvidia to squeeze out as many frames as possible. This game is benchmarked frequently for a reason.

Forza Horizon 5 is one of the most stunning games released in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is far from the most visually impressive game on this list, but it is currently quite taxing on systems in its early access state.

One of the reasons why the Unreal Engine 4 game is so demanding is because it features a large 7x7 mile world and provides vast draw distances with up to simultaneous players. While our system managed to muster a This means means it runs a bit inconsistently. Because the game is in early access, performance is subject to change with optimization improvements and as the game adds new graphical features.

Visually, it features very realistic faces that skirt around the creepy uncanny valley effect really well. The environments are also visually impressive. All of this graphical fidelity does take a toll on performance, however. Our system mustered a The game also sports sophisticated physics with CPU-taxing destructible environments.

Here, our rig achieved a While it was largely playable, it did occasionally dip and reached a low of 28 frames per second. The game uses a modified version of the Disrupt engine, which we saw in the first Watch Dogs, and renders a pretty realistic rendition of San Francisco. With everything maxed out, Watch Dogs 2 offers vast draw distances, vibrant colors, and realistic water effects. It often dipped into the choppy 20s, however.

This makes it the first game in our list to go below the 30 average FPS threshold. While Andromeda's face models may need improvement, its Frostbite 3 engine allows it to create intricately detailed worlds coupled with gorgeous lighting effects. While you can certainly get Andromeda to run well on modest systems, it can really push high-end PCs to their limits if you crank all the settings up at 4K.

While our Our rig achieved a Our performance did hit some brick walls, however, with it dipping as low as one frame per second.

While Crysis 3 is the oldest game on our list, like the original, it was designed to be graphically future-proof.