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Time Spy (29716) is not stored because the text does not say whether it is the graphics score."}},{"url":"https://lanoc.org/review/video-cards/sapphire-rx-9070-xt-pulse?start=5","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["game_fps_measured"],"notes":{"game_fps_measured":"Page 6 of 9, In-Game Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K and ultra detail without FSR gave a frame rate of 61.07 fps. With FSR 3.1 it rose to 207.17 fps. The text calls it the frame rate, so it is stored as the average. It does not say whether ray tracing is on. The per-game charts are images, so no other games are stored. 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