Horizon Zero Dawn Makes Great Use of Higher-Threaded CPUs and PCIe Bandwidth

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If you thought that Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition would be your run-of-the-mill PC port, think again. According to an analysis by DSFix mod author Peter “Durante” Thoman, the performance of Guerrilla Games’s open-world action RPG can vary greatly depending on the amount of processor cores and threads that’s available. Just take a look at the benchmark below.



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As we can see, Horizon Zero Dawn scales incredibly well and makes full use of today’s higher core counts. An 8C/16T processor will deliver an average frame rate of 149 FPS, but stepping down to a 4C/8T processor results in a 35 percent decrease (104.6 FPS).



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Interesting results. Hearing performance blows for the most part though.
 
I wonder how it scales on amd as opposed to Intel. Like will my setup crush this at 1440p or will I need more video card. Waiting on cheaper prices.
 
Still wish I had known this was coming to PC. I played through it in 2017 by borrowing both the system and the game. The whole time I was wishing for mouse aim and 60fps. Bought the game for $10 from Amazon when I got my own PS4 in 2019, so I could have it for my collection and to go through the Frozen Wilds DLC (wish I could just transfer my save file over to PC). Now I'm wondering if the sequel or any other Sony exclusives with Sony-owned IPs will eventually make their way to PC. Might be a good idea to start waiting 3-4 years after a Sony-exclusive game releases so I can see if it will show up on PC.
 
Brian_B said:
Interesting results. Hearing performance blows for the most part though.
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Only place I've seen that has said that so far is Ars. Everyone else I've read is saying it is an amazing port.
 
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