The remake for the first Mafia game, Mafia Definitive Edition, is finally available on the PC. Powered by the same engine that Mafia 3 uses, it’s time now to benchmark it and see how it performs on the PC platform.
For this PC Performance Analysis, we used an Intel i9 9900K with 16GB of DDR4 at 3600Mhz, AMD’s Radeon RX580 and RX Vega 64, NVIDIA’s RTX 2080Ti, GTX980Ti and GTX690. We also used Windows 10 64-bit, the GeForce driver 456.38 and the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.9.1 drivers. NVIDIA has not added any SLI profile for this game, meaning that our GTX690 performed similarly to a single GTX680.
Hangar 13 has added a respectable amount of graphics settings to tweak. PC gamers can adjust the quality of Geometry, Vegetation, Decals, Direct Lighting, and Indirect Lighting. There are also options for Shadows, Reflections, Volumetric Effects and Anti-aliasing. Additionally, you can find a Field of View setting.
Mafia Definitive Edition does not feature any built-in benchmark tool. As such, we’ve decided to benchmark two different scenes; one that was GPU-heavy and another one that was CPU-heavy.
In order to find out how the game scales on multiple CPU threads, we simulated a dual-core, a quad-core and a hexa-core CPU. And, as we can see, the game uses more than four CPU cores/threads. Our simulated dual-core was unable to offer a smooth gaming experience (although our minimum framerate was above 60fps) due to severe stuttering issues. The same thing occurred on our simulated quad-core system (with Hyper Threading disabled). Thankfully, when we enabled Hyper Threading, the game ran silky smooth on that system. We also noticed a small performance boost when we enabled Hyper Threading on both our simulated hexa-core and our eight-core CPU configurations.
Now the good news here is that contrary to Mafia 3, Mafia Definitive Edition can run smoothly on older generation Intel CPUs. Our Intel i7 4930K had no trouble at all running the game with more than 60fps at 1080p/Max settings. Ironically, Mafia Definitive Edition is using the DirectX 11 API.
What’s also interesting here is that Mafia Definitive Edition looks and runs better than Mafia 3. In Mafia 3, our NVIDIA GTX980Ti was unable to offer a constant 60fps experience. However, this particular GPU can run Mafia Definitive Edition with a minimum of 68fps at 1080p/Max settings. Our AMD Radeon RX580 was also able to push a minimum of 52fps and an average of 56fps. As for the RX Vega 64… well… Mafia Definitive Edition is yet another game that performs horribly on this GPU.
Seriously, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 is slower than the GTX980Ti in 4K. This is really shocking. But anyway, the only GPU that was able to run the game smoothly at 2560×1440 was the RTX2080Ti. As for 4K, the RTX2080Ti was able to push a minimum of 54fps and an average of 57fps. At 3328×1872, we were able to get a constant 60fps experience. However, if you want to game at 4K/Max settings with 60fps, you’ll need an NVIDIA GeForce RTX3080 GPU.
Graphics-wise, Mafia Definitive Edition looks great. The game features great 3D models with some truly amazing facial expressions. Furthermore, its global illumination solution is stunning. To be honest, this is one of the best remakes we’ve seen to date. Everything looks on par with what you’d expect to see in a modern-day/current-gen game.
In conclusion, Mafia Definitive Edition looks and runs great on the PC. The game can scale on more than four CPU cores/threads, even though it’s still using the DX11 API. We also suggest enabling Hyper Threading (in case your CPU supports it). Additionally, the game runs and looks better than Mafia 3 (on the very same hardware). It’s also worth noting that we did not experience any stuttering or stability issues. This is a rock-solid release, so kudos to Hangar 13.
Enjoy!
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I personally think the game looks sweet. However poor CPU utilization thanks Rockstar
Rockstar? this is made by Hangar13 (puking intensifies)
My bad
Thought all the Mafia games were made by rockstar.
Still terrible CPU usage which is all i really care about.
They did do a great job on the lighting tho.
That was LA Noire I think you are thining of
2k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive
To be fair they own rockstar too
8/10
gameplay is same as mafia 3 more or less so who cares.
Will pick this up during sale…till then will get the OG from GOG.
I saw other games crash on both Win 7 and 10 but with updateted graphics it works….. are your drivers updated?
If by woke elements you mean stuff that feels like forced agenda pandering, in 6 hours I have seen none, the story and writing is good.
Don’t bother. This guy cant make it through one comment without crying about some “woke” or “pozzed” BS.
Seriously!
It’s constant whinging with him
Dude probably squeezes his stress ball whenever he’s overcome with feelings of grief, thinking about the “agenda”, and how “unrealistic it was that Ciri could best monsters and armor-clad soliders, given her small womanly frame.”
? that’s gotta be the funniest characterization I’ve read all week lmfao
Of all the examples you could find to mock him up you choose Ciri…nope, in her case there’s plenty of justification in the game (not even bringing the books) for how OP she is.
I have to get one of those stress balls.
you can block ppl. I don’t even know what they said. Blocked them a long time ago. Just block all the depressed/angry/emo puppys and the comment section turns way better
That’s the problem with putting people on ignore and why I have never done that for 35 years online. It interferes with communication and doesn’t punish the offender in any way and neither does downvoting them because it doesn’t register on their total vote count.
Just use your scroll wheel and if you are curious what people are saying then go back and read the comments.
In the case of this game i think is serious enough worry, given how straight forward and how seriously took itself storywise (besides the importance of such game) and how the developers sold the game saying that they “modernized” and “expanded” said story.
I don’t even know who it is. Blocked whoever it was a long time ago LOL
Well they gave Sarah a personality and more dialogues he will probably find that woke that a woman can have a personality and more than 10 lines of dialogue in a game.
So much for AMD’s “fine wine”
I swear after benchmarking the GTX980Ti, I re-installed and re-benchmarked the Vega 64. Performance is indeed on par with the GTX980Ti. Really disappointed with its performance in this game.
Compute vs graphics… DX11… Yes i know why.
Titan XP @1440p / i7 8086k @5ghz and everything maxed out.
Runs perfect. I get 80-110fps depending on areas. Game looks and plays awesome. The story is great. Highly Recommended. It’s fun as hell and quality remake. Some parts of the game look flippin outstanding… other parts can look a bit dull. But overall it’s a great package. Worth the buy imo!
Just finished the game. My complaints: not alt-tab friendly/car handling is pretty bad.
How can 4c/8t perform better than 8c/8t?
Agree, that looks off but seen stranger things with games and their multi-threading + api threading + windows scheduler issues.
Have you guys looked into overclocking/undervolting the V64?
I always believe I’m seeing less than reliable scores for a V64 in your benchmarks, which should easily be on par or faster than a GTX 1080 otherwise.
This game is so gorgeous. That racecar mission is killing me tho!
Win 7 is eol why would anyone support it? Why would anyone still run it??
Runs fine on my 9900ks strix 2080ti at 3440×1440 but man im getting bad stutters on my 3900x nitro 5700xt rig at 1440p. I cant keep it over 60fps on the countryside.
Although an old game in essence, its still very enjoyable and the story and the way its presented is actually pretty good!
This game looks as good as a bullshot e3 trailer, especially during the last part of a trip to the country and walking parts of omerta. Unreal.