Resident Evil Village at 8K: can the Nvidia RTX 3090 handle the horror?

Resident Evil Village is the latest entry in the iconic horror series, and not only did we love the game in our review, we’ve also been impressed with how well the game runs on PCs, with even lower powered graphics cards like the RTX 3060 putting in a fantastic performance.

The fact that it runs so well on PC, while also looking mightily impressive and supporting atmospheric effects like ray tracing, has meant we couldn’t wait to try it out at 8K.

We’ve tested a range of modern games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Watch Dogs: Legion at the demanding 7680 x 4320 resolution, and even the mighty RTX 3090, currently the most powerful gaming GPU on the market today (if you can find one), struggled to reach acceptable frame rates without some serious tinkering.

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