ARK Survival Ascended must be the Worst Optimized Game EVER...

Testing Ark Survival Ascended on the RTX 4090 at 4K resolution, using the Low, Medium, Epic and Max settings, with and without DLSS... I made some interesting discoveries in this video and I now believe this runs worse than at release... Enjoy the madness! ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ Intro, specs, stuff - 0:00 4K Epic - 1:10 4K Epic / 45 FPS Lock - 5:52 4K Epic / DLSS Quality - 6:45 4K Epic / DLSS Ultra Performance - 7:09 4K Epic / DLSS Quality - 7:43 4K Epic / DLSS Ultra Performance - 8:54 4K Epic / DLSS Quality - 9:18 4K Epic / DLSS Quality / 60 FPS Lock - 9:31 4K Medium / DLSS Auto - 10:41 4K Medium / 56% Resolution Scale - 11:47 4K Medium - 11:58 Realizing the game has forced FG - 12:40 4K Lowest / 46% Resolution Scale - 15:26 4K Lowest - 16:13 4K Max / DLSS Quality - 16:52 4K Max - 18:38 4K Max / DLSS Ultra Performance - 19:38 4K Max / DLSS Quality / G-Sync OFF - 20:09 🔧 SPECS 🔧 ◾️ CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (only 3D cores enabled, similar to 7800X3D) ◾️ Cooler - Deepcool LT720 AIO ◾️ Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 - Asus ROG Strix ◾️ RAM - 32GB DDR5 6000MHz (2x16GB CL30) ◽️ OS - Windows 11 Pro ◽️ SSD - Crucial P3 1TB ◽️ SSD 2 - Lexar PCIe 4.0 2TB (games installed here) ◾️ Motherboard - Asrock B650 PG Riptide Wifi ◾️ PSU - Corsair HX1200 ◾️ Case - Phanteks P500A 🎥 Recorded with a capture card for no FPS loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Second Channel -  ‪@KryzzpDigimoon‬ ▶️ More videos like this -    • ⭐ PC Hardware Reviews   🟢 RTX 4090 Playlist -    • 🟢 RTX 4090   #arksurvivalascended #nvidia #rtx4090benchmark #rtxon #rtx4090 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 👥 Discord:   / discord   📸 Instagram:   / zwormz.gaming   Thanks for watching :)