Black Myth: Wukong | 35 GPUs Tested [1080p, 1440p, 4K | All Presets + Ray Tracing & Upscaling]

Black Myth Wukong is one of the most highly anticipated game releases of the year, so before the game hits the shelves, we took to testing it on 35 graphics cards on 3 resolutions an 5 quality presets, as well as adding in some Ray Tracing and upscaling for good measure. With over 525 individual benchmark runs, this is one you won't want to miss.

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Sponsor
01:09 What is Black Myth: Wukong?
02:22 Settings
04:48 Graphics
06:42 Testing
07:10 How We Test
07:59 1080p Low
08:51 1440p Low
09:34 4K Low
10:20 1080p Medium
11:02 1440p Medium
11:31 4K Medium
12:01 1080p High
12:40 1440p High
13:15 4K High
13:40 1080p Very High
14:08 1440p Very High
14:43 4K Very High
15:18 1080p Cinematic
15:49 1440p Cinematic
16:14 4K Cinematic
16:43 Ray Tracing & Upscaling
18:54 Final Thoughts
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[matthew]

They’re really trying to make the cinematic truly cinematic with low fps like around 24 💀

[elvertmack]

Lossless scaling with a 4090....here I come, Jesus.

[bodasactra]

A game for next gen cards? The 7800XT has yet to turn a year old, the 4070Ti a year and a half and the 4090 turns two years old in October. Medium settings are looking better every year.

[Johan-rmec]

Half a second in the video, is this Hardware Unboxed? Benchmarking well done 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[AbjectMaelstrom]

Is this the "we have Hardware Unboxed at home" version of the review/benchmars?

The "studio" looks like a copy-paste of HUB... They renting out studio space or do they have a brand deal with IKEA..." Rooms by HUB"😅

[tyleraronne]

"High" looks like the sweet spot, after that very high and cinematic look over-processed and blurry

[AvalancheZ]

Even top of the line consumer cards can't run this game maxed out without using FPS-assistive technology. This is the new "But can it run Crysis?"

[makeithappenwithjayinZBrush]

Dude, really informative! You have to do to most demanding Games. You will be favourite. Thank you!

[AgentMoler]

I can’t stand this gen’s games needing this expensive ass hardware to get 4k 60. This should be the benchmark that the top 5 cards can hit!

[Renikade]

Great comparison.

I play on a Legion 5 Gaming Laptop with an 8GB 3070 RTX, and while it handles most things on really high settings well, it's interesting to see that it can play a graphically intensive game like Wukong on high at 1080p with a consistent 51-60fps.

1080 has always been enough for me and I've never seen much reason to go higher, so this has been an informative video and means I can buy Wukong with confidence. DLSS is amazing, though.

Thanks for the vid. :)

[HM-rznv]

I tested the game benchmark on my 6900XT/5950X .

All test being at 1440p on Linux:

First test - Very High Preset, 75 FSR Super Resolution, Frame Generation, RT off, i got a solid 103 FPS with a 54 minimum.

Second test - Cinematic Preset, 100 FSR (native), Frame Generation, RT off, gave a very nice 69 FPS max with a 61 minimum.

Third Test - Cinematic Preset, 100 FSR (native), Frame Generation OFF, RT off, gave me an average of 39 FPS with 30 minimum

Fourth Test - Very High Preset, 100 FSR (native), Frame Generation OFF, RT off, gave me an average of 45 FPS with 38 minimum

Fifth Test - Very High Preset, 75 FSR, Frame Generation OFF, RT off, gave me an average of 57 FPS with 47 minimum

Sixth Test - Medium Preset, 100 FSR, Frame Generation OFF, RT off, gave me an average of 75 FPS with 62 minimum

It's still looks very playable at Very High 1440p even in the 40 FPS range, but the game benefits tremendously from FSR and Frame Generation where i'm getting a little more than double the FPS.




Edited to correct a minimum FPS figure, and added some additional test

[Kylethejobber]

I love my 7900xtx reference great card

[hitsukora]

Okay, but how does the 7800xt outperform the 7900gre

[Sinbad]

im looking forward to playing this game tomorrow on my 4070 ti super :D

[michaelthompson]

Black Myth Wukong game optimisation guide:
- Buy RTX 10090 GPU
- Set resolution to 1080p
- Set graphical quality to lowest settings
- ACHIEVE 60FPS ahahaahahahahahaha :P

[OldKingMaple]

What does native mean, 100% on Super Resolution Slider?

[tvcultural]

The results are quite different from the Hardware Unboxed video.

[hikarihakai]

what would be the best setting for something like a rtx3060 mobile?

[Superdazzu]

Ray tracing + upscaling data is very chaotic, why does it say "rtx 4090 native dlss 50%"? It either is native or dlss <100%

[situatedillness]

Hmmm, these numbers don’t add up. I have a 13900k and a rog strix 4090 with 32GB 6400mhz DDR5 and at 1440p max settings with ray tracing on I’m getting over 160 fps. I’ll even take a video and show you because I know people are going to say “there’s no way you can have better performance than hardware unboxed”. But I do and that’s where maybe the 7800x3d isn’t the best choice for this game. Not sure