Horizon Forbidden West PC Graphics Card Performance Test – Beautiful graphics and reasonable hardware requirements? impossible…

Horizon Forbidden West is another exclusive title from the Sony PlayStation range that eventually made its way to PC, but this situation shouldn't surprise anyone. The first batch was also released, paving the way for console production, after which there was a large-scale onslaught in the form of The Last of Us, Spider Man Remastered, God of War, Ratchet & Clank and many other games. Horizon Forbidden West PC also includes the Burning Shores add-on and soundtrack, a complete version whose technical aspects have been improved over the original release. What are the graphics and hardware requirements for the latest Guerrilla Games game?

Author: Sebastian Oktaba

Horizon Forbidden West continues the story started in Horizon Zero Dawn, so we'll once again guide Aloy to visit an extraordinary post-apocalyptic world. The creators have preserved the distinctive atmosphere by using mechanical dinosaurs created by artificial intelligence, among which are small human tribes trying to somehow survive in unfavorable conditions. However, something starts to get dangerously complicated, the Earth is slowly dying and Aloy is desperately searching for a solution to the problem… This time she is heading west… There is no need for more plot to imagine the course of the game, based on the same rules as Horizon Zero Dawn. During the adventure, we undertake various quests, explore the open world, and collect experience points and equipment to face increasingly difficult challenges. If you've played the previous part, you'll find your way here quickly.

Horizon Forbidden West is another PlayStation exclusive title that can now be played by PC players, enjoying improved graphics and extras. What are the hardware requirements for this conversion?

The creators have carefully detailed the hardware requirements, taking into account four levels of visual advancement and resolution, the lowest of which is 1280 x 720 and very low settings. Then we will be able to play on an Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics cards, that is, a configuration from a lower chip that is several years old. To get smooth 1920 x 1080 resolution at medium detail, you need more powerful processors and systems like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700, which is a much newer lineup. Raising the resolution to 2560×1440 with increased settings will require the use of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800, while 3840×2160 with maximum detail is the task of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT.

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Horizon Forbidden West, like most console ports, is adequately overclocked graphically, though advanced ray tracing techniques are not offered here. However, the graphics settings have been increased, the fps limit has been removed and support for NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR and INTEL XeSS has been added. GeForce 4000 graphics cards also support framerate creation, allowing you to bypass the CPU bottleneck and improve overall performance. However, in the case of Horizon Forbidden West, the biggest impression is the style itself, because the mechanical dinosaurs frolicking in the ashes of ancient civilization, also digested by Mother Nature, look truly exceptional. The Complete Edition of Horizon Forbidden West also includes the Burning Shores DLS, comic book, concept art album, soundtrack, and additional unlockable items.