What could be more Dutch than a game developed by Amsterdam-based Guerilla Games? That’s right, a game that was later ported to PC by Nixxes Software from Utrecht. I’m talking, of course, about Horizon Forbidden West, a game released in early 2022 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Gurian has already reviewed the original console version extensively and in this article I’m focusing on the performance of the recently released PC version.

This PC version is called Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, which means this PC version Burning beachesExtension is included. On top of that, a whole host of features have been added, as we’ve often seen with games ported by Nixxes. Upscaling technologies are widely supported in the form of Nvidia’s DLSS, AMD’s FSR 2.2, and Intel’s XeSS. The game offers the option to use dynamic resolution to ensure the desired frame rate. The game can also be played on ultra-wide screens and controls can be modified at will via mouse and keyboard or controller.

System requirements

Horizon Forbidden West doesn’t require anything exciting in terms of hardware, but it does require fairly capable components. We’ve recently updated our reference systems for gaming standards, more on that on the next page. Forbidden West is recommended to run with a hexa-core processor and in all cases 16 GB of system memory is stated. As for video memory, no clear line is drawn in the recommended specifications, because the Radeon RX 6800 has twice the VRAM compared to the aforementioned RTX 3070.

Interestingly, the Intel processors mentioned are three models without HyperThreading, while the AMD Ryzens below have SMT. The game may benefit primarily from cores and to a lesser extent threads. With a required 150GB of storage space, Forbidden West can’t be described as truly compact, but we’ve also seen similar amounts in other recent games. According to Nixxes, the game must be run from an SSD in order to work properly.