Test System

Test System Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.8 GHz

(Kaby Lake, 8192 KB Cache) Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IX Code

Intel Z270 Memory: G.SKILL 16 GB Trident-Z DDR4

@ 3000 MHz 15-16-16-35 Storage: 2x Patriot Ignite 960 GB SSD Power Supply: Antec HCP-1200 1200W Cooler: Cryorig R1 Universal 2x 140 mm fan Software: Windows 10 64-bit Anniversary Edition Drivers: NVIDIA: 378.66 WHQL

AMD: Catalyst 17.2.1 Beta Display: Acer CB240HYKbmjdpr 24" 3840x2160

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

Graphics Memory Usage

Performance (DX12)

DX11 vs DX12

We used the latest public Steam release version of Sniper Elite 4 (not a press pre-release).Using a GTX Titan X, which has 12 GB of VRAM, we tested the game's memory usage in both DX11 and DX12.Overall memory consumption is extremely reasonable for today's typical graphics card memory capacities. What's also worth mentioning is that DirectX 12 only uses slightly more memory than DX11.Very interesting results here. It seems AMD GCN gains a lot more performance from going with DX12 + Async than NVIDIA's Maxwell or Pascal GPUs.