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Gears of War E-Day proves unusually CPU-heavy, benchmarks show

Original: Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game — benchmarking 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD a

Hardware analysts benchmarked Gears of War: E-Day across 25 processors from Intel and AMD, finding the Unreal Engine 5 game places a surprisingly heavy load on the CPU compared with typical releases. Testing also examined a 'low core mode', indicating the game struggles to scale well on processors with fewer cores.

Why now: The unusually high CPU demands revealed by new benchmarking are prompting PC gamers to reassess hardware requirements before buying.

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• Gears of War E-Day is an uncharacteristically CPU-heavy Unreal Engine 5 game — benchmarking 25 CPUs from Intel and AMD and investigating ‘low core mode’ Gears of War E-Day is a surprisingly heavy Unreal Engine 5 game on the CPU. We benchmarked the game with 25 processors, as… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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