The Radeon RX 9070 XT had a productive trip to Embervale. In ComputerBase's Enshrouded test, published on October 16, it delivered 88.6 FPS against the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti's 71.8 FPS at 1440p: a lead of roughly 23%. That deserves attention. So does the chart's full configuration label.
The comparison uses Ultra Quality with Performance upscaling: FSR 3 on Radeon and DLSS 4, preset K, on GeForce. The test system includes a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 48 GB of DDR5-6000; the sequence runs for 20 seconds in a demanding area. These numbers describe that sample, rather than an average across the entire adventure.
What makes the result interesting is the question that follows the first impression: how much of that headroom reaches the experience you actually want? For someone spending hours exploring a landscape, the right balance between motion and image quality may matter more than a card's isolated position in a ranking.
“Ultra” comes with another setting
Ultra Quality is the graphics detail preset. Performance is the image reconstruction mode. Combining them into a headline such as “Enshrouded at 1440p Ultra” leaves an important part of the calculation out.
In AMD's documentation for FSR 3.1.4, Performance uses a 2× scaling factor per dimension. At that ratio, a 2560 × 1440 output starts from 1280 × 720; a 3840 × 2160 output starts from 1920 × 1080. This is resolution arithmetic, not an additional performance measurement.
That changes how the test should be read. The resolution label describes the output; on its own, it does not describe how much work happened before reconstruction. Selecting identically named modes in two technologies also does not guarantee that the resulting images look the same.
Using the same upscaler helps investigate the difference between the cards. Using the features each card actually offers answers a question closer to a buying decision: what can I use in practice? Both approaches are useful, provided nobody treats them as interchangeable.
ComputerBase reports that Radeon's lead shrinks but remains when both cards use FSR 3. Its text contains percentages that do not reconcile, so we are not adopting a second percentage as a precise measurement. MaisFPS has not rerun the benchmark.
Image quality is part of the contest
ComputerBase's technical assessment identifies a relevant limitation: Enshrouded uses Vulkan, and FSR 4.1 was unavailable through that path in the test. The publication considers FSR 3's image quality inferior to DLSS. It also lists DLSS 4.5 support, but the results discussed here use DLSS 4 preset K. The measured version should not be replaced with the newer one when presenting the numbers.
For players, that distinction has a straightforward consequence: performance headroom might provide room to choose a better-looking image, but that new configuration needs to be measured. You cannot take a Performance result, mentally switch it to Quality and keep the same advantage on paper.
Nor should an image-quality difference become a universal verdict on the card. Tolerance for image instability varies, as does the importance of maintaining a performance target. A more personal decision requires seeing the game in motion at your monitor's resolution and usual viewing distance.
There is another detail: the publication records no frame generation support in the game. Nvidia's documentation distinguishes Super Resolution from Frame Generation. The DLSS name in this test therefore does not mean a frame count boosted by generated frames.
8 GB deserves a closer look
ComputerBase warns that 8 GB can become a limitation at 1440p, depending on PCIe lane count and version. Its conclusion also points to more consistent frame delivery on the tested Radeon cards than on GeForce.
The important thing is to avoid turning that warning into an automatic diagnosis. Anyone who already owns an 8 GB card should examine their own configuration before deciding on an upgrade. A limitation found at maximum detail does not declare the game unplayable at every setting. Likewise, comparing cards solely by memory capacity leaves out the conditions under which they were tested.
A win worth putting in context
The test provides a good reason to look closely at Radeon for Enshrouded. On its own, it does not provide a buying recommendation for Brazil. That would still require current prices, the buyer's other games and the image quality they are willing to accept.
The most useful takeaway is to keep the result attached to its complete configuration. The RX 9070 XT established a substantial lead in ComputerBase's test. Before turning that win into a purchase, it is worth deciding which image quality and experience that performance needs to deliver.
