It's been a big twelvemonth for PC gaming with plenty of blockbuster releases including GTA V, The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 and Project CARS, merely at that place was 1 more than game on anybody's radar since its outset teaser videos were unveiled by EA in 2022.

Star Wars Battlefront has been met with tremendous anticipation. Its v-mean solar day open beta attracted a staggering 9.5 meg players across all platforms, who were willing to download over 8GB of game content, making it EA's largest beta test always.

Although this is the third release in the Star Wars Battlefront serial, it is not considered a sequel to the previous games merely a reboot. This means dissimilar by Battlefront entries, this championship does not have its ain story and instead reinterprets the stories and battles presented in the original trilogy.

Star Wars Battlefront PC gameplay on max settings

But how does information technology play? Read the Star Wars Battlefront gameplay review here

The game has the option to switch at will between first-person way and third-person mode, much like the previous entries in the series. Instead of a single-player entrada, the game features a ready of co-op missions that tin be played solitary, online, or on split-screen mode. An offline dissever-screen mode is also be bachelor.

But the purpose of this article is not to explore or judge Battlefront's gameplay -- which has received mixed reactions -- information technology's the game's astonishing visuals that got us here in the start place.

Star Wars Battlefront was congenital on top of the Frostbite 3.0 engine, the same engine used past Battlefield iv, Hardline and Dragon Age: Inquisition, and nonetheless this is the well-nigh stunning example we have seen yet.

The game features Photogrammetry to evangelize real Star Wars props into the gaming environment, resulting in a highly realistic look and feel. PC games tin bask high resolution textures and impressive visual effects making Battlefront a new benchmark for testing the latest PC hardware.

Testing Notes

Our test rig was outfitted with an Intel Core i7-6700K to remove bottlenecks that could influence high-end GPU scores. Using Fraps we recorded sixty seconds of gameplay from the grooming mission on Endor titled 'Chase'. The benchmark begins in one case the Stormtrooper has mounted the speeder bicycle and takes pursuit. The same path was taken each fourth dimension and based on an average of 3 runs we found that this delivered very accurate results.

We chose the Ewok planet of Endor (Tana) for testing as it was more graphically enervating than scenes that took place on Hoth or Tatooine, for example. We also found the 'Chase' mission to be more enervating than the battle on Endor.

Battlefront was tested at three resolutions: 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 using the ultra quality preset. This means FXAA Loftier was the anti-aliasing method used, while all other options such every bit ambience apoplexy, textures and lighting were set to 'ultra' as well.

Exam System Specs

  • Intel Cadre i7-6700K (four.00GHz)
  • 4GBx4 Kingston Predator DDR4-2400 (CAS 12-13-13-24)
  • Asrock Z170 Extreme7+ (Intel Z170)
  • Silverstone Strider Series (700w)
  • Crucial MX200 1TB (SATA 6Gb/s)
  • Radeon R9 Fury X (4096MB)
  • Radeon R9 390X (8192MB)
  • Radeon R9 390 (8192MB)
  • Radeon R9 380X (4096MB)
  • Radeon R9 380 (2048MB)
  • Radeon R9 290X (4096MB)
  • Radeon R9 290 (4096MB)
  • Radeon R9 285 (2048MB)
  • Radeon R9 280X (3072MB)
  • Radeon R9 270X (2048MB)
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz (3072MB)
  • Radeon HD 7970 (3072MB)
  • Radeon Hard disk drive 7950 Heave (3072MB)
  • Radeon Hd 7950 (3072MB)
  • Radeon Hard disk 7870 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX Titan (6144MB)
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6144MB)
  • GeForce GTX 980 (4096MB)
  • GeForce GTX 970 (4096MB)
  • GeForce GTX 960 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 950 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti (3072MB)
  • GeForce GTX 780 (3072MB)
  • GeForce GTX 770 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 760 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 680 (2048MB)
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti (2048MB)
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
  • Nvidia GeForce 359.00 WHQL
  • AMD Catalyst 15.xi.1 Beta

Benchmarks: 1080p Functioning

Considering of the busy battles and fast paced activity, Star Wars Battlefront is a game ideally played with an average 60fps for smooth, lag-complimentary gameplay. With that in mind, at 1080p nosotros recommend at to the lowest degree a Radeon R9 380 or GeForce GTX 960 to make that happen. AMD came out with their $200 GPU delivering 60fps, while the GTX 960 averaged 55fps.

Many GPUs were able to average between fifty to 60fps, including some oldies like the GeForce GTX 680, 760, 770 and 780. On AMD's side, the Radeon HD 7950, 7970 and R9 285 managed to laissez passer.

For silky smooth gameplay, the GeForce GTX 970 or the Radeon R9 390 were both able to deliver over 80fps on boilerplate.