Welcome to GeForce Game Guide! In this
series we check out the latest games, go over a few of the game settings and
show some performance on GeForce RTX Cards! Today we are looking at Horizon
Forbidden West Complete Edition.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is the
critically-acclaimed sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, where you can explore distant lands, fight
bigger and more awe inspiring machines and encounter astonishing new tribes as you
return to the far-future world of Horizon.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is
available now on PC and loaded with tech including NVIDIA DLSS 3 with Frame Generation,
Super Resolution, DLAA, Reflex and more.
Let's start with DLSS Super Resolution.
DLSS Super Resolution boosts performance by using AI to output higher resolution
frames from a lower resolution input.
In Horizon Forbidden West you will find this
option in Display settings. Here you will see several quality options including Quality,
Balanced, Performance, and Ultra Performance. These quality settings relate to the internal
render resolution, and higher quality settings can offer better image quality. At 4K we recommend
setting to "Performance" for a good image quality to performance balance, and at 1440P and 1080P,
the "Quality" setting is a great option. You can also experiment with these options further
to find what works best on your setup.
For example, at 1440P, you can get an average
performance boost by around 20% by using DLSS Super Resolution.
Horizon Forbidden West also supports DLAA
which stands for Deep Learning Anti Aliasing, which is supported on all RTX GPUs. If you want
the ultimate in image quality and have additional GPU horsepower, you can enable DLAA. To do this
you will want to set the Upscale Method to off, then change Anti-Aliasing to DLAA. This setting
will retain the full internal render resolution and add AI based anti-aliasing on top of it.
DLAA does a better job of cleaning up some of the jaggies and enhancing the details, just take
a look at this comparison using NVIDIA ICAT. Keep in mind that there is a performance hit compared
to DLSS, so DLAA is recommended only for those who have additional GPU performance to spare.
Horizon Forbidden West also supports DLSS Frame Generation, and when enabled will dramatically
improve performance on GeForce RTX 40 series cards by using AI to generate entire frames.
We recommend enabling this for the highest performance possible from your RTX 40 series
card. In Horizon Forbidden West, enabling Frame Generation along with Super Resolution will
increase 1440P performance by an average of 75%.
Of course Horizon Forbidden West also supports
NVIDIA Reflex, this setting will reduce end-to-end system latency giving you quicker response
times. We ALWAYS recommend enabling Reflex on supported games. Now let's look at some performance! Here we
are running at the Very High in-game preset, with DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Frame
Generation enabled. Starting at 4K resolution the RTX 4080 SUPER performs at nearly 150FPS
with the RTX 4090 putting out over 180FPS.
At 1440P, the RTX 4070 SUPER and above can do over
150FPS. Here the RTX 4080 SUPER does over 200FPS.
At 1080P, you can see all 40 series cards
are able to offer over 120FPS, with the RTX 4070 SUPER and above doing over 200FPS.
So that is a quick look at Horizon Forbidden West! No matter which RTX 40 series card you
go with, Horizon Forbidden West looks and plays great on Geforce. Thanks for watching and we
will see you on the next GeForce Game Guide!
