Test System

Test System Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.0 GHz

(Coffee Lake, 16 MB Cache) Motherboard: EVGA Z390 DARK

Intel Z390 Memory: 16 GB DDR4

@ 3867 MHz 18-19-19-39 Storage: 2x 960 GB SSD Power Supply: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 850 W Cooler: Cryorig R1 Universal 2x 140 mm fan Software: Windows 10 Professional 64-bit

Version 1903 (May 2019 Update) Drivers: AMD: Radeon Software 19.10.2 Beta

NVIDIA: GeForce 440.97 WHQL Display: Acer CB240HYKbmjdpr 24" 3840x2160

Benchmark scores in other reviews are only comparable when this exact same configuration is used.

Graphics Memory Usage

GPU Performance

We tested the public Epic Games Launcher release version of The Outer Worlds (not a press pre-release). We also installed the latest drivers from AMD and NVIDIA, which both have game-ready support for the game.Using a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, which has 11 GB of VRAM, we measured the game's memory usage at the highest setting.VRAM usage at lower resolutions is clearly optimized for cards with 3–4 GB VRAM. The requirements increase only significantly when going to 4K, where 5–6 GB should be no problem at all because all cards in that performance range have 8 GB VRAM or more.