Ashes of the Singularity II PC Review
1080p Performance
1080p Benchmarks
Our benchmarks come from a large battle scene more than halfway through Ashes of the Singularity II’s campaign. It shows a large battle with infantry, tanks, mechs, and aircraft assaulting an enemy stronghold. It represents some of this game’s larger-scale battles, though much larger clashes are possible.
Even with an RTX 5080 at 1080p, our game performance is not CPU-limited. Clearly, Ashes of the Singularity II is well-optimised on the CPU side. That said, the game is very demanding at Extreme settings, even at 1080p. The game still runs well on high-end hardware, but users of lower-end PCs will need to settle for high or medium settings. Thankfully, this game looks great at these settings.
High Settings
Almost all GPUs see a large performance increase by moving to High settings. Only the RTX 5080 sees a modest increase. This is the point where Ashes of the Singularity II becomes CPU-limited. That said, with an average framerate of over 130 FPS, this isn’t a major issue.
Lower-end GPUs
For lower-end GPU users, medium settings will be more suitable. Our test scene uses a larger battle, so these performance levels reflect later-game scenarios. Early game performance is much stronger. If you need more performance, I’d advise using medium settings with no MSAA (medium settings default to 2x MSAA). This will give a notable performance boost without turning too many quality settings down.
