RTX 3080 TI & Core i9: Mifcom bolide on the test bench

With their “Battlefield 2042” PC, Nvidia and the Munich PC manufacturer Mifcom sent a high-end gaming machine to the krone.at test laboratory. Armed with a Geforce RTX 3080 TI, Core i9-12900K and DDR5 RAM, we pushed it to the limit with the most performance-hungry games we could muster. Is such a PC the ultimate gaming platform? We tried it.

In particular, we took a closer look at the extremely realistic raytracing lighting technology and the 4K performance for this test. Of course, the bolide was not spared benchmark comparisons of 3D and application performance as well as long-term stress tests for the cooling system. This is what Mifcom’s “Battlefield 2042” bolide looks like: If you want brute performance and want to play in 4K resolution, you won’t find the necessary capabilities in a thin notebook, but brings out bigger guns. In the present case, this is current high-end hardware, such as from Asus, Corsair, Intel, Samsung and Nvidia, installed in a high-quality case from Lian Li. When it comes to component selection, a computer from the PC manufacturer has something ahead of the classic complete PC: you know exactly which parts are installed, just like with a self-assembly system. The specifications of the test system: Mifcom “Battlefield 2042” gaming PC housing Lian Li PC-O11 : Glass front, glass side panelProcessorIntel Core i9-12900K: 16 x 3.2 – 5.2 GHzMotherboardAsus ROG STRIX Z690-A Gaming WiFiGraphics cardNvidia Geforce RTX 3080 TI 12 GB GDDR6X (Asus TUF OC)RAM32 GB DDR5-5200 (Corsair Dominator)Mass storage1 TB (Samsung 980 Pro) M.2 PCIe 4.0 power supply 1000 watts (Corsair RMx) sound card onboard HD audio cooling system closed compact water cooling (Corsair iCUE H150i RGB Pro XT); 6 x Corsair iCUE QL 120 RGB fans (1500 rpm)ExtrasModular power supply; cable management (partly pre-wired); WIFI 6E; Bluetooth; controllable RGB lighting; 3 year guaranteeConnections1x HDMI 2.0b (iGPU), 1x DisplayPort 1.4 (iGPU), 1x USB-C 3.2 (20Gb/​s, Z690), 1x USB-C 3.2 (20Gb/​s, Z690) 2x USB-A 3.1 ( 10Gb/​s, Z690), 4x USB-A 3.0 (5Gb/​s, Z690), 2x USB-A 2.0 (480Mb/​s), 1x 2.5GBase-T (Intel I225-V), 5x jack, 1x Toslink, 2x HDMI 2.1 (GPU), 3x DisplayPort 1.4a (GPU)Dimensions 277 x 506 x 457 millimeters Price 4300 euros In the benchmark course, the noble bolide keeps what the performance table promises. With its Geforce RTX 3080 TI with twelve gigabytes of GDDR6 video memory in the gaming benchmark 3DMark, it achieves dream ratings – and with an i9 chip, fast SSD and DDR5 RAM in PC Mark 10, which is tailored to productivity, it achieves the highest rating that we have ever seen there have.The benchmark test results in detail:The high application performance is basically to be expected: A fast gaming PC is always also a workstation – well equipped for image and video processing, 3D rendering, VR applications, big data evaluations and whatnot one would otherwise like to accuse such a system. The fact that you can also work on it is something that the PC platform has ahead of every game console. 4K gaming is extremely hardware-hungry. However, in this test we want to concentrate on the gaming capabilities – in 4K, after all, high-resolution TV sets are widespread today . Of course, you could also use the performance reserves to play on a corresponding gaming monitor in a lower resolution with high frame rates beyond 60 frames per second. What you have to consider with 4K gaming: The number of pixels to be calculated by the playback device is four times as large as with Full HD resolution. The graphics card in particular needs a multiple of the performance. So we took Mifcom’s Battlefield PC straight to the limit and faced it with two of the most hardware-hungry games we had: Cyberpunk 2077 and Metro Exodus. With the highest level of detail, of course. Thanks to their ray tracing support, these are also well suited as a test course. Ray tracing brings unimagined realism The power-hungry but highly precise lighting technology ray tracing ensures previously unknown realism in games by precisely calculating the effects of each individual light source, ray of light for ray of light. Reflections and shadows benefit from this, and you can also see dynamic light and shadow effects on surfaces. The technique used to be used in animation – pre-rendered. On modern graphics cards such as those from Nvidia’s RTX series, it is now available to gamers in real time.Raytracing technology demo from Nvidia:The combination of 4K and raytracing makes even the most powerful PC sweat, as we can see in “Cyberpunk 2077” with maximum graphics settings had to. We got 20.10 frames per second with 4K resolution – not enough for a smooth gaming experience. “Metro Exodus” ran on “Extreme” settings with an average of 37.33 frames. Halfway smooth, but also not optimal – that would be 60 frames per second. Nonetheless smooth frame rates with DLSS. The solution to the misery is called DLSS – “Deep Learning Super Sampling”. It is made possible by the Geforce RTX 3080 TI of the test system. Here, Nvidia, which is known to be a major player in supercomputers as well as graphics chips, relies on machine learning know-how. In order to relieve the graphics processor and enable higher frame rates, the image is calculated in a lower resolution and then reassembled in the target resolution. This AI upscaling uses algorithms adapted for each game in order to conjure up detailed 4K images from the lower resolutions.DLSS must be actively supported by the game and already works in many current games, not just the ones we tested.Some DLSS Nvidia Use Cases: The impact of DLSS is immediate: Cyberpunk 2077 doubles its frame rate from 20.10 to 40.49. It can be played with DLSS – default quality – so it can be played smoothly. With DLSS in the less fine performance mode, it’s even 57.75 frames per second, which is generally perceived as perfectly smooth. With “Metro”, the frame rate jumped from 37.33 to 57.43 in the DLSS preset quality. In performance mode, which is still pretty to look at, 90.16 frames per second were achieved. It borders on witchcraft: the game doesn’t look noticeably worse while the frame rate doubles or even triples. Of course, this also works with lower resolutions. DLSS significantly increased the frame rate in the test, even with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 – common with gaming monitors with a high number of Hertz. In addition to ray tracing and DLSS, the Geforce RTX 3080 TI also masters a few other gaming tricks – such as Reflex technology, with which the latency time on G-Sync-compatible displays is reduced and thus the reaction speed is optimized. Unobtrusive background noise The system remained remarkably quiet in the tasks that the “Battlefield” PC had to complete in the test. This is due to the closed CPU compact water cooling, which dissipates the waste heat, which should not be underestimated, via a radiator on the top of the case – and six large, slowly and correspondingly quietly rotating 120 millimeter fans, which shovel cool air into the case. With 3D continuous load the graphics card’s three 100 millimeter fans increase the noise level a little – they stand still on the Windows desktop. Overall, despite the powerful cooling solution, it is a fairly quiet system, which is also due to the clean workmanship – everything is firmly connected, nothing wobbles or vibrates Hardware such as that presented on an RGB-illuminated salver offers space and power reserves for additional components. At the back there are pre-cabled hard drive bays behind a maintenance flap, and additional M.2 SSDs can be docked on the motherboard for memory expansion. Two RAM slots are also free, but there is no more space for an optical drive. But you have the best view of the powerful inner workings. Windows 11 Pro pre-installed Mifcom pre-installs Windows 11 Pro as the operating system. Windows 10 users will quickly find their way around it, gamers will appreciate features such as Auto-HDR, which brings more contrast from officially non-HDR-capable games on HDR-capable monitors. All the necessary drivers are already pre-installed – system monitoring and fan control tools as well as current Nvidia graphics drivers including “Geforce Experience”. The practical software not only keeps the graphics card driver up to date, but also automatically makes the optimal graphics settings for the installed games based on the system specifications. Conclusion: The “Battlefield 2042” PC from Mifcom with Geforce RTX 3080 TI and Intel Core i9-12900K shows in the test the brute performance potential of a high-end computer – and not just as a gaming platform for 4K graphics and ray tracing, which with DLSS even displays the most hardware-hungry titles smoothly. The system also has the application performance of a workstation, convinces with clean processing, well-coordinated branded components and upgradeability. Such a PC is indeed the ultimate gaming machine – but also an extremely powerful work tool.

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