Games
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Grand Theft Auto VI
Vice City sprawl, physics-heavy streaming.
Cyberpunk 2077 (RT Overdrive)
Path-traced Night City hammers modern GPUs.
Counter-Strike 2
High-refresh competitive, CPU-hungry.
Fortnite (Performance)
Performance mode, 240 Hz targets.
Valorant
Runs on almost anything, loves fast cores.
Elden Ring
60 fps cap, balanced load profile.
Alan Wake 2
Mesh shader showcase, brutal on GPUs.
Baldur's Gate 3
Act 3 city crushes CPUs.
Starfield
Cities and space combat swing between CPU/GPU.
Hogwarts Legacy
Streaming stutters ease with fast CPUs.
Call of Duty: Warzone
Verdansk rebuild, CPU-heavy engine.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
The classic CPU-bottleneck benchmark.
Helldivers 2
Chaos-driven CPU load spikes.
Black Myth: Wukong
UE5 showcase — Nanite + Lumen hungry.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Poor CPU scaling makes it a challenge.
Apex Legends
Source engine, thread-limited.
The Finals
Destructible physics tax CPUs hard.
Star Citizen
Notorious CPU-bound sandbox.
Path of Exile 2
Loot explosions swing CPU load.
Delta Force
Free-to-play tac-shooter, well optimized.
Overwatch 2
Runs great on almost anything, esports-tuned.
Marvel Rivals
UE5 hero shooter, heavier than it looks.
Rainbow Six Siege
AnvilNext engine, exceptional optimization.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
IW 9.0 engine, heavy streaming.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Latest IW engine iteration, well tuned.
Battlefield 2042
128-player servers punish CPUs.
PUBG: Battlegrounds
UE4 legacy, uneven optimization.
Rocket League
Runs at 240 fps on a potato.
Escape from Tarkov
Streets of Tarkov crushes CPUs.
Naraka: Bladepoint
Melee BR, moderate GPU load.
League of Legends
Ancient engine, runs on anything.
Dota 2
Source 2, teamfights dip CPUs.
World of Warcraft: The War Within
Raids and cities are CPU-bound.
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Graphics update raised the GPU bar.
Genshin Impact
Anime open-world, well optimized.
Honkai: Star Rail
60 fps cap, runs on modest rigs.
Zenless Zone Zero
Stylish HoYo action, capped at 60 fps.
Wuthering Waves
UE4, still stabilizing performance.
Red Dead Redemption 2
RAGE engine masterpiece, GPU-hungry.
Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced)
Enhanced 2024 build with RT.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Nixxes port, excellent scaling.
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Nixxes gold standard for PC ports.
God of War Ragnarök
Jetpack Interactive port, well optimized.
Horizon Forbidden West
Decima engine, heavy VRAM use.
The Last of Us Part I
VRAM-hungry launch, patched to good.
Dragon's Dogma 2
RE Engine chokes in cities.
Assassin's Creed Shadows
AnvilNext with RTGI, GPU-heavy.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
CryEngine sequel, dense simulation.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
Swarm rendering hits CPUs hard.
Silent Hill 2 (Remake)
UE5 Lumen showcase, foggy and heavy.
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Stylized JRPG, modest requirements.
Diablo IV
Well-optimized loot-fest.
Last Epoch
Endgame monoliths stress CPUs.
Path of Exile
Loot explosions still lag GPUs.
Palworld
UE5 open-world, still optimizing.
Enshrouded
Voxel world, GPU-scaling engine.
Rust
Base rendering punishes CPUs.
ARK: Survival Ascended
UE5 remake, brutally demanding.
Minecraft (Java, shaders)
Vanilla is CPU-bound, shaders GPU-bound.
Forza Horizon 5
ForzaTech, gorgeous and well-tuned.
Forza Motorsport
Ray-traced reflections tax GPUs.
Assetto Corsa Competizione
UE4 sim, VR-heavy loads.
iRacing
In-house engine, ultra-competitive.
Cities: Skylines II
Simulation-bound, still optimizing.
Total War: Warhammer III
Huge battles hammer CPUs.
Civilization VI
Late-game turns bottleneck on CPU.
Manor Lords
UE5 medieval sim, CPU-heavy.
Frostpunk 2
Late-game city sim taxes CPUs.