Sponsored by NVIDIA / Gigabyte
Resident Evil has been a poster child for graphical fidelity in recent years, but Resident Evil Requiem sets a new high-water mark for what is possible on the PC. Actually, I’d even argue its setting the bar higher on consoles too, having played this on the PlayStation 5 (base version) recently, I was floored by just how good it looked. However, with Requiem developed on a heavily evolved version of the RE Engine, this latest entry transitions from the traditional rasterised lighting of its predecessors to a fully path-traced pipeline, and that means that with the power of the latest graphics cards, PC is going to be king for the graphics loving gamers out there.
For enthusiasts, this means global illumination, reflections, and shadows are all calculated in real-time with physical accuracy, creating a claustrophobic and terrifyingly realistic atmosphere. However, this level of visual fidelity comes at a significant computational cost, and that’s where the latest generation of NVIDIA graphics cards come in to play, backed up by the ever-evolving NVIDIA DLSS ecosystem, which is rarely an optional feature these days, at least for those who want to max out the latest technologies like Path Tracing, while still maintaining higher resolutions such as 4K, and higher refresh rates significantly above 60 FPS.
When Capcom announced Resident Evil Requiem, the core promise was “immersion without compromise.” On the PC, that promise is fulfilled through a partnership with NVIDIA, bringing a suite of features that’s make great use of the latest NVIDIA Blackwell graphics cards. Armed with the latest AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D and the Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, as found in the latest gaming systems from PCSpecialist, we’re not mucking about, pairing the world’s fastest gaming CPU, with a GPU that is brimming with performance, but even then, we suspect without DLSS, Requiem could bring even this setup to its knees; and we’re going to put that to the test! For the sake of something a little more attainable for many gamers, we’ll also put the Gigabyte RTX 5070 and the Gigabyte RTX 5060 through their paces too!
