AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 & 56 Best Playable Settings At 4K & Ultrawide

Rise of the Tomb Raider

At 3440×1440, the GTX 1080 handles RotTR a bit better than Vega 64, being able to use improved specular reflections, and HBAO+ over the default ambient occlusion method. The GTX 1080 had a reduced minimum FPS over the Vega 64, but that’s something that could honestly change between runs (the game loves to hitch at absolutely random moments).

When details are slightly reduced, the game hits an easy 60 FPS on the Vega 56 and GTX 1070, sharing the same settings. Here, performance between the two cards is even closer than the others.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands

As with RotTR, the GTX 1080 fared a bit better in Wildlands, which isn’t a grand surprise given the NVIDIA splash screen seen before the main menu. NVIDIA’s card had improved texture quality and still managed at 6 FPS bump on average. As has been the theme a couple of times, both the Vega 56 and GTX 1070 used the same settings, delivering roughly the same performance.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Wrapping up the ultrawide testing, the GTX 1080 bested Vega 64 ever-so-slightly here, sticking to HBAO+ over SSAO (hardly a grand difference, if I’m honest). Both cards performed extremely similarly. As for the Vega 56 and GTX 1070, settings were once again shared, and similar performance was delivered.