Xbox made a splash again in 2021 when it bought Bethesda, bringing the entire developer’s largest hits to Xbox Recreation Cross, to the enjoyment of many avid gamers. However the gaming group has but to see any new unique Xbox titles, till now. Redfall is making that leap and for sure, it’s obtained rather a lot using on it.
Created by developer Arkane Studios (the group behind Prey and the Dishonored collection, Redfall is an open-world, co-op FPS title. Set within the titular city of Redfall, the sport enables you to step into the sneakers of 4 vampire hunters seeking to dispatch a strong horde of bloodsuckers. Some moderately unethical experimentations from a shady pharmaceutical firm (it’s all the time a some evil company) unleash the blood-thirsty vamps on the unsuspecting residents of the city to disastrous outcomes.
Among the townsfolk be a part of some creepy vampire-worshipping cult and begin serving up their former associates and neighbors to the vamps. Different survivors are holed up and making an attempt to remain protected with a number of being courageous sufficient to battle again towards the scourge. It’s an uphill battle as there are a bunch of various vampires with completely different powers. However by no means worry, the 4 hunters have some methods up their sleeves that may stage the enjoying area and switch the tide.
We’re presently reviewing Redfall and can put up a full evaluation quickly. However for the reason that sport is obtainable on Xbox and PC, it’s solely proper that we see how the sport runs on a few of our favourite techniques with Nvidia’s 40 collection GeForce RTX graphics. For this check we used the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18, Dell XPS 15 and the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Extremely. We ran the sport on excessive settings at native decision in addition to medium and low. Learn on to learn the way the laptops fared.
Asus ROG Strix Scar 18
Dubbed a kingslayer in our evaluation, the Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 is so overpowered it’s ridiculous. The 18-inch behemoth packs a 2.2-GHz Intel Core i9-13900HX CPU, 32GB of RAM, two 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD in RAID 0 configuration, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 GPU with 16GB of VRAM and a 18-inch, 2560 x 1600 Nebula Show with a 240Hz refresh charge (Like I stated, overpowered). As such, I wasn’t shocked that the laptop computer delivered nice body charges regardless of the setting.
I began on Epic, the sport’s highest setting at native decision with Nvidia DLSS and noticed body charges between 172-189. I ran by the city blasting away at cultists and vampires with none lagging or jaggies. CPU utilization stayed at a low 2-4% whereas GPU various between 51-70%. VRAM utilization hit 61-72%.
Subsequent, I dropped the graphics settings to Excessive and the body charge shot as much as 211-232 fps whereas GPU utilization didn’t fall under the 55% and didn’t exceed 72%. VRAM utilization stayed fairly regular at 71% whereas CPU utilization fluctuated between 2% and three%.
Lastly, I lowered the sport’s settings to Medium and took one other dive into the city. I noticed one other body charge increase that stayed between 202-242 fps with CPU utilization at 2%. VRAM utilization hit 62% and rose to 69% whereas GPU utilization swung between 26 and 45%
Samsung Galaxy Book3 Extremely
I do know you weren’t anticipating to see the Dell XPS 15 right here and admittedly, neither was I. However once I noticed what the laptop computer had (Intel Core i7-13700H CPU, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 with a 15.6-inch, 3456 x 2160 show with a 60Hz] refresh charge.
The midtier 4070 GPU did a good job working Redfall. On Epic at native decision, the XPS 15 delivered between 50-58 fps with GPU utilization fluctuating between 66-74%. In the meantime, VRAM hit between 77 and 82%.
Switching over to Excessive, I noticed a 60-65 fps body charge vary. Nonetheless, the sport ran actually easily even once I needed to gun down a bunch of cultists. The VRAM utilization had a wider vary at 68% and 82%. The CPU utilization was larger than the Asus at 10-14%.
After I switched to Medium settings, the CPU utilization bottomed out at 9% and maxed out at 15%. As anticipated, Medium gave me the very best body charges swinging from 61-70 fps. The GPU utilization hit 58-71% whereas the VRAM utilization vary hit 60-71%.
Samsung Galaxy Book3 Extremely
Final, however definitely not least, we wished to see how the Galaxy Book3 Extremely would stack up. Described as a sub-4 pound powerhouse, the Galaxy Book3 has an Intel Core i7-13700H CPU, 32GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU with 6GB of VRAM and a 16-inch, 2880 x 1800-pixel with 120Hz refresh charge.
Our Assistant Managing Editor, Sean Riley, benchmarked the sport and obtained blended outcomes that fluctuated between strong body charges to straight up unplayable. First issues first, the laptop computer defaults to medium settings at native decision which is a touch of issues to return. At this setting, the Galaxy Book3 reported round 50-60 fps, nevertheless it was riddled with glitches. When he tried switching it to excessive, Riley reported, “It runs, however it will make you sick in about 15 seconds. There’s simply movement blur all over the place and motion lags a half second to a second behind.”
And what about Epic settings?
“Epic is about the identical. It appears fairly if I do not transfer.”
Oomph, in order that’s out. However the information isn’t all doom and gloom. Dropping the decision to 1920 x 1200 on medium, the body charges jumped to 74-98 fps. Riley discovered that working across the city was simpler, however there have been nonetheless glitches with the vampires or “simply loads of climbing and vaulting.” The VRAM and RAM hovered round 83-88% whereas the GPU hit 55%.
When he dropped the settings to low, the body charge skyrocketed to 100-120fps with VRAM and RAM utilization dropping to 80 and 64% respectively. GPU utilization in the meantime sat round 30%. Riley famous that motion was smoother on low, however famous that he skilled dropped body charges if there was an excessive amount of motion on display screen “from a vampire assault or working and climbing too rapidly.”
