SEGA has released the latest part of its Yakuza/Like a Dragon series, Infinite Wealth, on PC. Powered by the Dragon Engine, it’s time now to benchmark it and examine its performance on PC.
For our benchmarks, we used an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 32GB of DDR5 at 6000Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580, RX Vega 64, RX 6900XT, RX 7900XTX, NVIDIA’s GTX980Ti, RTX 2080Ti, RTX 3080 and RTX 4090. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the GeForce 551.23, and the Radeon Adrenalin Edition 24.1.1 drivers. Moreover, we’ve disabled the second CCD on our 7950X3D.
Ryu Ga Gotoku has added a few graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Shadows, Geometry and Reflections. There are also settings for Motion Blur, SSAO, DoF and Realtime Reflections. Plus, the game has an FOV slider and a Render Scale setting. And while there is an option to uncap the framerate, there is a hard/engine lock at 250fps.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth does not feature any built-in benchmark tool. So, for both our CPU and GPU tests, we used the first open-world area in the first chapter. This area should, in theory, also give us a pretty good idea of how the rest of the game runs. We’ll be also focusing on native resolutions. We’ve covered NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.0 in a separate article. So, be sure to read that too if you are interested in them.
To see how the game runs with different types of CPUs, we simulated dual-core, quad-core, and hexa-core CPUs. Without SMT, the game was unplayable on our simulated dual-core system due to severe stuttering. With SMT, we were able to get over 60fps at 1080p/Max Settings at all times. So, you’ll at least need a CPU with four threads in order to get an enjoyable experience.
What’s also interesting is the gap between the octa-core and the simulated hexa-core. With all its eight CPU cores, our 7950X3D could push 250fps at 1080p/Max Settings. However, once we disabled two CPU cores, our framerates were reduced by around 100fps. That’s a huge performance decrease. Moreover, SMT/Hyper-Threading could not improve performance on our simulated hexa-core system.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth can run smoothly on a wide range of GPUs at 1080p/Max Settings. Even our AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 was able to offer a smooth gaming experience. There were some drops to 58fps but very few of you will be able to notice them.
At 1440p/Max Settings, our top five GPUs have no trouble at all running the game. As for Native 4K/Max Settings, the only GPUs that were able to push framerates over 60fps were the AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX and the NVIDIA RTX4090.
Graphics-wise, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth looks better than any of its predecessors. However, it cannot come close to what the 2023 PC graphical juggernauts, like Alan Wake 2, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora or Cyberpunk 2077 Path Tracing, have managed to achieve. Still, the game has detailed characters, and it runs smoothly. Oh, and there aren’t any stutters at all (unless you use DLSS 3 Frame Generation which is completely broken in this title).
All in all, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth can run smoothly on a wide range of PC configurations. Despite using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech, Infinite Wealth does not suffer from any stuttering issues. PC gamers will at least need a CPU with four threads, and a GPU equivalent to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64.
Enjoy!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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