PC World - USA (2020-03)

MARCH 2020 PCWorld 75

com/vbis), and often won’t be applied to the
first wave of stock on store shelves even if you’re
getting a faster version. We’ve included results
for both the reference configuration and the
faster VBIOS provided for the Sapphire Pulse
Radeon RX 5600 XT (go.pcworld.com/plrd).

Each game is tested using its in-game

benchmark at the highest possible graphics

presets unless otherwise noted, with VSync,

frame rate caps, real-time ray-tracing or DLSS

effects, and FreeSync/G-Sync disabled.

We’ve enabled temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) to

push these cards to their limits.

We run each benchmark at

least three times and list the

average result for each test.

GAMING

BENCHMARKS

Metro Exodus

One of the best games of 2019,

Metro Exodus is one of the

best-looking games around,

too. The latest version of the 4A

Engine provides incredibly

luscious, ultra-detailed visuals,

with one of the most stunning

real-time ray-tracing

implementations released yet.

We test in DirectX 12 mode with

ray tracing and DLSS disabled.

Borderlands 3

Borderlands is back! Gearbox’s

game defaults to DX12, so we do

as well, and gives us a glimpse at

the ultra-popular Unreal Engine

4’s performance—though this

game’s implementation leans

heavily in AMD’s favor.

Borderlands 3

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

50

44

45

46

71

65

63

65

65

1080p 1440p

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600XT

Sapphire Pulse Radeon R X 5600XT (new BIOS)

GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

EVGA GeForce GTX 2060 KO

EVGA GeForce GTX

2060 KO Ultra

43

Radeon RX 5700 56 80

Metro Exodus

(Frames per second)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

47

42

43

44

59

53

54

56

57

1080p 1440p

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600XT

Sapphire Pulse Radeon

R X 5600XT (new BIOS)

GeForce RTX 2060 (FE)

EVGA GeForce GTX

2060 KO

EVGA GeForce GTX 2060 KO Ultra

42

51

Radeon RX 5700^69