Forward of the total launch subsequent week, a Black Fantasy Wukong benchmarking device has gone stay on Steam, and it’s free to downaload. This may permit you to check your gaming PC and discover the proper settings earlier than you play the total recreation, and I’ve been left impressed with the outcomes which have come by way of to date, despite the fact that it fails to supply a peek at fight efficiency.
I’m not utilizing the very finest graphics card you should purchase for this testing, as a substitute I’m utilizing the identical Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 that we use for normal recreation settings checks. It’s an amazing mid-range possibility normally and, primarily based on this demo, it’s going to make for a good selection for enjoying Black Fantasy: Wukong too.
Working Black Fantasy: Wukong on the Very Excessive preset that was chosen for me by default, and at 2,560 x 1,440, my gaming rig produced an 82fps common with a low of 73fps, and a excessive of 96fps. Apart from one main spike when first working the check, the benchmark ran easily and was visually beautiful each different time.
Issues solely received prettier when bumping as much as the Cinematic preset, the place the efficiency took a small hit and dropped to a 75fps common, due to a typically barely increased degree of settings reminiscent of shadow high quality, anti-aliasing, and examine distance. There have been no main spikes or drops, which means the minimal sat at an impressively excessive 63fps, whereas the utmost was 86fps.
Lastly, I ran the Cinematic preset one final time, however with ray tracing set to max settings. Right here is the place I anticipated my gaming PC to wrestle, however remarkably, the end result was a 58fps common with lows of 48fps and highs of 72fps.
Every check was run with Nvidia DLSS set to High quality mode, which within the Black Fantasy: Wukong settings is represented as a sliding decision scale. It’s not potential to disable DLSS, FSR, or Intel XeSS, however you’ll be able to set them to their lowest potential setting. Body era was additionally enabled in every check.
For context, my colleague additionally ran the benchmark at 4k with body era disabled and DLSS set to DLAA (no upscaling, simply anti-aliasing), and an RTX 4070 Tremendous may ship a 25fps common, and that’s with out ray tracing, so clearly this recreation has the potential to noticeably stress even high-end {hardware}. That stated, turning on body era and this determine jumped straight as much as 40fps.
Whereas I used to be left impressed with the outcomes my gaming PC achieved within the benchmark, I’m left with questions over why the beautiful fight sequences we’re seen in promotional materials are completely absent from the benchmark. It inherently raises the query of whether or not the sport’s efficiency will likely be fairly so constant when there’s fight concerned.
If you happen to love particular version graphics playing cards, take a look at this Black Fantasy: Wukong design from MSI, though sadly it seems you’ll be able to’t purchase one… but. Additionally, bear in mind you will get Black Fantasy Wukong at no cost with sure new Nvidia GPU purchases.
