Video games released after Battlefield V fully utilize ray tracing and DLSS. The environment of Metro Exodus doesn't fully showcase the mirror effect supported by ray tracing: it's full of fog and snow outdoors, and rather dimly lit indoors. Metro Exodus takes full advantage of ray tracing to provide gamers with the best possible effects using current technology. In this article, we'll look at the minimum system requirements for playing this title. We'll also conduct a comparative study of different graphics cards tested on this game and discuss Metro Exodus itself.
PC configurations for playing Metro Exodus
To play Metro Exodus in Full HD 1080p at 30 FPS, you must have at least the following specifications:
- Operating system: Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 or equivalent
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
- VRAM: 2 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 11 / DirectX 12
If you want to play this title in Full HD 1080p with a notable frame rate of 60 FPS, here are the minimum recommended configurations:
- Operating system: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K or equivalent
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 / GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD RX VEGA 56
- VRAM: 8 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 12
To play Metro Exodus in QHD 1440p with a frame rate of 60 FPS, you must have at least the following specifications:
- Operating system: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or equivalent
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti / GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD RX VEGA 64
- VRAM: 8 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 12
If you want to play in Extreme 4K resolution with a frame rate of 60 FPS, we recommend the following PC configurations:
- Operating system: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K or equivalent
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
- VRAM: 11 GB
- DirectX: DirectX 12
Benchmark of different graphics cards on Metro Exodus
In this test, we will first test the cards without enabling Ray Tracing.
At Full HD 1080p, only the GTX 1070 falls below 60 FPS, delivering an average frame rate of 50 FPS. The following cards achieve frame rates above 60 FPS: the RTX 3090 at 163 FPS, the RTX 3080 at 145 FPS, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT at 158 FPS, the RTX 2060 Super at 74 FPS, the AMD RX Vega 64 at 79 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 67 FPS , the RTX 2060 at 68 FPS , the RX 5600 XT at 72 FPS, and the AMD RX Vega 56 at 69 FPS.
At Quad HD 1440p, the following cards fall below 60 FPS: the RTX 2060 Super at 59 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 54 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 52 FPS, the RX 5600 XT at 55 FPS, the AMD RX Vega 56 at 53 FPS, and the GTX 1070 at 46 FPS. The following cards perform well with frame rates above 60 FPS: the RTX 3090 at 140 FPS, the RTX 3080 at 123 FPS, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT at 123 FPS, and the AMD RX Vega 64 at 61 FPS.
At 4K 2160p resolution, only the following graphics cards were able to deliver frame rates above 60 FPS: the RTX 3090 at 97 FPS, the RTX 3080 at 75 FPS, and the Radeon RX 6800 XT at 75 FPS. The other cards struggled somewhat and fell below 60 FPS: the RX Vega 64 at 37 FPS, the RTX 2060 Super at 35 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 33 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 32 FPS, the RX 5600 XT at 32 FPS, the RX Vega 56 at 31 FPS, and the GTX 1070 at 27 FPS.
Let's now test some graphics cards with Ray Tracing enabled. In Full HD 1080p, the following cards achieve less than 60 FPS: the RTX 2060 Super at 51 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 45 FPS, the GTX 1080 Ti at 16 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 11 FPS, and the GTX 1070 at 9 FPS. The following cards deliver frame rates above 60 FPS: the RTX 3090 at 128 FPS, the RTX 3080 at 112 FPS, the Radeon RX 6800 XT at 83 FPS, the Radeon RX 6800 at 72 FPS, and the RTX 2070 Super at 60 FPS.
At QHD 1440p, with Ray Tracing enabled, the following cards achieve less than 60 FPS: the Radeon RX 6800 XT at 56 FPS, the Radeon RX 6800 at 48 FPS, the RTX 2070 Super at 41 FPS, the RTX 2060 Super at 35 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 30 FPS, the GTX 1080 Ti at 9 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 6 FPS, and the GTX 1070 at 5 FPS. Only the following cards were able to deliver frame rates above 60 FPS: the RTX 3090 at 95 FPS and the RTX 3080 at 83 FPS.
At 4K 2160p resolution, not all cards manage to reach the crucial 60 FPS mark. Even the RTX 3090 is at 54 FPS. The average frame rates obtained by the other tested cards are as follows: the RTX 3080 at 47 FPS, the Radeon RX 6800 XT at 28 FPS, the Radeon RX 6800 at 24 FPS, the RTX 2070 Super at 22 FPS, the RTX 2060 Super at 18 FPS, the RTX 2060 at 16 FPS, the GTX 1080 Ti at 4 FPS, the GTX 1080 at 3 FPS, and the GTX 1070 at 2 FPS.
About Metro Exodus
This game was developed by 4A Games and released on February 15, 2019. It's a first-person shooter set in a chaotic post-nuclear war world. The game uses the 4A Engine . Survivors take refuge in a Russian subway. The player character decides to leave the subway to explore the outside world. The adventure begins in a hostile environment teeming with dangerous creatures. This title is single-player only.
In short, Nvidia graphics cards with the Turing architecture are preferred for games that utilize ray tracing. Ideally, you can choose the RTX 2080 Ti with its 68 RT cores. You can also opt for the RTX 2060 (30 RT cores), RTX 2070 (36 RT cores), and RTX 2080 (68 RT cores). Tensor cores are also used when DLSS supersampling is enabled. The RTX 2080 Ti has 544 of these cores. The RTX 2060, RTX 2070, and RTX 2080 have 244, 288, and 368 Tensor cores, respectively. The latest AMD 6000 series graphics cards, such as the Radeon RX 6800 XT, are also compatible with ray tracing.
