Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a Mess: GPU & CPU Benchmarks, Bottlenecks, & Crashes

Sponsor: Thermaltake Tower 300 mATX Case on Amazon Dragon’s Dogma 2 came out to critical reception, with overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews relating to performance, crashes, microtransactions and DLC, and optimization. We’re testing the CPU and GPU performance behavior and scaling in Dragon’s Dogma 2, looking at how bottlenecks occur and which devices they impact the most. Testing includes CPUs like the 14900K vs. 7800X3D, 14600K, 2600X, 5600X, 12600K, 5800X3D, and more. We also tested on the RTX 4090 with a few spots of the 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4060 (before committing to a CPU comparison instead of GPUs). Testing looks at some of the best CPUs in 2024 for Dragon’s Dogma 2 performance in heavy CPU load areas. Grab one of our 3D metal emblem pint glasses! Or a PC building Modmat, Solder Mat, or shirt! Learn about our bottleneck testing metrics like GPU Busy: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Intel Core i9-14900K CPU on Amazon: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU on Newegg: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU on Amazon: AMD R7 5800X3D on Newegg: Intel 14600K on Amazon: TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 Has Problems 02:42 - Testing Dragon’s Dogma 2 on PC 04:26 - Dragon’s Dogma 2 Framerate in Cities, Towns, & Fights 05:55 - GPU Performance Bottlenecks 07:23 - CPU Benchmarks & Comparison in Dragon’s Dogma 2 08:54 - 12100F Frametime Plot (5000ms Spike!) 09:53 - 5600X Frametime Plot 10:15 - GPU vs. CPU Bottlenecks in Dragon’s Dogma 2 14:35 - Conclusion & “Optimization“ ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Steve Burke: Writing, Test Lead, Editing Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing Jeremy Clayton: Testing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera