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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
How does one assess a game’s optimization? Is there somewhere to read up on this stuff?

Never really thought about this, but once you mentioned DOOM I realized how well Eternal and 2016 run on pretty much anything and that its definitely praiseworthy.
gpt
Basically how well it runs on a range of hardware is how you can tell how “well optimized” something is. DOOM Eternal runs well on everything from older PC’s to newer enthusiast builds. Compare that to something like, The Callisto Protocol or Gotham Knights which don’t run well on anything.