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Control Resonant gets tough, but gives you the tools to deal with it

Control Resonant isn't an easy game. At any given moment while exploring vast open areas where you're sometimes leaping from wall to wall to ceiling, you may be surrounded by swarms of otherworldly enemies trying to crush you into the ground. It can be a lot, especially when enemies sometimes take a long time to […]

Control Resonant gets tough, but gives you the tools to deal with it

The Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WiFi II motherboard, equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor and a Thermalright Frozen Prism240 liquid cooler, powered the Control Resonant gaming experience on a 5K2K display. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU, with path tracing enabled, delivered an immersive visual experience that pushed the GPU to high temperatures, around 80C.

Despite the demanding workload, frame rates remained consistent in the high 50fps to low 60fps range when using DLSS 4.5 Quality and Frame Generation, with performance dropping to the high 80fps range in Performance mode. Even in intense combat with numerous objects and foliage, the frame rate remained stable. Standard ray tracing also produced impressive visuals, particularly in areas with the Hiss, which was bright and red.

Path tracing, activated in the ultra ray tracing preset, pushed the GPU to extreme temperatures but provided a solid 60fps in most scenarios when DLSS Performance and Frame Generation were active. This setup, however, is expensive, requiring a high-end PC with a cost close to $3,000, with additional expenses for the LG 5K2K OLED monitor.

The Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme handheld PC managed a solid 40fps on its handheld preset and 70fps when resolution was lowered to 900p and frame generation enabled. Overall, running Control Resonant at the 5K2K resolution significantly enhances the gaming experience, though it remains demanding for most gamers.

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