I didn't think I'd be saying this so soon, but... my PC kinda sucks.
It's got a nice enough CPU and a GPU that handled just about everything I threw at it, those being the i5 7600 and a 1660 Super.
I know, not high end by any means, but excluding games that require Raytracing (Indiana Jones for instance), there were no titles it couldn't handle at at least 1080 low with FSR performance... Sure, I haven't tested every game in the world on it, so I'm just saying this out of personal experience. But now that I tried Monster Hunter Wilds' benchmark, I'm scared lmao.
My dear friend @stk-g was the one who told me about the benchmark tool after I told them that my friend from Australia will be gifting me this game once it releases on Steam.
So, what are the results?
1st run
Sorry for no screenshots, I forgot to take them
For my first run I got a little cocky and decided to run the game at medium with FSR on balanced and Frame-gen on.
Whilst 44.07FPS sounds nice on paper... It really wasn't, the game was an absolute stutterfest, it kept artifacting, and just did not run well at all.
2nd run
For my second run, I lowered the settings to lowest and kept frame-gen on, there was still stutter, but way less. It felt kind of playable (as if I could even play it, I mean, you know, it's a benchmark tool).
3rd run
Then I decided to try it out without frame-gen on low settings with FSR.
A solid 30-40FPS throughout, with averages on 30.93. This may sound terrible... and it is, but it's likely how I'll be playing the game. I've played many games at 30FPS throughout the years, specially on PS4 and Xbox One (with some like Just Cause 3 dipping below the 30FPS target) so I'm sort of accostumed to it - but man oh man, CAPCOM did not do a good job of optmization here.
The Future
I can only guess that things will get better with time, but we'll have to wait and see.
It's currently 04:48am as I write this and the open beta test is now available.
Which of course means I'm downloading it. I'll play it thoroughly and if there's anything interesting to report on it, I'll write another post.
But for now, I'm just happy I get at least 30FPS without frame gen hahahaha... This old machine will have to keep doing its job for a few more years before I upgrade it. Keep it up 1660 Super! Hang in there i5! (lol)
Thanks for reading, and I hope y'all enjoy the beta test if you're interested in Monster Hunter - I've been playing this franchise since the 3DS days and even went back to play the original on PS2. It's a great game.