Nuclear Case in the test: benchmarks with 23 graphics cards from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel 42 comments
What is the PC version of the survival RPG Nuclear Case? Techastuce has 23 graphics cards from AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel in the benchmark test. Overall, the performance is high, but at the same time, graphically, a significant and unfixable problem is noticeable: it flickers a lot.
Contents 1 Benchmarks with 23 graphics cards from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel atomfall: the technology of the PC version Widescreen in the short test Official system requirements Graphics menu in detail Loading times Official Steam compatibility 2 UWQHD and Ultra HD 60 fps benchmark on RTX 4060 and RX 7600 – What should I do? The frame rate boost is evident on the positive side, with the VRAM requirement being a low review for 3 games, and Fazitwie being a nuclear case? Conclusion
Nuclear Case: The PC Version’s Tech
Developer Rebellion is known to most gamers for the Sniper Elite Action series, but is now venturing into an action-survival RPG set in a post-apocalyptic England. According to various reviews, the game is particularly worthwhile for those who want to explore the world without specifications, as it doesn’t take the player’s hands off. The game’s mechanics, on the other hand, are rudimentary, but at this point, that shouldn’t be a focus. As usual, this article focuses on the PC version’s tech, including full graphics card benchmarks.
Somewhat beautiful, and somehow not
As with Sniper Elite, Rebellion uses the in-house Asura engine, which still has its usual strengths and weaknesses. The base is no longer sufficient for more than average graphics. The world is well-crafted artistically, and the nuclear case even looks quite stylish. The storyline has been well-executed, and the outdoor levels are impressive.
Among other things, this is becoming problematic with the characters, who now look better in most other games—and the same goes for the associated animations. Additionally, some objects have relatively poor textures.
The nuclear case flickers heavily.
The lighting is another area of concern; especially indoors, it doesn’t work and suffers from the usual rasterizer issues. And the most recently criticized main construction site continues to use Rebellion technology: there is no temporal edge smoothing, but a derivative from SMAA is used. This has the advantage of making the game largely sharp. But the big drawback is that the nuclear cases continue to, yes, really do flicker.
Especially, vegetation quickly becomes a shimmering mess, the same applies, for example, to rubble and debris on the ground. The problem can’t be eliminated with higher resolutions; even in Ultra HD, the game flickers terribly. Rebellion must finally address this issue.
Because the lack of temporal edge smoothing also means there’s no modern launch. DLSS, FSR, and XESS rely on a temporal edge smoothing. If that doesn’t exist, there’s also no DLS and the like. This is doubly unfortunate in this case, because super-resolution algorithms would be perfect for smoothing out the disturbing flickering.
The technical characteristics of the nuclear case developers Rebellion Publisher Rebellion Engine Asura API DirectX 12 Nvidia Reflex No Nvidia Reflex 2 No AMD Anti-Lag 2 No HDR ✓ Widescreen (21:9) ✓ (Screenshot Comparison) Edge SMAA (or similar) TRANSPROPRITAL OF NVIDIA DLSS 4 NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstrual (RR) No NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation (FG) No NVIDIA DLSS Multi Frame Generation (MFG) No AMD FSR 4 Super Resolution (SR) No AMD FSR Super Resolution (SR) No AMD FSR Frame Generation (FG) Native Resolution + Ups Resolution (SR) No Intel DLSS / FSR Quality) WQHD RTX / RTX 5070 / RX 7700 XT 9070 UWQHD RTX 5070 / RX 7800 XX / RX 9070 UHD RTX 4070 TI / RTX 5070 / RX 7900 at a price of 50 euros
70 euros (Deluxe Edition)
Large screen in a short test
Most games today support popular widescreen formats, but not all titles do so. Techastuce recorded the following two screenshots in 3440 × 1440 (UWQHD) and 2560 × 1440 (WQHD) resolutions, which correspond to the 21:9 aspect ratio and the classic 16:9. This shows how the game performs at widescreen resolutions. 21:9 Aspect Ratio
Official System Requirements
Minimum Operating System: Windows 10/11 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-9400f 16 GB RAM Graphics Card: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 VRAM 6 GB Storage Space 60 GB SSD
Graphics Menu in Detail
Properties: Graphics Presets ✓ (Ultra, High, Medium, Low) Individual Graphics Options ✓ FPS Limiter ✓ Dynamic Resolution No Game Up/Down ✓ / ..
Loading Times
Some games load incredibly quickly, while others take forever. Equipped with a stopwatch, the editorial team measures loading times in the main menu, and then from there to the test sequence. Since loading times can vary, this is done three times, and then an average is calculated. The computer is rewritten between each attempt so that there are no more files in the cache. If there are stop intros or video sequences, you will be clicked, because only the pure loading time is important. If the game is significantly pre-compiled, this run will not be included in the bill. The shader creation time is given separately.
It’s worth noting that the computer base consists of a high-end PC, which is equipped with a Ryzen 7 9800x3d and a Seagate Firecuda 530 as a PCIE 4.0-compatible NVME SSD. As a result, loading times on most systems will be longer. The values here are for guidance only.
If the game prompts you to the main menu, the shader compilation menu will run for 17 seconds. 8 seconds ✓ (once, short)
Official Steam Deck Compatibility
When games appear on the Steam platform, they often run on the Steam Deck. The editorial team doesn’t always have the opportunity to check the performance of the handheld console, but Steam always provides a general compatibility rating for titles. How it fails can be found here in the article.
Steam Deck Check
Benchmarks (WQHD, UWQHD & UHD), Frametimes, and VRAM TRICTS: Action Games AMD Arc Benchmarks Gaming GeForce Graphics Cards Intel Nvidia Radeon Rolle Play Survival Game Image Overview
An engineer by training, Alexandre shares his knowledge on GPU performance for gaming and creation.
