Hogwarts Legacy

[DAPUNISHER]

It's funny how many people just believe what they read/hear and don't do their own research.

Come at me bro.


I have watched a number of videos using Intel and AMD CPUs, and AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Frame pacing isn't very good once they made it to the castle and surrounding areas. Some were better than others, but none were smooth for very long. No one is saying it is game breaking, simply annoying. Now stop reading and get back to work slave.

 

[WhiteNoise]

I'm going to be playing it after work. Can't wait.

 

[Stuka87]

TPU has benchmarks up:

Hogwarts Legacy Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review - VRAM Usage Record

Hogwarts Legacy lets you relive the steps of Harry Potter and is a fantastic adaptation of the books. In our performance review, we're taking a closer look at image quality, differences between the graphical setting presets, VRAM usage, and performance on a selection of modern graphics cards.

www.techpowerup.com

This game is super VRAM hungry. Also, this game is clearly heavily optimized for nVidia RTX, as AMD cards just fall over. I am sure there will be driver updates now that AMD has access to the game, but not sure how much they will be able to claw back as UE4 is very much a pro-nvidia engine.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The ray tracing in Hogshardware is terribad anyways.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Also, this game is clearly heavily optimized for nVidia RTX, as AMD cards just fall over. I am sure there will be driver updates now that AMD has access to the game, but not sure how much they will be able to claw back as UE4 is very much a pro-nvidia engine.

Doesn't explain how ARC is doing so well in RT.

 

[Stuka87]

Doesn't explain how ARC is doing so well in RT.

Intel also got drivers out before the game launched, so they had to of had early access.

 

[DeathReborn]

Come at me bro.


I have watched a number of videos using Intel and AMD CPUs, and AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Frame pacing isn't very good once they made it to the castle and surrounding areas. Some were better than others, but none were smooth for very long. No one is saying it is game breaking, simply annoying. Now stop reading and get back to work slave.

Oh no... shots fired...

Quite a bit of that is Shader Compiling, just leave it for 30 seconds or so and it calms down. It's not ideal but 8 hours into the game it's hardly gamebreaking as you say.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Doesn't explain how ARC is doing so well in RT.

-I mean the simplest explanation is that AMD's arch just isn't built for RT first, while Intel and NV are.

I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that, like everything else, AMD engineers had to come up with a very "lightweight" and space conscious method of doing RT because their defining doctrine has always seemed to be "why sell tons of silicon as a GPU when we can sell way less silicon for similar prices as a CPU".

If you look at every engineering/business decision made by AMD regarding to GPUs, it always seems to be best explained by "they wanted to sell CPUs instead".

 

[uzzi38]

TPU has benchmarks up:

Hogwarts Legacy Benchmark Test & Performance Analysis Review - VRAM Usage Record

Hogwarts Legacy lets you relive the steps of Harry Potter and is a fantastic adaptation of the books. In our performance review, we're taking a closer look at image quality, differences between the graphical setting presets, VRAM usage, and performance on a selection of modern graphics cards.

www.techpowerup.com

This game is super VRAM hungry. Also, this game is clearly heavily optimized for nVidia RTX, as AMD cards just fall over. I am sure there will be driver updates now that AMD has access to the game, but not sure how much they will be able to claw back as UE4 is very much a pro-nvidia engine.

TPU's results with RT are a LOT worse for AMD than either ComputerBase or HUB's results.

Wonder what happened there tbh.

Their section on VRAM usage though is a VERY good guide of what to expect though. The game absolutely chews through the stuff.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Wonder what happened there tbh.

Computerbase is using 12900K with slower RAM while TPU is using 13900K with faster RAM. My guess is that the 13900K configuration is less CPU limited so it stresses the GPU more, exposing the RT weakness of RDNA2 in a more pronounced manner. Also, TPU is using the more recent Windows 11 22H2 while CB tested with 21H2.

 

[uzzi38]

Computerbase is using 12900K with slower RAM while TPU is using 13900K with faster RAM. My guess is that the 13900K configuration is less CPU limited so it stresses the GPU more, exposing the RT weakness of RDNA2 in a more pronounced manner. Also, TPU is using the more recent Windows 11 22H2 while CB tested with 21H2.

Yeah no these aren't just differences with CPU choices.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1623978459876962304

 

[uzzi38]

Hardware Unboxed's testing on the game:

Hogwarts Legacy, GPU Benchmark: Obsoleting The RTX 3080 10GB - YouTube

 

[sze5003]

Hopefully it gets more optimized for PC. 46 fps at 4k on a 4090 with ray tracing enabled and avg of 76 ultra settings without ray tracing. I guess it's ok without RTX for being an open world game. Reflection RtX is most noticed indoors but not so much outside.

If you want to use Ray Tracing you pretty much have to use dlss at 4k.

 

[BFG10K]

TPU's results with RT are a LOT worse for AMD than either ComputerBase or HUB's results.

Wonder what happened there tbh.

Probably DLSS 3.0 silently switching itself on as pointed out by HWUB.

 

[WhiteNoise]

I've only made it to the castle and just finished my charms class. So far the game runs quite well. I'm waiting to hit the open world to see how performance truly is though.

 

[rstrohkirch]

I've only made it to the castle and just finished my charms class. So far the game runs quite well. I'm waiting to hit the open world to see how performance truly is though.

How much space does this game take up?

 

[WhiteNoise]

How much space does this game take up?

The download was 77GB and unpacked 80ish? I can check when i go home tonight.

 

[rstrohkirch]

The download was 77GB and unpacked 80ish? I can check when i go home tonight.

As long as it's under 100GB that's good. I'm running out of space after I installed all the stuff for Ark.

Thanks

 

[WhiteNoise]

@rstrohkirch
72.91GB exactly.

 

[DigDog]

...sooo ....
is this a fps? arcade? turn-based? you've gone on 2 pages talking about stutter and social politics, but not a single mention of gameplay.

 

[igor_kavinski]

...sooo ....
is this a fps? arcade? turn-based? you've gone on 2 pages talking about stutter and social politics, but not a single mention of gameplay.

TSK TSK. There's a gameplay video in the very first post. Pay attention!

It's just running around and casting magic spells. Nothing too special. I bet it would bore you

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Anyone know how the game will play on a 2200g + 980ti @1080p?

Wife is interested in the game and I have a spare HTPC system that I figured she could game on (not keen on giving up my PC, Witcher 3 calls me).

Virtually all the benchmarking I'm seeing so far is all Turing cards and up. I guess a 980ti lands around a 1660S/3050 in performance with similar RAM, so I figure those are the best analogues, but it'd be great to hear from someone running a legacy system.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Roughly 16 fps on a GTX 660! The 980 Ti would be just fine.

You should ensure that the system has 32GB RAM minimum.

 

[blckgrffn]

980ti is a beast. If you fire it up, let us know how it goes, but I am guessing a CPU drop in - like a 3600/5600 would go a looong way and is only a little more than the game costs . I would try it but don’t own it.

Does the game have a benchmarking loop?

 

[Stuka87]

Anyone know how the game will play on a 2200g + 980ti @1080p?

Wife is interested in the game and I have a spare HTPC system that I figured she could game on (not keen on giving up my PC, Witcher 3 calls me).

Virtually all the benchmarking I'm seeing so far is all Turing cards and up. I guess a 980ti lands around a 1660S/3050 in performance with similar RAM, so I figure those are the best analogues, but it'd be great to hear from someone running a legacy system.

Here are the system requirements. Do note, that this hardware is for 30fps at 720P with low settings.

A 980Ti should be ok, though you will need to be at minimum settings most likely. 32GB of RAM is only needed if the settings are set higher than the available VRAM on the GPU can handle. Give it lower settings, and 16GB should suffice (as it notes in the requirements)

Also, FSR works on the 980Ti (Thank you AMD), so you can always use that to get a pretty big FPS boost.

• MINIMUM:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 85 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred), HDD (Supported), 720p/30 fps, Low Quality Settings