Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Review
Baldur’s Gate 3

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a highly acclaimed role-playing game set in the Forgotten Realms universe. Developed by Larian Studios, it offers a deep and immersive experience with turn-based combat, intricate storylines, and a vast world to explore. Players can create their own custom characters or choose from a roster of origin characters, each with their own unique backstories and motivations.

In Baldur’s Gate 3, at 1440p, the framerate is already at a pretty high level, and due to that, the gains aren’t anywhere near as good as what we’ve seen in other titles, with just a 15% uplift in performance over the RTX 4090, though it does seem that the 1% lows have improved as this now has a 25% increase over the Ada flagship for comparison. Speaking of comparisons, the new Blackwell-based GPU does come in 41% faster, which sounds great, until you start looking at the price disparity, which we will look at a little later on.

At 4K, things improve somewhat, but probably not to the levels that consumers would expect, as we see a 20% increase in performance over the card it’s replacing, but sadly, we’re plagued with issues in the 1% lows yet again as it falls 10% behind the 4090 in the lows but does manage to keep a steady 57% increase in the averages over the 7900 XTX.