GeForce RTX 3090 runs Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3, FFXV, and Crysis 3 at 8K/30 FPS

Right now, even 4K resolution isn't mainstream, lagging far behind 1440p. Yet during NVIDIA's RTX 30-series launch, CEO Jensen Huang claimed their flagship GeForce RTX 3090 could easily handle gaming at 8K.

Our colleagues at the YouTube channel Bang4BuckPC Gamer decided to put this claim to the test, benchmarking the GeForce RTX 3090 at 8K in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3, FFXV, and Crysis 3.

PC specs:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X OC

• Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 Unify

• Graphics card: NVIDIA Asus TUF OC Edition RTX 3090

• Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 456.71 Driver

• RAM: Patriot Viper Gaming 4400MHz DDR4 32GB (running at 3600MHz CL14)

• Case: Thermaltake View 71 Tempered Glass Case

• Cooling: Custom water cooling

• PSU: Corsair HX 1000i PSU

• SSD 1: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

• SSD 2: Samsung 860 QVO 1TB

• SSD 3: Pioneer 1TB SSD APS-SL3-1T

• SSD 4: Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD 1TB

• Display: LG OLED55B9PUA 4K HDR TV

In-game graphics settings were set to High or Ultra, depending on the title.

Horizon Zero Dawn in 8K on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 8K on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090:

Final Fantasy XV in 8K on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090:

Crysis 3 in 8K on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090:

The benchmarks show that Jensen Huang wasn't exaggerating—the RTX 3090 really can run these games at 8K. That said, the framerate rarely climbs past 30 to 40 FPS. In Horizon Zero Dawn, it even dips below 30 FPS. So, what would you choose: gaming at 8K at 30 FPS, or dropping the resolution to 4K for a massive performance boost?