Dying Light 2 in test: Notebook and desktop benchmarks
Technology
Rarely has a destroyed world been so appealing: This or something similar could sum up the visuals of Dying Light 2. The developer Techland, who was responsible for the western series Call of Juarez in the past, has managed to create a very coherent overall look.
Among the positive aspects are especially the enormous render distance and the dense vegetation, which provide a great atmosphere. Even indoors, there are usually an astonishing amount of details. Furthermore, the game scores with a chic lighting, which helps give environments natural coloring. Another highlight is the landscape simulation, with trees and grasses swaying in the wind. There is also rarely anything to complain about in terms of texture sharpness. Only the shadow quality and some animations could be better for our taste.
When it comes to the graphics options, PC fans get their money's worth. The video menu, which has more than 20 settings, consists of a simple and an advanced tab. Those who don't feel like eternal detail tuning can conveniently choose from several presets, which either fall back on DirectX 11 or DirectX 12.
Techland has even taken the trouble to include extra presets for ray tracing. The latter affects the options Ambient Occlusion, Sun Shadows, Flashlight, Global Illumination and Reflections, whereby you often have to look for the optical differences with a magnifying glass - the performance loss, however, is considerable, as we will see in a moment. However, upscaling via DLSS or FSR is possible to save performance.
Top: Except for ray tracing, all changes are applied directly without restarting. The technology also cut a stable figure in the test. We did not have to complain about any crashes or major graphics errors in the benchmarks. The loading times, the duration of the game start and the download size (approx. 43 GB) are completely acceptable.
Benchmark
Our benchmark sequence takes place outdoors. We use the tool CapFrameX to record a fixed sprint in the garden of the estate for about 20 seconds, which you browse with an acquaintance shortly after the game starts. Since this is a fast-paced action title from the first-person perspective, the average should be at least 40 FPS, or better yet, 60 FPS.
Results
For the benchmarks, we mainly use rental devices from our partners at XMG (Schenker Technologies) and MSI.
FHD (1,920 x 1,080)
The graphics requirements are still not particularly high in Full HD. GPUs from the lower mid-range, like the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti can at least handle minimum details. Representatives from the upper mid-range (e.g. the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti) are also suitable for the presets Medium to High.
Dying Light 2 | |
1920x1080 Low Quality 1920x1080 Medium Quality 1920x1080 High Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H |
QHD (2,560 x 1,440)
With QHD displays, it is almost impossible to avoid a high-end system. A mix of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the High preset at least yearns for a GeForce RTX 3060.
Dying Light 2 | |
2560x1440 High Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H |
UHD (3,840 x 2,160)
It gets really crisp in the 4K range. When using high details, even the strongest notebook chips have to nibble at the 40 FPS mark (GeForce RTX 3080 etc.).
Dying Light 2 | |
3840x2160 High Quality | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H |
Raytracing
The situation is similarly hard for ray tracing. Without DLSS, the frame rate drops by more than 50% at the maximum ray tracing preset, so that almost all laptop GPUs are already overtaxed in Full HD. As is often the case with ray tracing, the optical improvements are out of proportion to the performance loss. Techland should therefore add significant optimizations.
Dying Light 2 | |
1920x1080 High Quality Raytracing | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H |
Note
Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often hindered by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a part of the benchmarks for the publication of the articles. More graphics cards will be installed in the coming days and weeks.
Overview
Test systems
Device |
Graphics card | Processor | Memory | Operating system |
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XMG Neo 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 @165 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Neo 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Core 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @130 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
XMG Focus 17 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti @75 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-11800H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP65 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP75 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-10750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GL75 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-10750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Asus ROG Strix G15 | AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
MSI Prestige 14 Evo | Intel Iris Xe (96 CUs) | Intel Core i7-1185G7 | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
MSI Prestige 14 Evo | Intel Iris Xe (96 CUs) | Intel Core i7-1195G7 | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42 | AMD Radeon Vega 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 4700U | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Desktop PC I | MSI GeForce RTX 3090 (24 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6) |
Intel Core i9-9900K | 4 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
Desktop-PC II | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) GDDR6)Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB GDDR6) |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 2 x 32 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop PC III | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE | Intel Core i9-11900K | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 11 |
4K monitors | Nvidia drivers | AMD drivers |
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Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK | ForceWare 511.65 | Adrenalin 22.2.1 |