{"id":2333,"date":"2026-09-18T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:01:00","slug":"control-resonant-pc-performance-tested-28-gpus-take-us-back-to-the-oldest-house-and-a-warped-manhattan-cityscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/?p=2333","title":{"rendered":"Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-b57fd68e-b35a-11f1-af8a-c3eac6117a6a\">2019\u2019s <em>Control <\/em>followed Jesse Faden into the ever-shifting, paranormally corrupted brutalist innards of the Oldest House, the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, where she became the new FBC director, fought the invading forces of the Hiss, and sought the truth about the fate of her kidnapped brother Dylan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Control Resonant <\/em>marks the next chapter in the siblings\u2019 story, as Dylan reawakens to discover that Jesse has gone missing and that the Hiss threat has escaped the Oldest House and corrupted Manhattan. Using his own powers and guided by the mysterious Board, Dylan sets out to find Jesse, combat the Hiss incursion, and uncover the mysteries of a new paranormal entity at work in the twisted Manhattan cityscape.<\/p>\n<aside data-article-category=\"video-games\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"ecom-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-b57fd68e-b35a-11f1-af8a-c3eac6117a6a-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">We\u2019ve had access to <em>Control Resonant <\/em>for the past few days, and we\u2019ve been exploring its performance and image quality across a range of hardware and settings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;3ctY47st&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;E849Pwt6&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_E849Pwt6_3ctY47st_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;E849Pwt6&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_E849Pwt6_3ctY47st_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;PQRPe9rcDKVpvWTxi78IpFIsjl2YGAdypF5ix2YVG1nfZtwI&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:false,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>Control <\/em>was one of the first games to show off the capabilities of GeForce RTX 20-series graphics cards and their ray-tracing capabilities, and it was also one of the first titles to incorporate DLSS upscaling. It\u2019s only fitting, then, that<em> Resonant <\/em>is a technical showcase of its own. It features path-traced lighting effects bolstered by Nvidia\u2019s RTX Mega Geometry tech, as well as support for the full suite of DLSS 4.5 features: Super Resolution (aka upscaling), Ray Reconstruction, and Multi Frame Generation.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">With that extensive spread of cutting-edge rendering tech at its disposal, I expected <em>Resonant <\/em>to look incredible, as both <em>Control <\/em>and <em>Alan Wake II <\/em>did before it.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout kiosq-b\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-2d0dff0a-b360-11f1-939e-c9cb38e4ecb6\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2560px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-1200-80.png.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-1024-80.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-970-80.png.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-650-80.png.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-480-80.png.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-320-80.png.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Control Resonant gameplay\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-1200-80.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-1024-80.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-970-80.png 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-650-80.png 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-480-80.png 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW-320-80.png 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW.png\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline expandable\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Remedy Entertainment\/Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-2d0dff8c-b360-11f1-bce1-6b3848ee17b7\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Even without ray tracing or path tracing and DLSS Ray Reconstruction, <em>Control Resonant <\/em>already looks good, as we\u2019ve come to expect from Remedy games. If performance is a priority, you certainly won\u2019t make the game bad by leaving RT off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery inlinegallery inline-layout extended-layout full-width-layout first-slide-only kiosq-b\" data-component-name=\"Elk:Gallery:ImageGallery\" data-inline-gallery=\"\" data-inline-gallery-progress-template=\"Image {currentSlide} of {totalSlides}\" data-inline-gallery-total-slides=\"2\" id=\"elk-2d0e0004-b360-11f1-a39d-495d3e6d1388\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"slidecount current\" data-inline-gallery-count=\"\"><br \/>\nImage 1 of 2<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__items inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"react-swipeable-view-container\" data-inline-gallery-track=\"\" style=\"flex-direction: row; transition: all 0s ease 0s; transform: translate(0%, 0); direction: ltr; display: flex; will-change: transform;\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"false\" data-swipeable=\"true\" data-inline-gallery-slide-frame=\"\" data-index=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%; 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Outdoors, RT primarily improves the rather blobby shadows and soft reflections that appear in the numerous puddles around Manhattan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-jFVxTkr2ZdPqoXDSdWdpJa\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-jFVxTkr2ZdPqoXDSdWdpJa slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get Tom&#8217;s Hardware&#8217;s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery inlinegallery inline-layout extended-layout full-width-layout first-slide-only kiosq-b\" data-component-name=\"Elk:Gallery:ImageGallery\" data-inline-gallery=\"\" data-inline-gallery-progress-template=\"Image {currentSlide} of {totalSlides}\" data-inline-gallery-total-slides=\"2\" id=\"elk-98fb0378-b362-11f1-9919-c105e954ee9b\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"slidecount current\" data-inline-gallery-count=\"\"><br \/>\nImage 1 of 2<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__items inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"react-swipeable-view-container\" data-inline-gallery-track=\"\" style=\"flex-direction: row; 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Overhead lights properly shadow Dylan\u2019s face from above and let his back fall into darkness if he\u2019s occluding them. 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WIth RT off, this effect is only represented on the floor.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Everything looks more alive and more real, in other words, and these subtleties need to be appreciated in motion, not just in stills. I enable path tracing for those moments where something unexpectedly realistic catches the corner of my eye and makes me double back to explore it.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Despite all the environmental magic that path tracing and DLSS Ray Reconstruction lend to <em>Control Resonant<\/em>\u2019s setting, that level of polish isn\u2019t evenly applied across all the game\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>Control <\/em>stood out to me not only for its lighting effects but also for its amazing facial modeling work. In <em>Resonant, <\/em>however, the character models of Dylan, Zoe, and supporting characters like Langston all look like a step back from the level of detail achieved in past Remedy games. Maybe I\u2019ve been staring at too much DLSS 5 output, but the faces in <em>Resonant <\/em>don\u2019t match up to the environmental quality, and that gap stands out.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-control-resonant-raster-gaming-performance\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Control Resonant raster gaming performance<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery inlinegallery inline-layout extended-layout full-width-layout first-slide-only kiosq-b\" data-component-name=\"Elk:Gallery:ImageGallery\" data-inline-gallery=\"\" data-inline-gallery-progress-template=\"Image {currentSlide} of {totalSlides}\" data-inline-gallery-total-slides=\"3\" id=\"elk-c9045486-b35b-11f1-8b1f-936d51b1911c\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"slidecount current\" data-inline-gallery-count=\"\"><br \/>\nImage 1 of 3<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__items inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"react-swipeable-view-container\" data-inline-gallery-track=\"\" style=\"flex-direction: row; 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You want an RTX 5060 Ti or better or Radeon RX 9060 XT or better for 60 FPS (ish) average among current-gen cards, or an RTX 4070, RTX 3080, or RX 7800 XT among earlier cards. The RTX 3060 can\u2019t even break 30 FPS on average, and that\u2019<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Radeons also tend to turn in lower 1% lows than GeForces, although that didn\u2019t translate to a bumpy experience with our high-refresh-rate, variable-refresh-rate monitor. If you\u2019re only playing on a 60 Hz display, that difference may be more apparent.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Even though it still lands above a 60 FPS average at 1080p, the older Radeon RX 6800 XT is stuck with FSR 3.x upscaling, so its output image quality is noticeably worse than RX 9000- or RX 7000-series cards that get FSR 4.1.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>Control Resonant <\/em>is also the first game we\u2019ve tested where the demands of running the DLSS 4.5 transformer upscaling model hits RTX 30-series products hard, so if you\u2019re not trying to perform heroic feats of upscaling, you can probably get a few frames per second back by shifting to older DLSS models at the cost of some output image quality.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">2560&#215;1440 Ultra is similarly punishing. Here, the RX 9070 GRE and RTX 4070 Ti end up just below a 60 FPS average, while the RX 9070 and RTX 5070 Ti end up slightly above it. Any weaker card will likely need lower settings, a dose of upscaling, or both to deliver a smoother experience.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Finally, at 4K, only the RTX 5090 can deliver the coveted 60 FPS average. Some degree of upscaling, frame generation, or both will be needed on every other graphics card here for this resolution (and possibly on the RTX 5090, depending on your desired experience).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-control-resonant-ray-traced-performance\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Control Resonant ray-traced performance<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery inlinegallery inline-layout extended-layout full-width-layout first-slide-only kiosq-b\" data-component-name=\"Elk:Gallery:ImageGallery\" data-inline-gallery=\"\" data-inline-gallery-progress-template=\"Image {currentSlide} of {totalSlides}\" data-inline-gallery-total-slides=\"3\" id=\"elk-668b7a4a-b35c-11f1-b848-2d509f82fdcb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"slidecount current\" data-inline-gallery-count=\"\"><br \/>\nImage 1 of 3<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__items inlinegallery-wrap\">\n<div class=\"react-swipeable-view-container\" data-inline-gallery-track=\"\" style=\"flex-direction: row; 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The RTX 4070 Ti, RX 7900 XTX, and RTX 5070 all land just below the 60 FPS mark, while the RX 9070 XT lands right on it. The RTX 5070 Ti offers a significantly more comfortable average frame rate and 1% lows for a smoother experience.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">At 1440p, even the RTX 5080 isn\u2019t quite enough to manage a 60 FPS average, and at 4K, not even the RTX 5090 can conquer <em>Control Resonant<\/em> with these settings. Oof.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">These results mean that upscaling and frame generation will be mandatory if we\u2019re going to chase RT glory in <em>Control Resonant<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-control-resonant-path-traced-performance-with-upscaling-and-frame-generation\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Control Resonant path-traced performance with upscaling and frame generation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"elk-b57fdb98-b35a-11f1-8caa-35c2c47d4d67\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">There are two problems with trying to gauge competitive performance when we go ham on upscaling and frame generation, as we\u2019re about to here.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">For one, DLSS 4.5 produces a much more stable image than FSR 4, especially at extreme settings like 4K Ultra Performance. FSR 4 can look slightly sharper at rest, as reviewers usually are when creating side-by-side comparison images, but in motion, it can exhibit strong and distracting flickering artifacts, especially on fine structures with repeating elements like fire escapes and chain-link fences.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">DLSS 4.5 isn\u2019t entirely free of those artifacts, but they affect much smaller portions of the screen and to a much less intrusive degree.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The net result is that DLSS 4.5 frames are not the same as FSR 4.x frames, so that makes for two different experiential variables we have to account for in any comparison: raw performance and delivered image quality.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">And the third variable is that FSR Frame Generation (whether in its ML-powered or traditional shader-based form) isn\u2019t backed up with a robust latency reduction technology like Nvidia\u2019s Reflex or Intel\u2019s Xe Low Latency in <em>Control Resonant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Radeon Anti-Lag does reduce input latency, but even with the RX 9070 XT in full path-tracing trim, it is at best taking a high input latency and making it somewhat less high. Even with Anti-Lag enabled on the RX 9070 XT, the average latency before framegen is enabled is well above the roughly 60 ms threshold we try not to exceed.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">What\u2019s frustrating is that AMD <em>has<\/em> a more robust input latency handler for devs to use. Radeon Anti-Lag 2 exists and works well in <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>. But like FSR 4 Ray Regeneration, it\u2019s not implemented in <em>Control Resonant<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Worse, FSR Frame Generation isn\u2019t compatible with the performance counters that Nvidia FrameView monitors to estimate PC latency, so we\u2019re left with only our eyes and our guts to decide whether the net result of FSR FG is a truly playable experience. Even Intel\u2019s XeFG supports these performance counters properly, so it\u2019s all the more annoying that AMD doesn\u2019t, even two years after the arrival of FSR 3.1.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">So before we get into these results, bear a couple asterisks in mind. Path tracing as Nvidia envisions it and as <em>Control Resonant <\/em>implements it\u2014with upscaling, denoising, frame generation, and lag reduction all working together\u2014is not possible to replicate 100% on AMD hardware.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">We include AMD results (and RTX 30-series cards with FSR framegen) as a sort of best-effort reference point for maxed-out RT behavior with this game, but because these are doubled frame rates, any figure below 60 FPS on these charts for RTX 30-series and AMD cards should be understood as an unpleasant (or even unplayable) experience, whether due to input latency, significant artifacting, or both.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c188fe1c-b35d-11f1-a742-232a89bc6591\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">At 1080p with Ultra RT, DLSS Quality, 2X Frame Generation, and DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, only the RTX 5050 and RTX 4060 fail to deliver playable input latency. Even the RTX 5060 squeaks in under the 60 ms threshold we want for a responsive experience. That\u2019s great news for the accessibility of path tracing on relatively affordable hardware, or at least what used to be relatively affordable hardware.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">At 1440p with DLSS Performance, the RTX 5060 just barely fails to meet the 60ms mark for acceptable input latency. This is more the territory of the RTX 5060 Ti and up.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">And at 4K with DLSS Ultra Performance, we\u2019d strongly recommend an RTX 4070 Ti or better, although you can get away with an RTX 5060 Ti or RTX 4070 in a pinch.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The combination of DLSS 4.5 technologies and Reflex makes for a perfectly playable path tracing experience in <em>Control Resonant <\/em>across a wide range of hardware, and as we\u2019ve already noted, it\u2019s impossible for AMD gamers to enjoy the same experience.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section kiosq-b\" id=\"section-bottom-line\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>Bottom line<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"elk-b57fdc6a-b35a-11f1-8a4f-674262d895b9\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>Control Resonant <\/em>marks a new chapter for one of my favorite gaming sagas, and I was thrilled to step back into the Oldest House. The Hiss-corrupted Manhattan setting looks fantastic, even if I\u2019m still waiting for the story to fully grab me. I need to fully explore the full range of weapon forms, skill trees, and builds the game offers as our protagonist Dylan Faden fights through hordes of Hiss in close-quarters, split-second combat. Death is just one wrong move away in this game, and I&#8217;ve been frequently reminded of that fact.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">For all its path-traced environmental splendor, there are some wrinkles on the tech side in <em>Control Resonant<\/em> that stand out. The character models, even main characters like Dylan and Zoe, look a bit basic for a 2026 game, especially with all the other graphical fireworks happening around them. Perhaps I\u2019m ruined by DLSS 5 (and perhaps this game was meant to have it alongside more capable hardware), but I&#8217;ve come to expect more from Remedy given the artistic heights of <em>Control <\/em>and <em>Alan Wake II<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Any graphical shortcomings like that stand out given how crushing <em>Control Resonant <\/em>is for many graphics cards. This is a game that really demands some degree of upscaling for good performance on less powerful hardware, and Ultra settings may not be possible on older, lower-end cards, period.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">But at least for Nvidia RTX 50-series gamers, the aggregate improvements to the DLSS 4.5 software stack in 2026 make <em>Control Resonant\u2019s <\/em>fanciest graphics settings incredibly accessible, and you really should take advantage of every DLSS feature at your disposal in this title.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Thanks to DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution\u2019s remarkable capabilities, even the RTX 5060 can do path tracing at 1080p with DLSS Quality upscaling, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, and frame generation enabled, all with a reasonable input latency and solid output image quality. And if you\u2019re willing to tolerate slightly higher input latency, you can get away with the same settings at 1440p using DLSS Performance.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The RTX 5070 provides a great experience at all resolutions with those same settings, and you really only need more powerful hardware like an RTX 5070 Ti if you\u2019re chasing higher DLSS input resolutions. I would normally shout out the RTX 5060 Ti here, but that card\u2019s 16GB version especially is so close in price to the RTX 5070 that you should just get the more powerful card if gaming is your goal.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The situation is less rosy on the AMD side, even for the latest RDNA 4 cards. FSR 4.x upscaling is available in this title for RX 9000- and RX 7000-series graphics cards, but it isn\u2019t as strong at image reconstruction as DLSS 4.5, so lower RT settings and higher FSR input resolutions may be necessary on RX 9000-series cards than on comparable RTX 50-series hardware to achieve the right balance of performance and image quality.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">And the lagginess of FSR Frame Generation means that you\u2019ll have to carefully test that feature if you want to try to use it to boost smoothness, unlike the general no-brainer that is DLSS 4.5 (M)FG.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">All told, the incomplete implementation of AMD\u2019s gaming tech suite in <em>Control Resonant<\/em>, as well as the generally lower RT performance of RDNA 4 cards versus Blackwell, means that you can max out RT settings in this game, but you still won\u2019t enjoy the same image quality as on GeForce cards, especially in the areas of the frame that DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction enhances.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Once again, this situation proves that having a software feature in your toolkit is meaningless if you can\u2019t convince a developer to adopt it. Every new game that comes out with only a patchwork of AMD features like this is another paper cut for RX 9000-series GPU owners who are left with a distinctly lower-tier experience than RTX 50-series cards get. Fine wine, this is not.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">But maybe you\u2019re totally unmoved by RT and neural rendering techniques and just want strong raster performance with a touch of upscaling where it\u2019s needed. RX 9000-series cards deliver that experience with strong performance per dollar in today\u2019s ever-pricier gaming graphics card market.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Going off what I\u2019ve played of <em>Control Resonant<\/em> so far, I\u2019d suggest checking some full gameplay reviews to see if it\u2019s for you and perhaps giving it a post-launch point release or two to iron out some minor technical issues we saw.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">But one thing is for certain: the full array of Nvidia tech in this title, and its general accessibility across a wide range of hardware, means that a GeForce graphics card is the best way to play it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/pc-gaming\/control-resonant-pc-performance-tested-28-gpus-take-us-back-to-the-oldest-house-and-a-warped-manhattan-cityscape\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019\u2019s Control followed Jesse Faden into the ever-shifting, paranormally corrupted brutalist innards of the Oldest House, the headquarters of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YX28rxTDFp8P292bsWmxXW.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwts-elimination.myftp.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}