The highly anticipated "Europa Universalis 5" from strategy game giant Paradox Interactive has officially launched on the Steam platform on November 5.The well-known hardware review website GameGPU recently released the comprehensive performance test results of the game, revealing the performance of 31 graphics cards at the highest quality of 1080p resolution.

The test results show that the new generation graphics card performs well in this game.The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 tops the list with 204 FPS, followed by the RTX 5080 (203 FPS) and RTX 4090 (198 FPS).In the AMD camp, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is tied with the RTX 4080 SUPER at 130 FPS, while the RX 9070 XT, which has not yet been officially released, achieved a good result of 128 FPS.

It is worth noting that even the RTX 2080 Ti released five years ago can still provide a smooth experience of 76 FPS, demonstrating the game’s good compatibility with older hardware.

As the first work in the series to use the new generation Clausewitz 2 engine, "European Universal Universalis V" has significantly improved its map processing, lighting system and world simulation.The game fully supports DirectX 12, provides 4K resolution interface zoom function, and presents more details when zooming at close range.

The official system requirements show that the game requires at least Windows 10 system, Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor, 16 GB of memory, and GTX 1060 or RX 580 graphics card.For the best experience, it is recommended to use Windows 11 system with i7-14700K or Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, 32 GB memory and RTX 3060 Ti or RX 6700 XT graphics card.

The game has achieved the biggest leap in the series in terms of visuals. The map is more detailed, the population model of the provinces has been improved, and the distribution of culture and religion is clearly presented through the visual layer.The interface design is optimized for widescreen monitors, and operation feedback is more intuitive.

However, as a strategy game with deep simulation as its core, "Europa Universalis 5" does not pursue the visual effects of a AAA action game.The development team focused on simulation accuracy and system depth rather than complex physics or destruction effects.

While inheriting the series' profound strategic heritage, "Europa Universalis 5" has set a new technical benchmark for large-scale strategy games through engine upgrades and visual optimization.