Horizon: Forbidden West and its expansion pack Burning Shores have just launched on PC. Forbidden West is just the latest PlayStation 5 first-party game to hit PC, but it’s a special edition thanks to its leading-edge Nvidia technology.
DLSS is the big news here, especially DLSS 3’s frame generation technology, which brings a new dimension to the frame rate and resolution discussion. Jim tested the game using an Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, a mid-range and high-end GPU. Of course, as part of the RTX 40 Series lineup, the 4070 Super can fully take advantage of the latest DLSS advancements.
Even without the upgrade, Forbidden West has a fully optimized PC port that you can run without affecting frame rate or resolution. But you can do better, and that’s where DLSS can really push it years ahead of the PS5. As you can see in the video, Jim uses the DLSS upgrade to run the game natively and then uses frame generation. When you see the game maxed out and running so smoothly, it honestly feels like cheating.
Forbidden West Complete Edition is a fantastic showcase in its own right, but even more so when you consider Nvidia’s other nifty technologies like Reflex and G-Sync – all of which are available in the day-one PC version. Get support.
If you’re interested in getting the same MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Super that Jim uses for gaming, you can do so on Ebuyer.