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Gears of War E-Day pushes Unreal Engine 5 CPUs to their limits

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Gears of War: E-Day, an upcoming title built on Unreal Engine 5, is proving to be unusually demanding on CPUs, unlike most other games utilizing the same engine. Benchmarks indicate that the game can push CPU utilization to 80-90% and shows significant performance scaling across different processors from Intel and AMD. This CPU intensity is consistent across various in-game scenes and graphics presets, with the exception of the highest 'Ludicrous' setting, which reduces CPU dependency. AI

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Gears of War E-Day pushes Unreal Engine 5 CPUs to their limits

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Roach ·

    Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game

    Gears of War E-Day is a surprisingly heavy Unreal Engine 5 game on the CPU. We benchmarked the game with 25 processors, as well as investigated what the “low core mode” actually does.

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    Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game — benchmarking 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD and investigating ‘low core mode’ Gears o

    Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game — benchmarking 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD and investigating ‘low core mode’ Gears of War E-Day is a surprisingly heavy Unreal Engine 5 game on the CPU. We benchmarked the game with 25 processors, as well…

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